Will Jini radically alter our use of computer networks? Countless developers think so. Jini may turn out to be one of the technologies that allow for truly location-independent computing. Jini may also be the power behind "smart" appliances and gadgets. Sun is betting that when your fridge talks to your dishwasher, Jini will be what makes that conversation happen. Want to dump photos from a friend's digital camera onto your Palmpilot, and from there beam them to a printer? Jini could be the answer.
The HydroMaid carries an unprecedented lifetime warranty on the housing and the stainless steel blades, and a 10-year parts and labor warranty on all remaining components, reflecting HydroMaid's confidence in its product's simple design and sturdy construction.Additional information regarding any proposed relationship with the appliance company will be forthcoming; however, no further announcements are expected to be made for several weeks, and HydroMaid has no assurance that any agreement will be reached.The Sun Jini page can be found at: http://www.sun.com/jini/A final theme I will note explicitly (there are others) is the tension between the presumed utility of professional (credentialed) knowledge as opposed to experiential knowledge. Technicians find themselves relying on a knowledge of practice developed by themselves and their fellows, while for a variety of reasons, the management emphasizes credentials and academic training. Here again is a source of conflict resident in a more natural horizontal structure of expertise and the preferred vertical structure of authority.Prototype dishwashers incorporating the HydroMaid technology have already been assembled by the appliance company and testing is underway. The prototype product is scheduled for review by the appliance company's marketing managers in January 2001, and a final decision regarding commercializing the prototype is expected to be made later that month.
The Sun Jini page can be found at: http://www.sun.com/jini/
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