IP: Now we know the real DNS story

[David Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

Gates coins a network term


Microsoft chairman Bill Gates introduced a new term Thursday - the digital
nervous system (DNS) - for networks of personal computers. "The DNS means
using
PCs together with Internet standards to create an environment of easy
information access to replace current information tools," Gates said according
to a summary of a speech at a seminar in Finland. The DNS networking solution
could replace telephone calls, paper and databases on large computers where
information is hard to browse. See full story