Newsgroups: comp.parallel
From: parallel@netcom.com (B. Mitchell Loebel)
Subject: The PARALLEL Processing Connection - January Meeting Notice
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 15:35:03 GMT
Message-ID: <parallelD1vrEC.2rz@netcom.com>

On January 9th, Michel Gien, VP of Technology, will discuss 
Chorus Systemes' microkernel operating system - lessons drawn from 
the building of it and new developments in the emerging area of 
object oriented OS's.

Managing ever-growing software complexity and taking advantage of 
distributed or parallel computing architectures, drives the need for OS 
modularity, flexibility and scalability. Thus, traditional monolithic OS 
kernels are being replaced by independent servers running on top of 
minimal nuclei or ``microkernels''. Such modular architectures allow 
for dynamic (re)configuration of the system and its applications over 
wide ranges of hardware and network combinations (including 
multiprocessor systems). CHORUS/MIX is such a microkernel-based 
OS and is playing a major role in commercial UNIX systems.

A discussion of member projects currently underway and other 
issues of interest to entrepreneurs begins at 7:15PM and the main 
meeting starts promptly at 7:45PM at Sun Microsystems at 901 San 
Antonio Road in Palo Alto. This is just off the southbound San 
Antonio exit of 101.  Northbound travelers also exit at San Antonio 
and take the overpass to the other side of 101.

Please be prompt; as usual, we expect a large attendance; don't be 
left out or left standing. There is a $10 fee for non-members and 
members will be admitted free.  Yearly membership fee is $50; 
corporate membership fee is $400/year.

-- 
B. Mitchell Loebel                                      parallel@netcom.com 
Director - Strategic Alliances and Partnering                  408 732-9869 
PARALLEL Processing Connection