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Eddie Sheffield, Jr. ecsheffield@erols.com

Background:

BS-Computer Engineering / MS-Computer Science
Taught computer engineering technology for 5+ years, covering C/C++, Basic, 68000 assembly, OS-9, DOS, ac/dc, digital circuits electronics, networking
Software engineer in Java since 1996
Certified Java 1.1 Programmer - June 1997

C/C++
Some VB and Delphi
68000 Assembly
Lots of Java!
CORBA - Developed an in-house COS Naming Service

Device drivers (due to interest in hardware)
Distributed computing (CORBA/RMI/whatever)
Jini Embedded systems

I've recently taken an interest in Jini. I'd like to see a version of JOS developed that would be Embedded/Personal Java compliant and capable of supporting Jini. Being something of a hardware guy at heart my vision is to be able to create a simple system core with a low-cost processor, ROMed JOS/Jini support, RAM, networking, and an easy to design for logical bus. These cores would be extended in various ways - IDE interface, SCSI interface, serial, parallel, USB, etc. - to create low cost boxes providing various network services via Jini. For example:

• Core + IDE + HD = storage service
• Core + SCSI + scanner = scanning service
• Core + parallel + printer = printer service

Perhaps these could even be embedded, for instance on an HP MIO type card to turn the printer into a printing service directly.

Let me know if there's any interest! I picked up a few interested parties on the kernel list recently.

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