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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>That’s the issue with these things. It seems that
everyone likes the idea, but no one wants to be the early adopters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>It was pointed out to me that Google has patented the idea, but
yet Sun has working on Project Blackbox for a couple of years. I wonder
if there will be a legal battle between the two over this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The concept of a portable data center is seems like it could
have some very specific uses. Others?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Military<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Geo
Physical / Seismic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Disaster
Recovery<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>New
Media / Web 2.0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The same box could also serve these industries with the same
buildings but in a permanent location. Others?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Telecommunications
/ Fiber<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Semi-Permanent
Data Centers <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Lorell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> owner-nanog@merit.edu
[mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Hex Star<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Lorell Hathcock; nanog@merit.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Sun Project Blackbox / Portable Data Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote>On 10/12/07, <b>Lorell Hathcock</b>
<<a href="mailto:lorell@hathcock.org">lorell@hathcock.org</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.sun.com/blackbox" target="_blank">www.sun.com/blackbox</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Has anyone seen one of these things in real life?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>I hear that there's been one sighted in Houston. I would love to take
a tour.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Also, is anyone using anything like this? It seems like they would
make great fiber huts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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I also find this very interesting but don't really know of anyone who has deployed
this in their business<o:p></o:p></p>
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