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Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:44:39 -0500
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On 21 February 2013 14:39, hiro <23hiro@gmail.com> wrote:
> yeah, an other quote from that website:
>
> Designers write their own application layer to meet their particular
> needs and frequently do not advertise the fact that ARCNET is being
> used in their product. ARCNET receives no name recognition, but is
> frequently the network of choice in embedded applications. It is
> hidden from the user, but with over 22 million ARCNET nodes sold gives
> credibility that ARCNET is indeed popular.
>

It makes me think that it might be congruent to unix in this fashion.
Every day users have no idea what unix servers are, but the internet
runs on it.

Apparently ARCNET used so much, but we never even hear about it! The
silent hero...