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POPSThe Future of Computers In Our Hands The company also offers customized or “bespoke” models with specialized electronics and cabinetry, so long as the work meets environmental goals. “When customers specify a wood that we don’t have, we will do the computer in that wood,” Mr. Suissa said, “provided it is being harvested in a renewable way.” Suissa makes its own metal brackets to support the computer components inside their wooden enclosures. “We have virtually eliminated plastic except when we use it as a detail material,” Mr. Suissa said. There’s plenty of room left inside the Suissa cases for computer upgrades, Mr. Suissa said. Depending on how complicated the job is, the company may have the owner mail the computer in so that Suissa can install the upgrade and repolish the cabinet.
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POPSJapan's Homegrown Operating System METI and Japanese electronics makers are keen to move away from Windows and to nurture a homegrown OS in order to secure a leading position for Japanese firms in the info-appliance market Meanwhile, Microsoft has decided to reveal its source code to government organs and others, providing certain conditions are met. It has also announced that it will make the source code for Windows CE, its OS for info-appliances, freely available and will not object to manufacturers or others altering Windows CE or selling products installed with an adapted version. Some see these moves as a response to the success of Linux and TRON. Having started life as the invention of a university professor, TRON seems to have a bright future in cutting-edge electronics for the twenty-first century.
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