January 1998 / Inbox

Stop at Gateway, Pay Toll	I enjoyed "Fiber in the Sky" (November Cover Story), but I have a question: Has TCP/IP been modified yet?
We've Been There Before	Congratulations on the excellent "Fiber in the Sky.
The New Physics	I enjoyed "Fiber in the Sky," but there was an inaccuracy in the discussion of the speed of light in the text box "Physics Is Everything.
Farming the Web	I read "Farming the Web" (October Core) with interest and believe that the technology our company is developing is relevant to the article.
Too Hot for Socket 7	Bemoan an Intel "bent on dictating not just processor architecture but computer architecture as well" all you want (October Editorial), but Socket 7 has to go.
Object-Database Mythology	The BYTE article "Debunking Object-Database Myths" ( October) contains some myths of its own.
Open Java	Regarding "Industry Warfare: What's Up with That?
Toothpicks, Please	I was delighted to see your revelation concerning 4-D images (November Improbable).
Fixes	The Bug of the Month column in October (on page 23) implied that the Mars Pathfinder's OS, WindRiver's VxWorks, had a mutual-exclusion problem.

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