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"Kit" dcb https://blogs.oracle.com/dcb/entry/sun_kit Mon, 25 Apr
2005 23:47:13 +0000 Computers <p>Have you noticed the increasing
use of the term 'kit" to refer to a hardware vendor's products?
Articles will refer to, for example,&nbsp;Sun's "kit", when
discussing our latest servers or storage and desktops.<br> </p>
<p>I really like that term - because it drives home the point
that when you are in the market to purchase "kit" from a product
vendor, you sign up to be the kit builder. And for the hobbyist
out there, that can be really fun and educational, even
thrilling to some degree.</p> <p>Many of us grew up <a href="htt
p://hem.bredband.net/thomaskolb/art/models/introduction_e.htm">b
uilding kits</a>. I \*loved\* building ships, trucks, airplanes,
tanks, cars, rock