5-7-96. NYT and WSJ report on Inferno, Lucent's (Bell Labs) new all-platform network OS, and its Limbo programming language. Dennis Richie says, "Inferno is a unique network operating system that adapts to whatever you plug into it -- from a high-end work station to an inexpensive hand-held device. Imagine the ease and flexibility of a world in which you can get your E-mail virtually anywhere, from any machine -- on your PC at the office, from a screen phone in an airport, on your TV at home, or on a hotel-room TV." Dan Stanzione adds, "With Inferno, any device can communicate and share information with any device over any network." It is designed to coexist with Java and DOS. INF_rno