Throwing OMCOM away

The Vuduri, as a whole, are not invested emotionally in much of anything. In fact, that is what Rome's Revolution is all about: making the Vuduri start to feel and think for themselves. As mentioned in a previous post, I discussed that fact that there are no Vuduri programmers. They allow the computers to program themselves.

Well, the OMnipresent COMputer known as OMCOM was built from scratch, in the Tabit system, for the sole purpose of helping determine what caused Winfall to disappear. This particular OMCOM didn't have a whole lot to do so he programmed himself to care. He cared about Rome. He sort of cared about all the Vuduri and he cared about himself. He knew that when the answer regarding Winfall's disappearance became clear, the Vuduri would leave and would leave him behind with nothing to do. They thought of him as not much more than a glorified thermostat.



OMCOM's very first discussion with MINIMCOM was about this issue. OMCOM claimed he had to find a reason for his continued existence. After he reprogrammed himself, not only did he figure out how to survive the Stareater, he also figured out how to use the VIRUS units to increase his mass and his computing power.

So what did he do with all that computing mass? And did he figure out what to do with his time after that? The answer to both questions is yes. All will become clear in the upcoming novel The Milk Run which will be out early next year.