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Article #54895Re: Conned by progress - was Re: Suggestions please - Office for Linux
From: Jan Pompe
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 00:00
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Richard RUDEK (NoMoreSpam@POQ.com) wrote: : hackcat@banzai.apana.org.au (Geoff O'Callaghan) wrote: : >George Develekos (gdevelek@jaguar.ir.miami.edu) wrote: : [snip] : >Just to put things in perspective I have a pdp-11 with 256K (yes K) of : >memory and this is capable of running 20 simultaneous word processor users : >(which it used to). : >So using todays P200 with 64M of memory and the same software profile then : >I should be able to have 5000+ simultaneous users - but I can't even : >get 1 WP to run. : > : >crap software - just say NO. : > [snip] : I'm sure there is a better way, but it will require completely new : tools and attitudes. I don't think you'll see any revolution until : after the new millennium. Maybe. No new tools aren't needed the ones we have will do. As for new attitudes I think old ones revised and revived will see some improvement. I won't hold my breath. -- Jan Before e-mailing consider how "dialix" is spelt.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: faa64,42462d786437a1a1 X-Google-Attributes: gidfaa64,public X-Google-Thread: 102983,42462d786437a1a1 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,42462d786437a1a1 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: f4bda,42462d786437a1a1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public From: jan@orchide.zzdialix.com.au (Jan Pompe) Subject: Re: Conned by progress - was Re: Suggestions please - Office for Linux Date: 1997/08/23 Message-ID: <EFDBG5.p6@orchide.zzdialix.com.au> X-Deja-AN: 268226184 References: <rgw-ya023080002907971402460001@newshost.unimelb.edu.au> <33DDABF0.7EAE@era-a.ericsson.se> <33E00096.DCAE3E@execulink.com> <YSUOqAAEQP4zEwG7@hayton.demon.co.uk> <5rtj10$q5l$1@news.campus.mci.net> <Pine.OSF.3.96.970803121200.15672A-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> <5s70aj$ifg$1@banzai.apana.org.au> <33e748d9.604800@news.zeta.org.au> Followup-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x Organization: The GuestHouse Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x