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From: James Youngman
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 00:00

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Bruce Cook <BC3-AU@bigfoot.com> writes:

> One of my client's uses X to an SGI running a modeling package.
> 
> When he uses certain parts of the package, the network when quiet
> (less than 3% load) will jump to a 40% load for minutes at a time.
> 
> Every other user on the network segment notices...
> 
> Not saying that we should replace it, but it isn't the most efficient
> thing on the planet.

Well, I'd suspect that the design just didn't take into account the
distributed nature of X -- for example the distinction between Pixmaps
and Images...

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From: James Youngman <JYoungman@vggas.com>
Subject: Re: Conned by progress - was Re: Suggestions please - Office for Linux
Date: 1997/08/11
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