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Michael Keller <mikeller@iiic.ethz.ch> wrote:
> wieder ueberall wieder VT100's aufstellen sollen. Aber ich kenne viele

- boots in half a second
- never hangs
- can connect 50 to one CPU, making the cost per user even for a
complex database system below 100 CHF, included maintenance costs.
can use Internet services (pine, tin, lynx)
- have accents (either through Compose or special keyboard).
- Can be bought for less than 100 CHF (when you can still find them ---
a pity that most of those were trashed in the Microsoft `improvement'
trend of the 90es).

I personnally still use VT100 terminals for many uses, one being to
quickly read+answer mail when I wake up. I even find most of the
modern VT100 terminals (DEC VT320 for example) to be more comfortable
to use than 19'' screens for that task.

Of course, when you edit multiple files, and do serious work, a
multi-window graphic display is quite nice. However those people
are engineers and they are happy with X terminals. Most of the users
`benefiting' from the Microsoft revolution are single-tasked and
single-focused anyway :)  No, I do not believe that a background image,
a background Solitaire and a background Netscape improves the
wordprocessing or spreadsheet productivity. An unclean computer desktop
is like an unclean desktop, it prevents people from focusing on work.

PS: if you know someone who wants to trash VT100 or good X terminals,
    tell them to talk to me first.