Re: multiuser systems (was Re: IBM AS/400 is the world's slowest..)

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From: John Lazzaro
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 19:36

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In article <16189@auspex-gw.auspex.com> guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris) writes:
>
>I suspect the people who suffered timeshared systems back then suffered
>from having a timesharing system capable of supporting N people
>comfortably, but having M > N (perhaps M >> N) people using it
>regularly.
>

In a workstation evironment, you can't grow N without growing CPU
resources at the same time; in a multi-user environment, the variables
are under separate control.  In some sense, a workstation evironment
is inherently more resistant to political problems than a multi-user
environment, at least as far as CPU, core, and swap space are
concerned; network bandwidth is the only political pressure point.
Technology is easier to deal with than politics for many
organizations, so choosing the technology that minimizes political
problems is a big organizational win.

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From: lazzaro@boom.CS.Berkeley.EDU (John Lazzaro)
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Subject: Re: multiuser systems (was Re: IBM AS/400 is the world's slowest..)
Date: 2 Jan 1993 19:36:15 GMT
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