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In <WAYNE.93Jan3184216@backbone.uucp>
   wayne@backbone (Wayne Schlitt) writes:

>This is almost certain to cause a long string of definitions, and
>quite possible a flame war or two.
	yeah

>* A workstation must run UNIX
>  This is a favorite of the unix bigots.  Of course, one of the
>  founders of the workstation field was apollo and they didn't run unix.

	This one is more than a little puzzling.  VMS workstations don't
	count?   Sort of like a men's club?  What if it comes with a POSIX
	shell?  Still doesn't count?  What a drag. . .

>* Workstations must be multi-user
>  Well, this is kind of part of being on a network.  A lot of what
>  goes into Novell is adding multi-user functions to DOS.  This also
>  makes OS/2 and WNT questionable.  (That may be why I have heard it
                                                  ^^^
>  used as a requirement recently :-)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	Exactly.


	Earlier you wrote:

>What definition there is, has been defined more by the marking folks
>than by anyone else.  There have been long discussions about what the
>There have been long discussions about what the difference between a mainframe
>and a minicomputer and a microcomputer are.  What separates a PC from a
>workstation is much less well defined.

I agree with wayne's assertion that it is a marketing thing.  Leads me to the
question:  If you have a *PC* that outperforms most workstations (and also
can run Unix and jump through all your hoops above), does that make it a 
workstation?  Couldn't a company call something a PC when it is really a 
workstation in PC clothing?  Will DEC have a marketing *hammer* that says in 
essense:

             "Our PC outperforms most/all of your workstations."

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				Rob


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