Re: Def of a workstation (a lark)

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From: David Smith
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 02:27

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Top ten differences betweed PC's and workstation's

10. PC's have PowerUsers (tm), workstation's have Guru's
9. Workstations come with powerful backup utilities, like dump/restore and dd
8. Can't buy workstation peripherals at Crazy Al's Discount Computer
7. PC's have better games
6. Humor impaired PC users can't easily post to the net
5. Don't have to log in to PC (Note - this functionality can be reproduced
   on Sun's with the exclusive "L1-A" key combo)
4. "Workstation" implies you actually do something useful with your computer,
   even if yo do only run Xtrek and news all day.
3. Workstations have "field engineers" who will come to your office and break
   it for you.
2. Workstations don't come in those grody PC cases
1. You don't send Bill Gates any money when you buy a workstation

-- 
David L. Smith
smithd@discos.com or davsmith@nic.cerf.net

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