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Article #3277Re: fad computing
From: Stan Switzer
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1989 18:35
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1989 18:35
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Is desktop, network, bitmapped-display UNIX computing a fad? Probably. As long as you are just doing terminal-emulation in several windows, you might just as well have two or three vt100 terminals and job control. I seriously doubt that networked Macintosh users are too worried about whether about whether they should go back to traditional timesharing, but at the same time if I am typing troff commands into a UNIX workstation, then I might as well be using GCOS. The problem is that workstations are not enough like Macintoshes and vice versa. But UNIX on a desk? No. Obviously this is crazy. The only reason UNIX is the operating system of choice for workstations is because it was at the right place at the right time. But that's all water under the bridge now. What next? Stan Switzer sjs@bellcore.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!bellcore!spectral!sjs From: sjs@spectral.ctt.bellcore.com (Stan Switzer) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: fad computing Message-ID: <18481@bellcore.bellcore.com> Date: 5 Dec 89 18:35:09 GMT References: <1128@m3.mfci.UUCP> <1989Nov22.175128.24910@ico.isc.com> <3893@scolex.sco.COM> <39361@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> <17305@netnews.upenn.edu> <1989Nov25.000120.18261@world.std.com> <89Nov25.051946est.2233@neat.cs.toronto.edu> Sender: news@bellcore.bellcore.com Reply-To: sjs@bellcore.com (Stan Switzer) Distribution: usa Organization: Bellcore Lines: 22