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Re: Age of the Hand Held

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From: Nick Janow
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 1990 02:04
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Lindsay Patten writes:

> On the other hand the X terminal can be viewed as an easy to use interface to
> centralized resources.  Not everyone wants to deal with all the hassles of
> running their own workstation.

The hassles of a present-day personal workstation are a matter of poor
design or of giving ease-of-use low priority as a design criteria.  In
fact, I don't think it makes a difference whether the resources are
central or local; it's all a matter of interface design criteria.

Nick Janow
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