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Article #835Re: Why I'm suspicious of NeWS
From: George W. Leach
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1988 19:28
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1988 19:28
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In article <2691@druhi.ATT.COM> neal@druhi.ATT.COM (Neal D. McBurnett) writes:
>For applications in which the client and server are both on the same
>processor, this may not matter much, but if we're looking for a widely
>applicable standard, I think NeWS is it. Single-user workstations may
>be the wave of the future, but for a long time, people will want to make
>use of their larger hosts in combination with smart, cheap terminals.
On the contrary. I tend to think that the later is the wave of the
future and that networking single-user workstations/PCs is only a temporary
situation until a "network" OS emerges to make life easier. I would
recommend reading the Position Paper presented by Rob Pike and Ken Thompson
at the IEEE Workshop on Operating Systems this past fall. It is only a
page and a third long, but it says an awful lot.
--
George W. Leach Paradyne Corporation
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!ge-dab!codas!pdn!reggie From: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc Subject: Re: Why I'm suspicious of NeWS Message-ID: <2308@pdn.UUCP> Date: 22 Feb 88 19:28:59 GMT References: <1679@desint.UUCP> <2691@druhi.ATT.COM> Reply-To: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach) Organization: Paradyne Corporation, Largo FL Lines: 22