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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:32717 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4642 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!bonkers.taronga.com!peter From: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Followup-To: alt.religion.computers Organization: Taronga Park BBS Message-ID: <D1r39E.CF1@bonkers.taronga.com> References: <SLAVITCH.94Dec30100701@deanna.development.bcsc.bell.ca> <NEWTNews.32288.788808358.muzaffer@omer1.smixedsignal.com> <D1r0KB.32L@indirect.com> Date: Sun, 1 Jan 1995 23:44:02 GMT Lines: 13 In article <D1r0KB.32L@indirect.com>, Barnacle Wes <wes@indirect.com> wrote: >Here's the crux of this issue: the computing "model" subscribed to by the >designers of WNT doesn't *require* a networked window system. [...] >there is no compelling reason to run *any* application anywhere >other than your own workstation. Is a conspiracy to sell $10,000 workstations instead of $2500 X-terminals and a few $20,000 servers. The level of knowledge required to run an X terminal is lower than you need to run a workstation any day. And for more than a handful of desktops it's a cheaper model. Of course it doesn't sell nearly many copies of Microsoft products...