Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!dev!dgis!jkrueger
From: jkrueger@dgis.dtic.dla.mil (Jon)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Single user vs. shared (was Re: Killer Micros and vectorized code)
Message-ID: <801@dgis.dtic.dla.mil>
Date: 20 Mar 90 20:47:58 GMT
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bwong@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (bruce.f.wong) writes:

>Sharing computing resources on a network should not be equated
>to the bad old days of timesharing.

It's been noted that the different goals implied by the two slogans
"mainframe on your desk" and "network at your service" represent more
differences of culture than technology.  The technology is perfectly
capable of giving you both.  The emphasis remains very different.
Both goals have merit, but the former gets more press.

Around the DC area I find the analogy compelling that a network of
roads that worked (e.g. could handle peak loads) would do more to
speed my trip from A to B than giving me a Masarati.  The analogy
may be extended that even if both were made more powerful it
wouldn't do much good if there weren't interesting and useful
places accessible by car.

-- Jon
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