Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Single user vs. shared (was Re: Keywords: X-terminals, process/task distribution Message-ID: <6ZE2DJ9xds13@ficc.uu.net> Date: 22 Mar 90 19:21:48 GMT References: <52817@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> <76700181@p.cs.uiuc.edu> <11731@nlm-mcs.arpa> <1087@lupine.UUCP> <18713@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Followup-To: comp.sys.misc Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 15 > Where else can I spend $5000, and get a machine that compares in pure > performance to the top quality Suns and other workstations that sell for > up to $30,000. Well, you can spend half that and get an Amiga... and given the incredible thawball [1] of OS/2 applications and the fact that you can run DOS apps on the Bridge card at least as well as you can under OS/2, it's probably got it beat on applications as well. > OS/2 is supposed to be faster than even MSWindows. I've seen OS/2. It's no faster than MS Windows, and Windows is a dog. [1] Thawball (n): Opposite of a Snowball, indicates a shortage. First used in Shockwave Rider by John Brunner. -- _--_|\ `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . / \ 'U` \_.--._/ v