Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!udel!brahms.udel.edu!gdtltr From: gdtltr@brahms.udel.edu (Gary D Duzan) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: OS cost component of workstation Message-ID: <15676@brahms.udel.edu> Date: 10 Nov 90 20:57:56 GMT References: <2840@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <1990Nov9.200125.18287@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Organization: Brain Dead Innovations, Inc. (BDI) Lines: 22 In article <1990Nov9.200125.18287@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gsh7w@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Hennessy) writes: =>Peter da Silva writes: =>#X is a frill, not a necessity. News is a frill, not a necessity. => =>Not everyone shares in these two opinions. => X is something you need for your terminal; News is something you need from your server. I admit a bias, however, since I am getting seriously into Distributed Systems & Operating Systems. Plan 9 from Bell Labs has the right idea, but lacks transparency. Gary Duzan Time Lord Third Regeneration -- gdtltr@brahms.udel.edu _o_ ---------------------- _o_ [|o o|] An isolated computer is a terribly lonely thing. [|o o|] |_O_| "Don't listen to me; I never do." -- Doctor Who |_O_|