Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!uceng!minerva!dmocsny From: dmocsny@minerva.che.uc.edu (Daniel Mocsny) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: OS cost component of workstation Message-ID: <6703@uceng.UC.EDU> Date: 13 Nov 90 16:33:54 GMT References: <3699@skye.ed.ac.uk> <2840@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <1990Nov9.200125.18287@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: news@uceng.UC.EDU Organization: University of Cincinnati, Cin'ti., OH Lines: 17 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. Computers are a frill. -- Dan Mocsny Snail: Internet: dmocsny@minerva.che.uc.edu Dept. of Chemical Engng. M.L. 171 dmocsny@uceng.uc.edu University of Cincinnati 513/751-6824 (home) 513/556-2007 (lab) Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0171