Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!limbo!taylor
From: a684@mindlink.UUCP (Nick Janow)
Newsgroups: comp.society
Subject: Re: Age of the Hand Held
Message-ID: <1525@limbo.Intuitive.Com>
Date: 6 Dec 90 02:04:22 GMT
Sender: taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Lines: 12
Approved: taylor@Limbo.Intuitive.Com

Lindsay Patten writes:

> On the other hand the X terminal can be viewed as an easy to use interface to
> centralized resources.  Not everyone wants to deal with all the hassles of
> running their own workstation.

The hassles of a present-day personal workstation are a matter of poor
design or of giving ease-of-use low priority as a design criteria.  In
fact, I don't think it makes a difference whether the resources are
central or local; it's all a matter of interface design criteria.

Nick Janow


Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com