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From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: X sucks (was: Re: Ware Ware Wizardjin)
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Date: 13 Apr 91 21:59:31 GMT
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In-Reply-To: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com's message of Sat, 13 Apr 91 17: 38:34 GMT


>
>	This is the issue. Window systems already hog to much power.
>
>	"Machines are getting more powerful every day anyway" - and 
>spending that power interpreting PostScript (best done by dedicated
>hardware rather than my expensive RISC workstation) instead of crunching
>the numbers I want crunched is not good.
>
>mjr.

Of course, and thereby we head onto what Sutherland described as the
graphics "Wheel of Reincarnation".

The next fad, no doubt, will be something X-terminal-like to use with
your headless workstation so the workstation can do its work and the
"monitor" can run most of the window system. Intelligent monitors.

Then someone will add a little more processing power to this "smart
monitor", a little more memory expansion, a SCSI port...and gee, we
can dispense with the workstation! Until we want to offload the
graphical interface from the "smart monitor"...

I think Unix is already well into this cycle (think of sitting a
Sun/SLC or X-terminal on top of your workstation and removing the
monitor.)

I assume it's just a matter of time before "smart monitors" running
most of Windows show up for PC's.
-- 
        -Barry Shein

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