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From: rthomson@mesa.dsd.es.com (Rich Thomson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: PBS conspiracy theory
Keywords: just another dumb idea( JOKE !!)
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Date: 19 Apr 91 20:16:00 GMT
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In article <337@nic.cerf.net>
	benseb@nic.cerf.net (Booker Bense) writes:
>- I've been watching alot of PBS science type shows recently.  Being a
>computer wheenie, I've been noticing the windowing systems the
>scientists use when they show the classic ``Scientist At Work at His
>Computer'' shot.  I don't think I've ever seen an obvious X11 setup.

That's probably because most "scientists" use PCs in their labs.  Of
all the chemistry labs I visited with my father on sales calls, for
instance, almost all had PCs and I never saw a workstation.  Of
course, this was back in the early 80s, but workstations and PCs have
both been coming down in price, it still probably makes more sense for
a hard-core scientist to have a PC instead of an X11-based
workstation.

My understanding is that workstations are used more by engineers for
CAD purposes than by scientists for "research".

							-- Rich
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