Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!meaddata!keves From: keves@meaddata.com (Brian Keves) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview Subject: Re: DESQview/X Message-ID: <4314@meaddata.meaddata.com> Date: 13 May 91 18:31:40 GMT References: <1991May7.000830.5122@nmt.edu> Sender: usenet@meaddata.com Distribution: usa Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH Lines: 41 In article kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.edu (Bob Kusumoto) writes: >The one thing that piqued my interest in Desqview/X was the supposed peer-to- >peer capabilities. Supposedly, you were able to run applications off a >different machine that was running Desqview/X. I don't care if it does cost >$1k per copy, if I could run applications using other machines that aren't >in use, that's a good enough reason to force everyone to leave their machine >on with the thing up and running. > >now if they only come up with a decent way to handle netware logins... > >Bob >-- > Bob Kusumoto | I just come from the land of Bob, This is what "X" is all about. Let me explain for the PC world. To display X applications on your console (monitor) you need to have an X Server running on your local computer. Once you have the X Server running, you can run an X "Client" application anywhere on your network. As long as you are running the same release (or compatible releases) the X Client application shows up on your local display. X is operating system independent. The best example of this is if you need to do heavy computations on a mainframe of some sort and you want to display the results on your workstation. You can also run your X Client application on the local computer. This makes it handy to still run X applications when you are not on a network. The main interest in X running under DOS in my company is that you can run X applications on your Unix systems. You don't have to purchase workstations for all of your people. They can use all of those old, outdated and antique computers and still get some work done. Oops, sorry about that. Don't want to start any religious wars with you PC types. Brian -- Brian Keves | Opinions/Ideas presented | Mead Data Central P.O. Box 149 | here are not necessarily | CASE Support Miamisburg, OH 45343-0149 | those of Mead or Mead | keves@meaddata.com (513) 865-1121 x5767 | Data Central | ...!uunet!meaddata!keves