Path: utzoo!yunexus!torsqnt!david From: david@torsqnt.UUCP (David Haynes) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: A Thought on X Terminals Message-ID: <74@torsqnt.UUCP> Date: 17 Feb 89 13:37:57 GMT Article-I.D.: torsqnt.74 References: <19613@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <611@gt-eedsp.UUCP> Reply-To: david@torsqnt.UUCP (David Haynes) Distribution: comp Organization: Sequent Computers (Canada) Ltd. Lines: 19 In article <611@gt-eedsp.UUCP> jensen@gt-eedsp.UUCP (P. Allen Jensen) writes: > >Many of the X Terminal systems I have looked at (NCD in particular) can down- >load the server from another system. This would seem to be reasonable, >most X Terminals will be in networks with other systems that have disk, >processors, and other perpherials but no Graphics devices for running >X Windows. I have a problem with this. With vendors such as Oracle coming out with X-based tools (CASE in this example) X terminals will be much more common in a networked environment. I shudder to think what will happen if 8:30 rolls around and all the workers arrive to start the day, each boots his X terminal which then starts to download a server (and fonts???) to the workstation. Slowly the ethernet sinks into the ground... -david- Disclaimer: In no way could I possibly be a spokesperson for Sequent.