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- From: kxs5829@ultb.isc.rit.edu (K.X. Saunders)
- Subject: Re: Def of a workstation (a lark)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.055447.13263@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
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- References: <1993Jan3.052930.27869@wam.umd.edu> <WAYNE.93Jan3184216@backbone.uucp>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 05:54:47 GMT
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- In article <WAYNE.93Jan3184216@backbone.uucp> wayne@backbone.uucp (Wayne Schlitt) writes:
- <In article <1993Jan3.052930.27869@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
- <>
- <> Can anyone give me a definition of workstation, other than
- <> cost, that seperates it from modern high-end PC systems (in his
- <> case, one that cost no more than $3500).
- <
- <
- <This is almost certain to cause a long string of definitions, and
- <quite possible a flame war or two.
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- Quite right ;-).
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- I would define a workstation as the hardware that ~$15000 will buy at
- any point in time, running a Real OS(tm).
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- - Kyle
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