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- From: stripes@pix.com (Josh Osborne)
- Subject: Re: Def of a workstation (a lark)
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- References: <1993Jan13.180907.21793@qb.rhein-main.de> <PRZEMEK.93Jan14131055@rrdstrad.nist.gov> <1993Jan16.020011.18759@grebyn.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:20:05 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan16.020011.18759@grebyn.com> richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel) writes:
- >If I may add to the discussion, this is something I just thought of.
- >
- >See how much commercial game software you can buy for your computer.
- >Free stuff, and stuff included with the OS, doesn't count. If there's
- >no entertainment software, that means it's all work, and therefore a
- >"workstation".
-
- Maxis makes Simcity for the Sun, the catch is it runs under NeWS, not X.
- (yes, you can use the openwindows X/NeWS server). So either Sun no longer
- makes workstations, or you need a new definition. (and if we want to remove
- DEC's, VAXen, and others from the workstation market, send me, say, $100 and
- I'll send you the correct copy of xtank....)
- --
- stripes@pix.com "Security for Unix is like
- Josh_Osborne@Real_World,The Multitasking for MS-DOS"
- "The dyslexic porgramer" - Kevin Lockwood
- We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on
- when it's necessary to compromise. - Larry Wall
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