From: Jan Timm (timm@mpii02044.mpi-sb.mpg.de)
Date: 06/14/93


From: timm@mpii02044.mpi-sb.mpg.de (Jan Timm)
Subject: Re: X terminals: Suggestion for projects like SLS, MCC, etc.
Date: 14 Jun 1993 09:16:35

In article <1993Jun14.033950.14467@wixer.bga.com> rhodesia@wixer.bga.com (Felix S. Gallo) writes:

>The performance of the above setup (under X) will be twice as slow as the
>cheapest X terminal I could find ($875) (+$400 one-time for server).

   Hey, everyone, Mark Davis, while a systems administrator, doesn't actually
   understand X, Xterminals, or PCs.

   1) "$400 one-time for server". There does not exist a machine capable of
   running multiple X terminals over a net for $400.

He probably meant $400 for an X-server (the software), not a host. Who
doesn't actually understand about x ? :-)

   6) what disks are Mr. Davis' phantom users using for their home
   directories and to run X off of? Are they included in the price of
   that phantom $400 X server?

A X server is _Software_ not hardware ...

> | Mark A. Davis | Lake Taylor Hospital | Norfolk, VA (804)-461-5001x431 |
> | Sys.Administrator| Computer Services | mark@taylor.wyvern.com .uucp |

   God save Lake Taylor Hospital. :)

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   Felix Sebastian Gallo rhodesia@wixer.cactus.org
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Go save cactus.org (what is it ?) ...

Jan Timm