Any Pr1me fans out there?

From: Francois <fauradon_at_pclink.com>
Date: Wed Sep 9 06:37:45 1998

>On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
>
>> > Workstation: a computer designed to run Unix with a bitmapped display.
>The problem with this definition is that it would include a PC running
>Windows. Very few seem to be willing to call that a workstation.
>
>A workstation has to be *designed* to be networked, graphical, and
>multitasking. The Amiga would have been a workstation if it has
>networking built-in. If somebody built a PC that had networking built-in
>and ran Windows NT, but could not run MS-DOS, I might be willing to call
>that a workstation.
>
How about the iMac it has networking built in and AFAIK doen't run MS stuff.
I think that todays machines are so versatile that it is pretty hard to
differenciate them out of the box, The way they are used makes them a
workstation, a server, a personal computer or what not, not the hardware
itself.
Received on Wed Sep 09 1998 - 06:37:45 BST

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