Linked by Anton Klotz on Thu 18th Jan 2007 18:16 UTC
Hardware, Embedded Systems This article tries to explain why workstations are no longer an appropriate tool for the present working environment, what the alternatives are, and what consequences it has for the development of OSes.
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Flogging a stillborn horse
by twenex on Thu 18th Jan 2007 19:06 UTC
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2006-04-21

People have been saying workstations are dead since X-terminals came out. People have also been saying Unix is dead since about V4. Neither has happened. Although some find such things as the Linux Terminal Server Project useful (and more power to them if they do), it would be more accurate to say that X-terminals are dead.

When will people stop flogging this stillborn horse? At this rate there'll be another round of media-excitement over dot-coms (the ones that crashed and burned in the late 90's, even).