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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.apps:1075 comp.os.linux.misc:11397 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.linux.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!hookup!news.sprintlink.net!wyvern!taylor.wyvern.com!mark From: mark@taylor.wyvern.com (Mark A. Davis) Subject: Re: DOOM for X Organization: Lake Taylor Hospital Computer Services Distribution: inet Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 14:36:32 GMT Message-ID: <1994Mar21.143632.11010@taylor.wyvern.com> References: <hastyCMGpA7.Gu5@netcom.com> <2m0h7a$3ck@u.cc.utah.edu> <2m814r$bnp@news.mcs.kent.edu> <1994Mar17.132757.12534@taylor.wyvern.com> <2mgvon$ljb@usenet.mcs.kent.edu> Lines: 38 borsburn@mcs.kent.edu (Bret Orsburn) writes: >>Granted, it is only logical to even attempt to run a local client on an >>Xterminal if: >> >>1) It does not require storage >>2) It does not consume large amounts of resources locally >>3) It can still be remotely configured and upgraded >>4) It is very tied to the Xserver in some way (like the window manager) >>5) It produces benefits which outweigh the efforts and side effects >OK, how about this hypothetical situation: >You've got a heterogeneous network (that X allowed you to build, to your >great advantage) including X terminals from three different vendors. You >have among your user population people with strong preferences for four >different window managers. >So, as the site administrator, you have to make four different window managers >work under 3 different, arbitrarily restricted, (perhaps proprietary) >"mini OS"es. No you don't- you can just run the window manager on the host and not try to use it as a local client. Besides, most Xterminals come with local binaries for several window managers (mine came with mwm, olwm, and twm). >Are you absolutely sure that using a non-local window manager was such a >big problem that you are willing to discard everything you know about >software development and maintenance methodologies in order to "fix" this >theoretical "problem"? Hey, I wasn't the one who thought running a non-local window manager was a problem..... It is, by far, much easier to do on the host. -- /--------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Mark A. Davis | Lake Taylor Hospital | Norfolk, VA (804)-461-5001x431 | | Sys.Administrator| Computer Services | mark@taylor.wyvern.com .uucp | \--------------------------------------------------------------------------/