Re: ux as a minicomputer ?

[sl@whiskey.enposte.net (Stuart Lynne)]

In article <1018751811.22396@whiskey.enposte.net>,
jw schultz <jw@pegasys.ws> wrote:
>On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 12:29:23PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
>Most medium to large workplaces are vast cubicle farms.  Put
>one box at the intersection of 4 cubes...bingo 2meter VGA
>cables reach fine and you get 1/4th the maintenance, 1/4 the
>network drops, etc.  This would even be advantagious for two desks
>side-by-side or back-to-back.  

I don't think you are reducing complexity very much if at all,
mostly just shuffling it around some.

You may have a quarter as many configurations to manage but will
each configuration be less than four times as hard to maintain?

Maybe, mabye not. I just don't think it's a clear win.

Also don't forget some of the other reasons for not doing it:
single point of failure, harder to maintain, lack of flexibility
etc.