Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: linux as a minicomputer ? | Date | 14 Apr 2002 13:20:52 -0700 |
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Followup to: <20020414165056.GJ16692@gallifrey> By author: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <gilbertd@treblig.org> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > OK, clearing aside the deep technical arguments about lengths of coax > and what you can do with a couple of celerons, it seems obvious to me > that for at least some menial jobs a box with multiple separate screens > is useful. (Think two or three secretarys sitting next to each other > with a PC in the middle, low processor needs, short leads). >
Agreed. This is somewhat different than the "50 processors for 50 users" scenario, but sharing a single- or dual-processor machine should be quite feasible for some applications.
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