spiffy terminals

[Greg Hennessy]

In article <9357 at smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn at brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>) writes:
#In article <408 at ispi.UUCP> jbayer at ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) writes:
#>	The difference in cost is between $ 1000 and $ 1500.  When you
#>multiply this by the number of terminals in an office, the cost starts
#>to become prohibitive.
#
#This line of argumentation has been refuted already, but let's try
#again:  Why not supply your office workers with packing crates or
#even cardboard boxes instead of real office furniture?  Just think
#of the savings!

I work a lot with the the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. If I
design a new image programming package for use there which used
X-windows how many people could use it? About four. If I designed a
new image programming package that used a tek4010, how many people
could use it? About one hundred. If astronomers around the world were
to use it and it needed X windows, how many could use it? A few
hundred? If it needed a 4010 emulator? A few tens of thousands. 

You can buy five $300.00 24 by 80 glass tty's instead of one X
terminal. 
-Greg Hennessy, University of Virginia
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