gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) (01/20/89)
In article <34808@bbn.COM> ellard@vax.bbn.com (Dan Ellard) writes:
-On the other hand, it just doesn't make sense to put a workstation
-(or the same kind of workstation, for that matter) on everyone's
-desk. Some tasks, such as data entry or reading email, don't currently
-benefit from using anything better than a dumb terminal, and perhaps
-they never will.
Ah, but that's what I argue is NOT true. In fact I make heavy use
of the 630's spiffy features in responding to email/netnews. One
doesn't have to be a programmer to benefit from better tools.
I'm sure there are cases where the additional price of a spiffy
terminal would not be justified, but those cases are fewer than
many suppose.