benseb@nic.cerf.net (Booker Bense) (04/19/91)
- I've been watching alot of PBS science type shows recently. Being a computer wheenie, I've been noticing the windowing systems the scientists use when they show the classic ``Scientist At Work at His Computer'' shot. I don't think I've ever seen an obvious X11 setup. Mostly, what you see is Mac, Ibmish or sunview. Is this a conspiracy or does it just take so long to get the shows to air , that all we see is shots years out of date? ( %-)! -> oo ) ( infinite emoticons !) - Booker C. Bense prefered: benseb@grumpy.sdsc.edu "I think it's GOOD that everyone NeXT Mail: benseb@next.sdsc.edu becomes food " - Hobbes
rthomson@mesa.dsd.es.com (Rich Thomson) (04/20/91)
In article <337@nic.cerf.net> benseb@nic.cerf.net (Booker Bense) writes: >- I've been watching alot of PBS science type shows recently. Being a >computer wheenie, I've been noticing the windowing systems the >scientists use when they show the classic ``Scientist At Work at His >Computer'' shot. I don't think I've ever seen an obvious X11 setup. That's probably because most "scientists" use PCs in their labs. Of all the chemistry labs I visited with my father on sales calls, for instance, almost all had PCs and I never saw a workstation. Of course, this was back in the early 80s, but workstations and PCs have both been coming down in price, it still probably makes more sense for a hard-core scientist to have a PC instead of an X11-based workstation. My understanding is that workstations are used more by engineers for CAD purposes than by scientists for "research". -- Rich -- ``Read my MIPS -- no new VAXes!!'' -- George Bush after sniffing freon Disclaimer: I speak for myself, except as noted. UUCP: ...!uunet!dsd.es.com!rthomson Rich Thomson ARPA: rthomson@dsd.es.com PEXt Programmer