isbell@ucscf.UCSC.EDU (Art Isbell) (11/09/90)
My vocation is a C/Unix applications programmer for multiuser platforms. My
avocation is a NeXT developer. I would like for my avocation to become my
vocation, but I see a large segment of the market in flux now; I would like to
know if NeXT can be a player in this segment.
Our applications are like many: they run on a relatively powerful cpu with
many users sharing the cpu via character-based dumb terminals. Our customers
like the windowed environment they see advertised everywhere, but to get this
capability, they either have to replace their character terminals with rather
expensive X terminals or even more expensive networked workstations. And if
they decide to pay the price, then we will have to program the GUI (I
understand the X programming is no fun versus NeXTstep).
I don't think the hardware exists yet, but what would an equivalent network of
NeXTstep/DPS terminals be like? I've heard about the high network overhead
with running X. How would DPS compare? Could DPS terminals be any less
expensive than X terminals? If the cpu were an IBM RS/6000 running NeXTstep,
would X be the network protocol, or are DPS commands being sent over the net?
I'd really like to know how to promote NeXT and NeXTstep as a multiuser
platform with NeXTstep running at every terminal. Any ideas/comments?
Thanks!
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