4 Jun
2013
4 Jun
'13
11:47 p.m.
On Tue, 5 Jun 2013, Fred Cisin wrote:
Hehe. ;)
...which is where they belong. Sun
*workstations* aren't needed anymore
because cheap PeeCee hardware actually has usable graphics now. They didn't
15 years ago, our department chair came running into the lab almost
orgasmic. "We're getting Suns! We're getting Suns! No more of this
PC shit! I just heard from the loading dock that they have three
MULTIMEDIA WORKSTATIONS for us!"
We asked her, "What did you give up to get them?"
"Nothing!"
"Then we aren't getting Suns."
"But the loading dock said, . . ."
Sure enough, the next day, they delivered three boxes. Each box was 3
feet by 5 feet by 1 foot, and clearly labelled "Multimedia Computer
Workstation"
Each one held a desk/cart on wheels for holding a computer - a
"workstation".
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