1 Nov
1998
1 Nov
'98
9:36 a.m.
On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
Yes, this is France (as well as several other
countries). There is no
"accepted definition" of personal computer, but I like mine, and it does
help reduce the noise when we all mean the same thing by the terms we use.
Of course, you may own a Cray 1 as your personal computer (used in the
"accepted" meaning of personal property), but that doesn't make a Cray 1 a
"personal computer" in the taxonomical sense.
"Personal Computer" is such a worthless term; we should throw it out.
Because even the timeshare computers could be used "personally" if someone
hacked in and killed all the other users' processes.
That at least reduces the number of terms we have to argue about by one
(there's still "micro", "mini", "workstation", etc.)
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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