From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 20 22: 2:46 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB79937B405 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 22:02:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id fAL62VR23107; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 22:02:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Mike Meyer" Cc: Subject: RE: home pc use Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 22:02:31 -0800 Message-ID: <004b01c17252$1b8880e0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 In-Reply-To: <15355.16741.576076.247915@guru.mired.org> Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >-----Original Message----- >From: Mike Meyer [mailto:mwm@mired.org] >Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 9:54 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: RE: home pc use > > > >> 3) The X protocol only works decently over an Ethernet LAN it >sucks horribly >> over slow links. Think large corporations with many far-flung WAN >links that >> might be 56k links because they are cheap. > >That depends on what you're doing with it. If you're trying to run a >web browser over it, yeah, it sucks - especially if the web server is >on *your* end of the 56K link :-). For running xterms and xemacs, it's >just fine. I've done enough of it in my time to know. > True, once the windows and wigits are built then even a slow link is OK for that kind of thing. And also in the latest X I understand they put in network speedup code, although you have to be running current X on both the server and client. But unfortunately too many users get the impression an application is "slow" just because it may take a couple minutes to draw the screen, even though after the screen is drawn the app runs fine. > >> Pull crap like that a few too many times and your going to end up with >> no job. Yes, you can stave off the immediate demands with excuses. >> Another common excuse that works with FreeBSD is "I left voicemail with >> the consultant and he hasn't gotten back yet" > >Please note that the text Ted is replying to is *not* mine. Sorry Mike, I did know that - I should have made it a bit more clear. It always gets my dander up to read all the FUD regarding support, it's the most overrated thing in the software business there is. But I wouldn't worry too much as by now I think most people are deleting the messages in this thread unread. ;-) Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message