RE: Reprise of the panel layout proposal

[Sander Vesik <Sander Vesik Sun COM>]

On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Jared White wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gnome-gui-list-admin gnome org
> > [mailto:gnome-gui-list-admin gnome org]On Behalf Of James Ramsey
> >
> > What is the "System"? Is it the hardware? software?
> > Both? If one is in a business setting, one might think
> > of it as a menu a system administrator might touch,
> > which would hint perhaps that it had to do with the
> > network or all the nearby computers put together as a
> > "system". "System" can refer to a lot of disparate
> > things. That's what is vague about it.
> 
> Well, IMHO, anyone who thinks a "system" is a computer network needs some
> serious instruction in computer terms. But I can understand how System could
> be thought of as a "low-level" access point average users would want to stay
> away from. So perhaps move generic computer/UI functions back to a "Main
> Menu", but keep a separate "Programs" menu?
> 

Oh really? What do you call these 'cluster in a box' things? More
importantly, what do you call it in 10 years when most servers and higher
end desktops are just that?

Oh, for that matter, how about an xterm/sunray/pc with xserver/whatever
where you log into one of identical servers (provided with dns
round-robbin or whatever) and has their home-dir automagically
nfs-mounted?

> 
> Take care,
> 
> Jared
> 

	Sander

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