*nix on "classic" systems

[Patrick Finnegan]

On Wednesday 11 April 2007 22:54, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> > On Wednesday 11 April 2007 19:49, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> >> Dave McGuire wrote:
> >>>   Interesting.  I'm assuming from this statement that you haven't
> >>> been in many datacenters.
> >>
> >> Or used a mainframe.
> >
> > One particularly twisted individual could run a UNIXy OS on a
> > mainframe, have a VNC X-windows server running as a process, and use
> > that to host a KDE/GNOME session.
>
> That kind of person would be me.  I've done that kind of twisted
> stuff, like running OpenGL Quake on my mainframe, but that's *far*
> from normal.

It's also something I might do, just to have done once. :)

> > Less twisted individuals may point out that IBM has sold graphical
> > terminals that are attached to mainframes (such as my 3279-S3G or
> > older ones that aren't 3270 devices) long before any GUI from the
> > likes of Microsoft or Apple has been around.
>
> I would point out that many (most?) graphical consoles on mainframes
> aren't used to display GUIs.  Although, by some stretch of an
> imagination, a CAD drawing could, I suppose, be considered a GUI.

I'd argue that any CAD program that has its UI on the Graphical display 
is a GUI by definition. :)

Pat
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