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Re: X et al, When did mainframes lose commercial dominance?

From	John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: X et al, When did mainframes lose commercial dominance?
Date	2020-09-08 22:29 +0000
Organization	Taughannock Networks
Message-ID	<rj90kt$g4$1@gal.iecc.com> (permalink)
References	<rivo9u$u5k$1@newsreader4.netcologne.de> <rivqqc$mj1$1@dont-email.me> <hrhailF5011U4@mid.individual.net> <rj8s0i62ab8@news2.newsguy.com>

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In article <rj8s0i62ab8@news2.newsguy.com>,
Charlie Gibbs  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>Nowadays, you can replace "X terminal" with "personal computer running
>a web browser", or "smart terminal" with "smartphone running an app".
>We've come full circle with the computing model, and are once again
>using computers as terminals on a centralized server, just like we
>did in the '60s and '70s.  The operation is the same, only the
>terminology has changed.

Sometimes not even that. The Mac on which I am typing this message
literally functions as an X terminal (among other things), displaying
application windows from X clients running on other computers. I edit
text files on my server in Epsilon, an emacs clone, talking through an
ssh tunnel to XQuartz on my laptop.

Web browsers started as thin clients but with HTML5 and Javascript
they're getting a lot thicker.
-- 
Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly

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When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2020-09-05 10:12 +0000
  Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 06:55 -0400
    Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-05 11:19 +0000
      Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-09-05 12:31 +0000
        Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 09:26 -0400
          Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 12:04 -0400
            Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 12:26 -0400
              Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 12:57 -0400
                Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 14:03 -0400
                Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 15:15 -0400
                Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 16:34 -0400
                Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 17:02 -0400
                Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 17:27 -0400
                Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 20:02 -0400
                Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 21:50 -0400
              Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2020-09-05 12:03 -0500
                Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 14:07 -0400
            Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-09-05 17:53 -0700
              Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 20:57 -0400
          Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-09-05 17:38 -0700
            Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 21:58 -0400
            Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-06 07:10 +0100
            Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-09-06 20:05 +0000
            Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-09-08 21:10 +0000
        Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-05 13:30 +0000
        Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-09-05 19:17 +0000
          Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 16:20 -0400
            Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-11-19 07:15 +0000
          Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 16:41 -0400
      Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-09-05 18:59 +0000
        Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-05 20:01 +0000
          Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-05 22:06 +0100
            Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-06 08:21 +0000
              Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-06 10:26 +0100
          Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-11-14 08:58 +0000
      Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-09-05 17:38 -0700
        Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-06 08:20 +0000
      Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-09-08 21:10 +0000
        Re: X et al, When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-09-08 22:29 +0000
        Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-09-09 19:20 +0000
    Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 09:44 -0400
    Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-05 16:59 +0100
  Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Jason Evans <jsevans@mailfence.com> - 2020-09-05 14:20 +0000
    Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2020-09-05 16:27 +0000
      Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 12:58 -0400
        Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 13:01 -0400
      Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-09-05 19:38 +0000
        Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 16:24 -0400
  Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Rick Umali <rickumali@gmail.com> - 2020-09-05 19:40 +0000
  Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2020-09-08 11:22 -0700
    Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-09-09 16:02 +0000
      Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2020-09-09 16:56 +0000
  Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? massimo79m@gmail.com - 2020-09-12 01:39 -0700
    Re: When did mainframes lose commercial dominance? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2020-09-17 13:28 -0700

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