[2051] in java-interest
Re: Setting Boundaries (was Re: JDK Question)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gary Aitken)
Fri Sep 22 13:14:13 1995
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 07:38:09 -0700
From: garya@village.org (Gary Aitken)
To: James C Deikun <jcdst10+@pitt.edu>,
Arthur van Hoff
<Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM>
Cc: Philip Brown <phil@bolthole.com>, java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9509212043.A10118-0100000@unixs3.cis.pitt.edu>
>Indeed, in contexts like that it would be good for user classes to
>*expect* a more restricted environment. After all, on a machine in
>Maine, opening up X windows wouldn't be particularly useful to me here in
>Pittsburgh, even if they were redirected properly to my X server. (Hey, can
>you say "slow"?)
Depends on your perspective. If that computer in Maine had the key to a
lockbox with $1M in it, I suspect you'd find it particularly useful.
I was in Colorado on one occasion and needed something (can't remember what)
very badly which was only available on my computer in Montana. The info was
only available through an X program. I was delighted to be able to get it,
despite the slowness. Besides, at some point the communications link will
improve, the protocol will improve, and the connection will be more tolerable.
Gary Aitken garya@village.org
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