From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:27:51 -0400 From: Russ Cox To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] killing processes In-Reply-To: <20050915150756.GO30467@server4.lensbuddy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20050915150756.GO30467@server4.lensbuddy.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 88d0bd10-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > I think it's already mentioned in the original papers that one of the > main reason for 'cpu' servers is bandwidth/proximity to the file > server(s), so in a way it has always been a misnomer. This just isn't true. The cpu server lets you use its cpu. And in the early days, it was a lot easier to buy a really fast cpu server than it was to buy a really fast terminal. It's still more cost-effective. And, by the way, cpu servers are the only way I use Plan 9 these days. Russ