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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I think a lot of it boils back down to what is needed. I'm not a > huge fan of server technology (20,000 chickens pulling a plow) but > since we don't run PROFS any longer, Locust notes is how I do > e-mail. recent posts about some early 2-tier (mainframe) operations ... justifying server plus distributed operation http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006p.html#40 25th Anniversary of the Personal Computer some of the other posts in the thread on early evoluation of 2-tier & 3-tier computing http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006p.html#31 25th Anniversary of the Personal Computer http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006p.html#34 25th Anniversary of the Personal Computer http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006p.html#36 25th Anniversary of the Personal Computer http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006p.html#39 25th Anniversary of the Personal Computer lots of collected past postings on 3-tier computing http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subnetwork.html#3tier espeically during the hey day of SAA when we were out doing customer executive presentations on 3-tier ... and lots of SAA was much more oriented towards the preservation of the terminal emulation paradigm http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subnetwork.html#emulation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html