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From: nolan@celery.tssi.com
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Documentation quality WAS: interesting
To: acm@tweakers.net (Arjen van der Meijden)
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:31:33 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: JanWieck@Yahoo.com ('Jan Wieck'),
	pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org ('Advocacy PostgreSQL'),
	pgsql-general@postgresql.org ('PostgreSQL-general')
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	at Jun 24, 2003 03:53:40 PM
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> There also ssh clients which support X11 forwarding on a windows machine
> and since there are X11 servers for windows...
> You don't necessarily need a unix workstation. Apart from that, a
> (tight)vnc server might be less bandwidth consuming.

I've always figured X11 was proof that you can never have a fast enough
CPU or enough memory.  :-)

I've tried X11 across a DSL line, it gives a whole new meaning to the
word slow.  I wound up creating a SSH tunnel to a browser inside the
client's firewall, a solution neither of us are entirely happy with,
as it may have some security concerns.  We're probably setting up a VPN
connection, but that's hung up in accounting.

My point is that solutions which require other technology just to install
or use, whether that be a simple browser or X11, can be self-defeating.  

If we're trying to sell ourselves to the PHP and/or MySQL communities, 
needing or even recommending X11 isn't the direction we should be going.
--
Mike Nolan