The Family PC

What's that?

Unix is multi-user, and the average family is multi-member, right? So families should be working on Unix machines instead of fighting for time on single-user PCs, right? Is it just because of the interface that this isn't so?

Well, a Unix GUI will hopefully remove that reason, but there are still some technical issues to be sorted out.

Issues

We need one monitor, one mouse and one keyboard per user, but not one CPU per user. That would make it a PC LAN, and what we need is just a multi-user computer. Does the PC architecture support this?
Does the X Window system allow this architecture?
Can we modify the "thin-client" model so that local devices like CD-ROMs are supported?

How does it look?

Here:

If you think there's some way we could do this, let's get to work on it as quickly as possible. There's only a small window of opportunity before Microsoft-Intel release such a machine with a multi-user OS and seal their domination of the world.

Mail me at gcp@emirates.net.ae or at g.c.prasad@usa.net . I used to have a Hotmail account, but gave it up after it was taken over by the Evil Empire :-(.

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