Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Documentation quality WAS: interesting

On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 nolan@celery.tssi.com wrote:

> > 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.

No argument there.  It would be nice to have a standard text formatted set
of docs for users who need a lowest common denominator type setup.