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From: sehyo@netcom.com (Sehyo Chang)
Subject: Re: Headless Image
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Peter Havel 7046 (peter@asgard.gud.siemens.co.at) wrote:
: Parcplace has an unsupported filein that turns an VisualWorks image into
: what they call a 'headless' image, which is an image that has only a command
: line interface and doesn't use any windowing system !

: Questions: Where could I find those changes ?
:            What problems could raise due to this filein ?
: 	   Has anybody done this before ?


Better yet, they will be release as server version of VW2.5 (headless VW).
You can attach/detach UI dynamically. What fun! Build your own OODBMS,
transaction manager,etc.

-- sehyo
