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- From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Subject: Re: Sun's GUI and OS mistakes (was Re: LX a
- Message-ID: <16032@auspex-gw.auspex.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 04:46:40 GMT
- References: <1992Dec19.170637.668@lokkur.dexter.mi.us> <1992Dec21.161330.16572@news.duc.auburn.edu>
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- Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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- >3. If OpenWindows were as fast as X11/R?, would you still hate it?
- >
- >It seems that the biggest reason people dog OpenWindows is because of
- >its speed. *If* Sun fixes that...
-
- "It's only X11R4, not X11R5" (or stuff that amounts to that) seems to be
- another common complaint. I suspect OW 4.0, if such a thing comes out,
- will be either X11R5-based or X11R6-based (if X11R6 arrives in time for
- them to base a release on it).
-
- It may also have a fairly different server init, which may lack NeWS but
- have Display PostScript instead. Whether that server will be faster,
- slower, or about the same speed is another matter.... Dunno what effect
- that'll have on the time-lag between an X Consortium release and an OW
- release based on it.
-
- >The biggest reason my organization supports OpenWindows is because of
- >AnswerBook. I don't see how any large site can survive the onslaught
- >of paper manuals.
-
- Yup. If they shoot NeWS in the head, it might mean that AB won't
- require OW; then again, it may just mean that it won't require NeWS, but
- will require Display PostScript instead (are there any X terminals that
- do DPS?)....
-