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From: mongo@helios (Mongo Package)
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Subject: Re: Suntools vs. Xwindows
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Date: 6 Jul 89 03:07:58 GMT
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In article <18220@usc.edu> annala@neuro.usc.edu (A J Annala) writes:
>In article <3290@portia.Stanford.EDU> rick@hanauma (Richard Ottolini) writes:
>>The distinction between Suntools and XWindows will disappear in the
>>near future in a Sun product called XView.  See Sun's compatibility
>>package for portions of old Suntools that won't be supported (about 10%).
>I hope this prediction never comes to pass.  I have used Suntools, SunCore,
>and X11R3 pretty extensively in the past six months.  My opinions follow:
>
People who are relying on SunCore or SunCGI should take a look at the latest
doc-sets which clearly announce that Sun will not be continuing to support
either of these packages.  The only 2-d "standard" left will be SunGKS.

The best information that I have been able to get about SunView is this:
The X11/NeWS server will be bundled with SunOS 4.1; however, SunView will
also still be shipped with SunOS 4.1.  This gives us the option of using
a network-based window system or the smaller-and-still-faster SunView.

Sun has also given the impression that the faster/better frame buffers
which will be available in the future may not be driveable as "dumb" frame
buffers.  Exactly what this means is not clear to me, other than that it
is probably unwise not to upgrade software to use the "currently trendy"
graphics interface.

Steve Allen
These can't be the opinions of the University of California.
See your Sun rep. for more details.