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From: brsmith@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (Brian R. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: UIDL/ADI Study Group
Message-ID: <15371@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU>
Date: 24 Aug 89 00:11:35 GMT
References: <8908232256.AA12268@gg.sei.cmu.edu>
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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rcs@SEI.CMU.EDU (rCs) writes:

>Reference Model

>  The  P1201  User  Interface reference model, shown below, is a layered model
>which defines the program services and interfaces required for  network-based,
>bitmapped  graphic  user interface applications.  For purposes of the UIDL/ADI
>Working group Layers 0-3 a in the model could be replaced with a  single  user
>interface toolkit, for example the Mac Toolkit or Presentation Manager.

< bitching on >

Oh, please!  Give me a break.  ANOTHER %$*#@ Interface "standard"?

Excuse me, I think I'm going to be ill.

Programming-by-committee bothers me; why couldn't they just say
"That Open Look thang is nice; let's implement that."  No, that
would be too easy.

< bitching over >

I think I'll buy a Mac and hide in a closet for a couple years until
this settles down a bit.

Brian