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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Should I buy an X terminal (versus a workstation)
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Date: 6 Sep 89 18:29:50 GMT
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    I was told today that X is a changing `standard', and that I might suffer
    a risk of my terminal becoming obsolete before it's delivered to the
    boondocks here in Nova Scotia.

Sounds like whoever told you that was trying to sell you something besides X.
The X protocol seen by the X terminal is *not* a changing standard.

    are there some terminals with a software system which would avoid
    me buying new ROMS?


At least one vendor ships a version of the terminal that has its code
downloaded, rather than in PROMs.