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From: terry@tah386.manhattan.ks.us (Terry Hull)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Windowing system
Message-ID: <575@tah386.manhattan.ks.us>
Date: 21 Sep 89 03:21:30 GMT
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Reply-To: terry@tah386.manhattan.ks.us (Terry Hull)
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In article <609@fiver.UUCP> palowoda@fiver.UUCP (Bob Palowoda) writes:
>From article <4415@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>, by conan@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Robert B Carroll):

>> I used Windows for Data, Windows for C where is used to work.
>> I don't know how much it costs.
>
>  I think it cost around 800.00. I wouldn't consider it low priced.
Me either.  

>You would think with X-windows the price would drop on such a product.

Why?  The X Window system does not compete with Windows for Data.  X is
a network transparent windowing system for bitmapped displays.  Windows for
C and Windows for data constitute a protable windowing system for data 
entry on character based displays.  Further, X does not provide the 
facilites for data entry into a database system.  You would need Windows
for Data in conjunction with X not instead of X.  

-- 
Terry Hull 
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University
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