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From: ittai@shemesh.GBA.NYU.EDU (Ittai Hershman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: Re: Re: X11/NeWS Availability
Message-ID: <1340@shemesh.GBA.NYU.EDU>
Date: 12 Dec 89 21:23:37 GMT
References: <8912112136.AA23707@iris.rand.org>
Organization: NYU Stern School of Business
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OpenWindows 1.0 is shipping.  Delays are due to concern about support;
they are quite sensibly staggering shipments based on the support they
are able to give.  They also seem to be working with the local SE's to
prioritize shipment to customers who are known quantities support-wise.

There seems to be a lot of mis-information, so I typed in the
following from the "READ THIS FIRST" document:

	Even though OpenWindows 1.0 is very stable, this release is
	positioned as a developer's release to send the message that
	OpenWindows is not yet suitable as a SunView replacement for
	all current Sun customers.  Some users, particularly those
	with large-memory machines (more than 8Mb), may be happy with
	OpenWindows 1.0 performance.  Other users, such as those with
	eight megabytes of memory, may not be happy with OpenWindows
	1.0 if they expect the same level of responsiveness as they
	are now used to with SunView.  OpenWindows 1.0 is not
	recommended at all for configurations with less than 8mb.
	Existing performance problems in limited memory machines are
	well understood and will be addressed in an upcoming release.
	There is no further discussion of performance later in this
	document.

	The OpenWindows Developer's Release can be ordered for all
	three architectures.  We recommend SPARC platforms for the
	performance required by a network-based window system.

-Ittai