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From: deangeli@granite.cr.bull.com (Douglas J. DeAngelis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: X Window Emulator for the Mac
Keywords: X, Apple
Message-ID: <1990May4.121905.16042@granite.cr.bull.com>
Date: 4 May 90 12:19:05 GMT
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I feel the need to make another point about the differences between MacX
and eXodus:

1) Apple lists A/UX as one of its system requirements for running MacX
   or X11.  This may at first seem logical, but there is no fundamental
   reason to tie these together.  eXodus makes no such requirement, and
   for people who are just looking to turn a few Macs around the site
   into Xterms, this requirement could add significantly to the cost
   (especially considering the Apple view that the extended functionality
   of 2.0 will command significantly more cash flow than previous versions...)

2) eXodus is an R4 server that works _today_.  The R4 server that Apple
   has announced (called X11 for A/UX), in their words, "takes over the
   console display".  Another minor ;-) point is that it doesn't work yet.
   Crashing UNIX systems on a routine basis is much less pleasant than a
   normal, friendly Mac crash.

3) Lastly, in the words of the immortal Bill Murray, "who you gonna call"
   when you start having problems?

Nuff said.

-Doug
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