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From: JONESD@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (David Jones)
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Subject: Re: Non-Unix X clients?
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Date: 3 May 90 16:05:33 GMT
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I don't see what your point is.  It seems like you want evidence to support
or refute premise 3 of the argument:

     since:
        1. The advantages of distributed applications are not easily
           perceived.
	2. X applications run much faster if the X is replaced by
           a window system optimized for access to local hardware.
	3. All X applications can run on my workstation using a  different
           window system because the application was written under unix
           and my workstation runs unix.

    therefore:
         Its hard to justify writing X-based applications because
         X overhead degrades the quality of the application while
         apparently gaining little.

The problem with premise 3 is that it assumes that the framebuffer window
system on all hardware made by different manufacturers will be the same
just because they are running unix.  You need to define a standard that
people can conform all their applications to.

I think premise 1 will become less valid over time as people's work
habits change.

As for X-applications with a non-unix origin, VMS has a few pretty slick
applications.  The bookreader application has no widely known analogue
under unix.  There are also DECwindows front ends for the symbolic debugger
and the performance coverage analyzer, which are VMS specific.

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