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From: pjg@acsu.buffalo.edu (Paul Graham)
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Subject: Re: Virtual TWM desktop and Solbourne
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Date: 10 Aug 90 21:55:37 GMT
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barry@ADS.COM (Barry Lustig) writes:
|   The idea of using a panner is not particularly unique.  Solbourne's
|use of a panner was predated by the InterViews folks at Stanford.
|Their code implements a panner that is very similar to that used by
|Solbourne's window manager.  Who is copying from whom?

well perhaps someone with firsthand experience can comment on the
similarities among swm, interviews, pre-rooms and various micro things.
perhaps solbourne will comment?  certainly they have software interests as
well as hardware interests since they've licensed some part of their c++
environment to AT&T.  more light, less heat.