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From: laukee@canon.co.uk (David Lau-Kee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Open Windows 2.0 released (Sun press release)
Message-ID: <1990Aug16.083241.4345@canon.co.uk>
Date: 16 Aug 90 08:32:41 GMT
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philr@knecht.Sun.COM (Phil Robar) writes:
>guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:
>>>a)  X11/NeWS is now "the" Sun window platform.
>>I.e., it is now bundled with SunOS?
>OpenWindows will be included with all future SunOS releases.  It will be the default window system for our SYSVR4 release and it will be the only Sun supplied windowing system in that release with which you will be able to build an application.

[ hmm... Must be the new Sun5 keyboard - the one without the return key.  Tip
for users: try Ctl-M ]

So what about GXP users... I guess they buy a glass tty?  Are you seriously
telling me that my $100K investment made less than a year ago is about to
become obsolete?  Get a grip and do the port... or buy it back and give me
an MVX.

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