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From: kelpie@nwnexus.WA.COM (Anthony C. Garland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: DESQview/X vs. X-terminals
Message-ID: <397@nwnexus.WA.COM>
Date: 12 Oct 90 12:38:54 GMT
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pnl@hpfinote.HP.COM (Peter Lim) writes:

>I saw that "Technical Guide" in the latest BYTE magazine -- IBM PC special
>Basically, it is still vaporware. Scheduled to be release 1991. Essentially,
>the booklet describe DesqView, X11 features and lots of promise what
>DesqView/X can do.
>I wait for 1991 .....

While I agree with the author that it is vaporware, it is worth noting that
in the same BYTE issue in the article entitled "The Migration of the X
Window System" the author saw demo'd an early version of Desqview X and
was very impressed with its capabilities and apparent robustness (at such
an early stage).  For what its worth...
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