Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!dd26+ From: dd26+@andrew.cmu.edu (Douglas F. DeJulio) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: X11 opinion. Message-ID: Date: 20 Oct 90 15:31:51 GMT References: <9224@helios.TAMU.EDU> , <564@kaos.MATH.UCLA.EDU> Organization: Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: <564@kaos.MATH.UCLA.EDU> barry@pico.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) writes: > I think NeXT should build X into NeXTStep the same way X is built into > NeWS. It wouldn't hurt anything, and it would broaden their appeal > somewhat. It wouldn't hurt anything? I disagree. X11 is an abomination. It's a huge, clunky piece of software that lets people hang themselves. I refuse to run X11 except for the purpose of things like game-playing, and even then it's not frequent. I'm waiting for X to die. If a company like NeXT puts X11 support into their product, the abomination will be able to survive that much longer. I wish people would abandon this foolishnes called X11. -- Doug DeJulio dd26@andrew.cmu.edu