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From: giguere@csg.uwaterloo.ca (Eric Giguere)
Subject: Re: Windows for Amiga?? Maybe!!
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Date: Sat, 24 Nov 90 20:13:12 GMT
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Personally, I don't think X Windows is a viable solution for the average      
Amiga user.  First of all, it's just too big.  My X server running on an
IBM Model 70/386 with 4 megs of RAM is so slow it's painful to use... for
editing I switch over to the Amiga.  Second, X was really meant to work in
a networked environment.  The average home setup is NOT going to have a bunch
of computers hooked up with an Ethernet.  If you don't want (need) transparent
networking, then you don't need X.  Third, you still need other layers on top
of X, like Motif or Open Look, plus a file manager/desktop of some kind.

What about source compatibility?  IMHO, source compatibility means shit to
the average user.  The developers might appreciate it, but if the users have
to suffer with a slow environment just so the developers have an easier time
of it, then the developers have their priorities backwards.  Besides, source
compatibility is never complete.

You know, both the Mac and the Amiga have fairly well-established, thin,
in-ROM presentation interfaces.  Why should the average user on either system
want to use something like X Windows?

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Eric Giguere                                       giguere@csg.UWaterloo.CA
           Quoth the raven: "Eat my shorts!" --- Poe & Groening