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From: mouse@LIGHTNING.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  Xnews vs Xsun on SPARCstation 2 GX
Message-ID: <9012060726.AA16789@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 6 Dec 90 07:26:36 GMT
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> Several issues should be considered when comparing Openwindows (OW)
> 2.0 with X11R4.  These include [...].  Even though OW is free (with
> SunOS 4.1.1) like X11R4,

Well, you get source with R4.  OW source isn't free (though Sun has
been trying to redefine "free" to make it appear so).

> This is a comparison of the performance of the OW xnews server with
> the MIT X11R4 Xsun server.

Nice job.  I wish all benchmark postings went into this level of detail
about their results.  You've given a very clear idea of the performance
tradeoffs (in the areas where functionality overlaps - obviously MIT X
won't be much good at NeWS stuff, which may or may not matter :-).

					der Mouse

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