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From: jit@SLIC.CELLBIO.DUKE.EDU (Jit Keong Tan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Statement of Direction - IRIX 4.0
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Date: 10 Dec 90 17:19:18 GMT
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==> 
==> Phil Karlton writes...
==> 
==> >With release 4.0 of IRIX, SGI will be providing a native implementation
==> >of X11 Release 4, Motif 1.1 with an enhanced Motif window manager,
==> >Display PostScript, and the IRIS Graphics Library in an integrated
==> >presentation system.......................etc.
==> 
==> Bravo!!!!
==>   When can we expect to see this on our hot little disks?  pant pant... :-)
==> 
==> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
==> | Martin Serrer                           Systems Lab., Bldg. M2, Montreal Rd.|
==> | 613-993-9442                            National Research Council of Canada,|
==> | serrer@syslab.nrc.ca                    Ottawa,  Ontario,  Canada  K1A-0R6  |
==> +------------------- Software Rusts, Rust never Sleeps -----------------------+
==> 


Well, let's not get too excited yet.  I wonder if they (sgi) will
give it away free with any of the developer's option.
Especially I don't have the X11 developer's toolkit.
I really hate to see myself to be excluded from this supposedly
greate things.

Any words from SGI (P. Karton) ?

Thanks.


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