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From: poser@csli.Stanford.EDU (Bill Poser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: X11 for the NeXTstation
Message-ID: <17167@csli.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 14 Jan 91 04:53:04 GMT
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In article <2014@autodesk.COM> glang@Autodesk.COM (Gary Lang) writes:
>All of these postings wherein people are gnashing their teeth over the
>lack of X support on the NeXT are really strange to me.  If there's a
>market for this, and if NeXT is dropping the ball, then put your money
>where your mouth is and do it yourself and make all of the money you
>think the vendor of such a product will make.

You're missing the point. We're NOT complaining about NeXT not doing
X itself. We're complaining about NeXT not cooperating with people
implementing X by providing necessary information. This goes not only
to X but also to the more general issue of whether NeXT will have
an open systems philosophy, which allows people to use the machine
as they see fit, or will go the route of so many computer manufacturers
and try to sell appliances. On the X issue, please note that Pencom's
forthcoming release indicates that NeXT is cooperating with somebody
on X.

						Bill Poser