Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!aplcomm!capd.jhuapl.edu!waltrip From: waltrip@capd.jhuapl.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: X11 for the NeXTstation Message-ID: <1991Jan14.095817.1@capd.jhuapl.edu> Date: 14 Jan 91 14:58:17 GMT References: <3573@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> <1117@toaster.SFSU.EDU> <1991Jan14.001459.13161@cs.mcgill.ca> <1120@toaster.SFSU.EDU> Sender: news@aplcomm.JHUAPL.EDU Organization: CAPVAX, JHU/APL Lines: 43 In article <1120@toaster.SFSU.EDU>, eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes: > In article <1991Jan14.001459.13161@cs.mcgill.ca> > peterd@cs.mcgill.ca (Peter Deutsch) writes: >>>NeXT has better things to worry about... like developing a >>>C2-certifiable release. That's going to count for a lot more, >>>since the really big customers won't even look at NeXT without >>>that, and it's not something a third party can easily address. >> >>Sorry, but I don't think "they" will look at it without X, >>as well. It's now what the marketers call a "checklist >>item". > [...material (much of which I agree with) deleted...] > You have to be willing to let go of the past or you're doomed. > Kiss your X goodbye. Even granting your point that X is passe, letting go of old technology need not be done "cold turkey". Using your LP vs. CD analogy below, We did not have to give up our favorite LPs when CD technology was new and we couldn't get CD versions. We could incorporate both a turntable and a CD player into our sound system without having to replace the entire sound system. This led to a remarkably fast transition from LPs to CDs. Would it have been as rapid if we'd have had to replace our entire sound systems? We'll never know, but I don't believe so. For many of us, the only way to have our CDs (NeXTstep) NOW is to be able to plug in our turntables (X). It's not a problem confined to the academic community either. But, as many of us posting on this topic keep saying, we do not require that NeXT provide the turntables so long as they don't make it hard for third parties to do so...and the Pencom postings indicate NeXT is cooperating so we're all happy now:^) > > -=EPS=- > -- > If you really believe that X11 will be with us for years to come > and everyone's in too deep to get out now, look how many record > stores still sell vinyl LPs. The handwriting is on the wall. c.f.waltrip DDN: Opinions expressed are my own.