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From: de5@ornl.gov (Dave Sill)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Macintosh vs. X windows
Message-ID: <1991Jan28.173654.10133@cs.utk.edu>
Date: 28 Jan 91 17:36:54 GMT
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In article <930@borg.cs.unc.edu>, lusk@hilbert.cs.unc.edu (John Lusk) writes:
>I hesitate to ask this.  Given a choice between developing for a
>Macintosh and developing for X windows, why would anybody choose X?

Because they don't want to be tied to single vendor.  Or perhaps they
realize that X-based systems are the present/future of desktop
computing.

>I know nothing about the Mac toolbox, but I've been reading the
>O'Reilly manuals on Xlib, Xt and Xview.  Seems like the Mac toolbox
>couldn't possibly be as complicated as X.

You might reserve judgement until you've looked at the Mac.

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