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From: Kevin.N.Broekhoven@queensu.ca
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: X Windows and Unix SysVR4
Message-ID: <4450*Kevin.N.Broekhoven@QueensU.CA>
Date: 28 Jan 91 15:22:00 GMT
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Date:         Fri, 18 Jan 1991 11:24:00
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From:         Kevin.N.Broekhoven@QueensU.CA
To:           xpert@athena.mit.edu
Subject:      X Windows and Unix SysVR4

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I know that OpenLook is part of the SysVR4 specification, and that OpenLook is
currently implemented using the X11 protocol.
However is X11 part of the SysVR4 specification?  Would these guys
be free to implement OpenLook with some other windowing system in the future,
or is the X11 component of the specification cast in stone?

Similarly, Motif is (will be?) part of the OSF/1 operating system spec.  Motif
is currently implemented with X11.  Is X11 a fixed part of the OSF/Motif spec,
or could OSF change to another windowing protocol in the future?

thanks in advance,

Kevin Broekhoven                     Computing Centre
applications programmer              Queens University K7L-3N6 (Canada)
Bitnet, NetNorth: BROEKHVN@QUCDN     IP: kevin@ccs.QueensU.CA (130.15.48.9)
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Kevin Broekhoven                     Computing Centre
applications programmer              Queens University K7L-3N6 (Canada)
Bitnet, NetNorth: BROEKHVN@QUCDN     IP: kevin@ccs.QueensU.CA (130.15.48.9)
X.400:  Kevin.Broekhoven@QueensU.CA  Bell: (613) 545-2235 fax: 545-6798