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From: flanagan@lisbon.stat.washington.edu (Jim Flanagan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: X sucks (was: Re: Ware Ware Wizardjin)
Message-ID: <1991Apr15.162222.22482@lisbon.stat.washington.edu>
Date: 15 Apr 91 16:19:13 GMT
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In article <544@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> lm@slovax.Eng.Sun.COM (Larry McVoy) writes:
>In article <9104131319.AA01023@.nextserver.cs.stthomas.edu.cs.stthomas.edu..> root@NEXTSERVER.CS.STTHOMAS.EDU (Max Tardiveau) writes:
>The problem is that "technically right" != "business right".  People
>are far less likely to write apps for NeWS or NextStep because X is the
>dominant player in the WS market (if Motif vs Openlook wars continue,
>that might kill X, though.  Interesting thought even if unlikely.)
>
>I suspect that we are stuck with X.  X will evolve.  In 5 years, there
>will be this thing called X, big and ugly, that does X type imaging and
>has Postscript imaging glommed in as well.  Sigh.  Like Ritchie said:
>sometimes, when you fill a void it still sucks.

  White man build big fire, stand far away. 


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