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From: schwartz@groucho.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz)
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Subject: Re: X11 bashing
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Date: 27 Apr 91 01:32:45 GMT
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stripes@eng.umd.edu (Joshua Osborne) writes:
   No they didn't "eventually realise" the need for the server to
   understand menus, text editors, and buttons.  That would have
   forced a Look & Feel onto applications, which is what they wanted
   the server NOT to do.

If the server supports an extension language, then no one is locked
into anything.  They just download their look and feel to where it
properly belongs.

   but that requires a fair amt of memmory in the server

What are workstations for :-)