Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!wrdis01!gatech!udel!rochester!kodak!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: X sucks (was: Re: Ware Ware Wizardjin) Message-ID: Date: 25 Apr 91 21:12:02 GMT References: <9104131319.AA01023@.nextserver.cs.stthomas.edu.cs.stthomas.edu..> <14619@ulysses.att.com> Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corporation Lines: 18 In article <14619@ulysses.att.com>, andys@ulysses.att.com (Andy Sherman) writes: > I'm not in the trenches, so I don't know who, (*IF ANYBODY*) is > winning the GUI war. What I want to know is why the "GUI war" is even considered worth discussing? I mean, who cares which marketing gimmick "wins"? It's about as important in the scheme of things as whether Bud Dry or Bud Light wins Bud Bowl 2. > For ISVs who want to hedge their > bets, there is an Object Interface library (developed by Solbourne, > but I think the AT&T C++ people may have picked it up as well) that > allows applications to determine their flavor at run time. So when does this get moved from the library to the server where it belongs? -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"