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From: jarober@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (DE Robertson james an 740-9172)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Re: Openwin or X11R4
Keywords: OpenWin X11R4
Message-ID: <1991Jun14.040542.8286@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Date: 14 Jun 91 04:05:42 GMT
References: <1991Jun3.200112.17129@wlbr.imsd.contel.com> <1991Jun06.060759.420@shawn.uucp> <28@tdatirv.UUCP> <1991Jun07.233354.2660@convex.com> <10240@rosevax.Rosemount.COM>
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dan@scooter.rosemount.com (Dan Messinger) writes:

>In article <1991Jun07.233354.2660@convex.com>, datri@convex.com (Anthony
>A. Datri) writes:
>|>   The xnews
>|> server also loves to LOSE icons -- they disappear *completely*.

>This is my primary reason for NOT using OL.  I would loose an icon at least
>a half dozen times a day.  I reported it to Sun, and they claimed I had
>something configured wrong, or there was some MIT software contaminating
>the system.  I don't buy it.  I've lost icons while running several different

I've heard this, but to me it sounds like an urban legend. In 2 years of using
Openwin (from 1.x --> 3.0 beta) I have NEVER had this happen. And my 
experience with OL Vs vanilla MIT is that MIT is faster on a SUN 3, but that
OL is just as fast on a Sparc. 

jarober@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu