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From: mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  MIT X Vs SUNs X11
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Date: 21 Jun 91 07:12:59 GMT
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> Having just undergone the travails of building and installing the MIT
> version of X11R4 (5 hours), on our SUN 4/370 server, I am curious to
> know if I gained anything over SUN's X11.

(I assume that should be "Sun's".)

Sigh.  Should this perhaps be in the FAQ?  We just went through this
once....

Pluses for MIT X:

	- Smaller server
	- Full source available free
	- Support via the net
	- Runs on more than Suns
	- Up to date

Pluses for Sun X:

	- PostScript interpreter in the server
	- Takes advantage of hardware accelerators
	- Possible warm fuzzy feeling from running vendor-supplied stuff

Minuses for MIT X:

	- You need enough disk space to build the distribution

Minuses for Sun X:

	- Server is (comparatively) big and slow
	- Source costs many $
	- What support is available costs many $
	- Tends to be about a release behind the times

As far as I can tell that's about it.  Naturally you will have to
decide for yourself how much weight the various pluses and minuses have
in your environment.

					der Mouse

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