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From: benoni@ssc-vax.UUCP (Charles L Ditzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: NeWS for the ST!
Message-ID: <1445@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 23-Sep-87 00:10:13 EDT
Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.1445
Posted: Wed Sep 23 00:10:13 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 26-Sep-87 01:29:52 EDT
References: <484@ea.ecn.purdue.edu> <3746154a.9540@apollo.uucp> <167@geovision.UUCP>
Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA
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Summary: X,NeWS

In article <167@geovision.UUCP>, alastair@geovision.UUCP (Alastair Mayer) writes:
>  I don't want this to degenerate into  religious_wars.windows,  but
> personally I'd like to see X for the ST.  Maybe it isn't the "best"
> (whatever that means) window system, but I work with 4 different
> mfg's hardware, and X runs on all of it (including the Suns).  Makes
> software porting a lot easier.  It'd sure be nice to use some of that
> on my ST, or to use my ST to develop software at home.

Agreed. I should have toned down my message, since i have no desire
to start a "religous war".  My impressions were gleaned from an RT
which is probably not the best place.  One of the major advantages
of X11 IS that source code is available for $150 from MIT. An X
port is apparently already underway from the Idris folks... of course
Idris costs $$$.  If Atari is a clever company they are working on
a Unix/X or Unix/NeWS port to the Megas right now ...(and for all i 
know they are)...

The combination of GEM/TOS was good two years ago ... (at least from
a financial point of view) ... offering a choice on the Megas between
GEM/TOS and Unix/[NeWS/X] would have been fairly bright ...