Xref: utzoo comp.windows.x:2497 comp.sys.mac:12708 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!faline!thumper!ulysses!sfmag!sfsup!shap From: shap@sfsup.UUCP (J.S.Shapiro) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: X for the Mac? Summary: X.11 not yet stabilized Message-ID: <2811@sfsup.UUCP> Date: 17 Feb 88 04:45:01 GMT References: <296@algol.spp2.UUCP> Organization: AT&T-IS, Summit N.J. USA Lines: 12 In article <296@algol.spp2.UUCP>, urban@spp2.UUCP writes: > Do I correctly understand that there is not, at present, an X11 server for > the Macintosh (generic)? But that X11 will exist in some form under > A/UX on the Mac II only? Yes, but this may have something to do wqith the fact that X.11 can't be considered stable yet. X 11.1 was very difficult to port, and the thing is still a sufficiently fast moving target that any company considering an X implementation for the WOMBAT-3000 would do well to hold off until the X world slows down a bit. Jon