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From: guido@cwi.nl (Guido van Rossum)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X-Windows price for A/UX
Message-ID: <285@piring.cwi.nl>
Date: 22 Apr 88 11:30:03 GMT
References: <8532@apple.Apple.Com> <2855@emory.uucp> <8682@apple.Apple.Com> <4466@hoptoad.uucp>
Reply-To: guido@cwi.nl (Guido van Rossum)
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In article <4466@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:
>I think it's funny how the "public domain" X window system usually ends
>up costing big bucks from the vendors who support it, while the
>"proprietary" NeWS system costs $100 for Suns, $225 for Macs, etc.

I would like to know what's included in "etc".  X11 for my VaxStation2000
running Ultrix cost only the price of the MIT X tape; is NeWS available
for my machine?  Can I then run NeWS clients on a Harris "tahoe"
processor (where I am running most X clients)?  The big bucks you are
mentioning probably refer to "support".  X without support is as cheap
as NeWS.  How good is NeWS supported for non-Sun machines?
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Guido van Rossum, Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI), Amsterdam
guido@piring.cwi.nl or mcvax!piring!guido or guido%piring.cwi.nl@uunet.uu.net