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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Why X and NeWS
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Date: 26 Aug 88 00:52:51 GMT
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X and NeWS are network based window systems. This means that clients 
(applications) that are running on the local machine, and clients running
on other machines on the network can manipulate windows on the server (host)
machine. So if you are running one of these on your Amiga you can use the
CAD program on the Sun-4 with it's window open on your Amiga screen. In
a situation like this, the Amiga is acting like an window terminal. In other
cases the client may be running on the Amiga and the window it is attached
to may be on the Amiga or on a Sun down the hall. 

--Chuck McManis
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These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you.