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From: hvr%kimba@Sun.COM (Heather Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: Re: Has X Won the Window Wars? (was Re: Is NeWS UseABLE?)
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Date: 2 Sep 88 00:30:55 GMT
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In article <13317@jumbo.dec.com> jg@jumbo.UUCP (Jim Gettys) writes:
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>I've never said X  was a hacked together project DEC latched onto; in
>no location, at no time.

You are of course right you never said those words.  What I interpreted
as "hacked up" was the X10 project that 2-3 people worked on with much
success.  X11 was a complete re-design as far as I know that DEC wanted
very knowledgeable people like yourself to fully re-think through and
implement.  What I see as "lost effort" so to speak are the applications
written for X10. I understand HP has a very nice implementation of X10
with many goodies.  

I don't want to seem "anti-X11" since it is something I will be using
alot of in the near future.  I have used X10 and liked it quite a bit.
I was very impressed with that work.  
 
>Yup. And I'd recommend listening to what people actually say before
>you quote someone.

If I offended you, I am very sorry.  It was never my intention to do
so.  Thanks for taking the time to educate me, I appreciate it!

Heather Rose

disclaimer:  these opinions are mine, mine, all mine!