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From: dgreen@squid.cs.ucla.edu (Dan R. Greening)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: X windows server under MS Windows?
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Date: 21 Jan 89 21:11:56 GMT
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In article <22244@mirror.UUCP> billc@prism.TMC.COM (Bill Callahan) writes:

>    Most of the real windowing stuff [for X] is already [in MS Windows].  All
>    you would really need to write would be something that could handle the
>    protocols over whatever link you have to the big machine.  That would
>    convert your PC into a very smart X-Windows workstation, for simply the
>    cost of the software.  Bet you that would sell!

It may sell.  But, I can tell you it's more than just handling the
protocols.  There is a *lot* of stuff in X windows, even just relating
to how it draws lines and how it handles colors, that doesn't exist in MS 
windows.

Dan Greening  dgreen@cs.ucla.edu  213-472-4898  308 Westwood Plaza, #117
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