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From: kek@DINORAH.WUSTL.EDU (Ken Krippner)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: VAXstation 3100 & DECstation 3100
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Date: 1 Feb 89 15:58:56 GMT
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You wrote, 'Well, both machines come with X11.  Either with VMS or ULTRIX.'

I think this does not answer the question I have about these new products.

To be more specific:

	Do these machines with their "X11" which comes with, conform
	to the Consortium standard, doc/protocol of Release 3, i.e.
	will "proper" R3 clients running on other machines function
	properly on their servers?

	Do these machines have an Xlib which conforms to the standard
	set forth by the Consortium in the doc/Xlib of Release 3 of X11,
	i.e. will "proper" programs funcioning well under MIT's X11R3
	function well as clients on these terminals both with these
	terminals as servers and with other "proper" servers?

	Likewise, do these machines have an Xt Intrinsic set which is
	completely conformal with the Consortium standard defined by
	doc/Xt or Release 3 of X11, i.e. will "proper" widgets link
	with these Intrinsics and function identically with those
	widgets linked with "proper" Intrinsics? 

Note: "proper" in this context means written or functioning according
	to the rules and not based on a "bug".

Does anybody know how good the match to X (R3) really is here?  I
think that the success of X (and probably these terminals) depends on
the answers to the above.

Comments?