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From: bwbe_c52@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Brent Benson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: So how about X
Summary: Byte blurb on X for NeXT
Keywords: X Windows, NeXT
Message-ID: <5196@ur-cc.UUCP>
Date: 12 Feb 90 13:41:37 GMT
References: <1990Feb11.092939.17598@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> <431@datran2.uunet>
Reply-To: bwbe_c52@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Brent Benson)
Organization: University of Rochester
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In article <431@datran2.uunet> smb@datran2.uunet (Steven M. Boker) writes:
>In article <1990Feb11.092939.17598@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu>, cattelan@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Russell Cattelan) writes:
>> So now that it is almost a month past the supposed release of the 
>> X11 Server for the cube, does any body have any information about it
>> or has it been neatly postponed?
>> 
>
>Anybody else heard anything?
>
This from the Febuary Byte Magazine, (p.26):

While most of the Unix world has moved toward the X Window System 
as the windowing system for workstations and applications, the NeXT
Computer uses a proprietary wondowing system.  But now MIT, which
developed and distributes X Window [sic], has come up with a version
that runs on the NeXT cube.  After buying a number of NeXT machines, 
MIT wanted to integrate them into its Athena computing environment,
which makes use of X Window.

The X Window port to the NeXT lets the user create a NextStep window
on the screen, which is equivalent to an X Window device, according
to NeXT, Inc.'s Barry Silverman, who worked with MIT on the X Window
port.  This means that nay application that adheres to X11 calls can
run within this window on the NeXT.

Initially, the port supports X11 release 3, and eventually it will
support release 4.  MIT will make the X Window port for NeXT publicly
available on tape later this year.  MIT will monitor bug reports and
make changes to the code as necessary.

NeXT has no plans to support MIT's port of X Window to its machine,
according to Silverman.  The project was primarily for MIT's internal
use, but, as is customary, MIT releases its programs for public use.
(end excerpt)

This really doesn't clear much up; but I thought it might be interesting
to some.
-Brent




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