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From: oj@apollo.HP.COM (Ellis Oliver Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: X Keybindings
Keywords: xdm
Message-ID: <48fe3de4.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM>
Date: 4 Mar 90 14:14:00 GMT
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In article <1606@cernvax.UUCP> achille@cernvax.UUCP (achille petrilli) writes:
>Why shouldn't I use xdm ?
Some reasons our policy is "don't try this at home:"
(1) We're not yet happy with default xdm configurations.
(2) Changes to the way users log in require a great deal of testing,
    more than we had time for in the SR10.2 release.
(3) Changes to the way users log in also require extensive user
    documentation (in "Getting Started" manuals and the like) not
    to mention training for the telephone support Customer Service
    people.

If you are prepared to deal with these issues yourself, there's no reason
you can't use xdm.  We are preparing new software to deal with these issues,
but it's not released yet, sorry to say.

/Ollie Jones (speaking for myself, not necessarily for HP)