Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Am 07.08.2007 um 03:22 schrieb Vaisburd, Haim: >> For this, of course, we should not abandon X windows like Apple >> did. > FYI: Neither NeXT nor Apple did ever use X as their windowing system. > You'd better get informed before you starting to rant. Wikipedia's "X Window System" article annotates the following link as being from Mike Paquette, Apple Computer: http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=75257&cid=6734612 <Quote> "Why Apple didn't use X for the window system" [...] Things we'd need to add/extend in X Window software (protocol+server+manager+fonts+...): [... - 9 points I omit - ...] So, yes, it looks like we can use X for Quartz. All we need do is [... -more omissions- ...] Just what did we gain from this? Oh, yeah. My mom can run an xterm session on her desktop now without downloading the Apple X11 package, a shareware X server or buying a software package. Been there, evaluated that. </Quote> So, as far as the source can be trusted, Apple abandoned the _idea_ of using X Windows after evaluating it. FYI: I do not rant. Ever. Always yours, Tima _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
