> -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Gettys [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 12:25 PM > To: McDonald, Michael-p7438c > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Documentation?
> > That's undoubtable true since we like to think we learn from past > > mistakes. Recurring evidence to the contrary not withstanding. > > Thanks. The above paragraph was a statement about "computer science" in general, not you personally. I was thinking of YOU and Keith, and Denise, and Bob when I was writing the following paragraph: > > > > But I for one think you guys did one hell of a good job > coming up with > > X11. There are a lot more things right with it than there are wrong. > > Most of those 20 year old programs do still work. You can't say that > > about a lot of systems. > Backing store and saveunders have *always* been hints. > So I disagree with your conclusion. > - Jim I wasn't refering to backing store or save unders or any other feature specificly. I was refering to MY impression of what I perceive as the philosophy of the "new" set of developers. Mike McDonald _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
