🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <167@geovision.UUCP>, alastair@geovision.UUCP (Alastair Mayer) writes:
>  I don't want this to degenerate into  religious_wars.windows,  but
> personally I'd like to see X for the ST.  Maybe it isn't the "best"
> (whatever that means) window system, but I work with 4 different
> mfg's hardware, and X runs on all of it (including the Suns).  Makes
> software porting a lot easier.  It'd sure be nice to use some of that
> on my ST, or to use my ST to develop software at home.

Agreed. I should have toned down my message, since i have no desire
to start a "religous war".  My impressions were gleaned from an RT
which is probably not the best place.  One of the major advantages
of X11 IS that source code is available for $150 from MIT. An X
port is apparently already underway from the Idris folks... of course
Idris costs $$$.  If Atari is a clever company they are working on
a Unix/X or Unix/NeWS port to the Megas right now ...(and for all i 
know they are)...

The combination of GEM/TOS was good two years ago ... (at least from
a financial point of view) ... offering a choice on the Megas between
GEM/TOS and Unix/[NeWS/X] would have been fairly bright ...