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Article #20992Re: Public domain software?
From: der Mouse
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1992 22:07
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1992 22:07
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In article <ByLp79.IE1.2@cs.cmu.edu>, ddj+@cs.cmu.edu (Doug DeJulio) writes:
> Once again, X-windows.
("It's a window system called X, not a system called XWindows.")
> Let's say a vendor makes a graphics accelerator card, and makes an X
> server for it. Let's say X11R2, it was done a while ago. Now the
> users can't upgrade.
What users? Users that were stupid enough to buy the card and thereby
lock themselves into a single-vendor solution?
Stupidity always brings its own reward.
der Mouse
mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: faa64,dec46815c7a2dfaf X-Google-Attributes: gidfaa64,public X-Google-Thread: f9382,dec46815c7a2dfaf X-Google-Attributes: gidf9382,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,dec46815c7a2dfaf X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: f72b0,dec46815c7a2dfaf X-Google-Attributes: gidf72b0,public X-Google-Thread: 10f9b1,dec46815c7a2dfaf X-Google-Attributes: gid10f9b1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-12-05 19:05:38 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!olivea!charnel!sifon!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!mouse From: mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.misc,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux Subject: Re: Public domain software? Message-ID: <1992Dec5.220756.20543@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> Date: 5 Dec 92 22:07:56 GMT References: <1992Nov28.110855.26288@hellgate.utah.edu> <ByLp79.IE1.2@cs.cmu.edu> Organization: McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines Lines: 19