alternatives to X?

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From: Ted Uhlemann
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 02:27

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I'm curious about whether there are any alternative UNIX windowing systems
to X.  I recently read the papers on the Plan 9 operating system and I like
what they're doing with the "8 1/2" window system.  Is there anything similar
for UNIX?  Could 8 1/2 be easily ported to UNIX?
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From: iczer@sdf.lonestar.org (Ted Uhlemann)
Subject: alternatives to X?
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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 02:27:03 GMT
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