Re: Linux v/s Mac OS X?

[Raju Mathur <raju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mayuresh,

I agree that X has flaws, is bloated, can cause problems.  Make me a
better standard network graphics protocol which runs on everything
from Palm's to Cray's and I'll be glad to adopt it.

Until then...

Regards,

-- Raju

>>>>> "Mayuresh" == Mayuresh A Kathe <mayuresh@xxxxxxxx> writes:

    Mayuresh> Hi Raju, Sorry about that (screwing up the name)...

    Mayuresh> The 'X Window System' is really sick in today's
    Mayuresh> environment because we have all the power to run our
    Mayuresh> Graphics systems as well as apps locally...  It really
    Mayuresh> doesn't make sense to run the X Server and the X Clients
    Mayuresh> on the same machine, something like running telnet to
    Mayuresh> run applications on your own machine from your own
    Mayuresh> machine :-)

    Mayuresh> Secondly, it was DOA because if you look at the way it
    Mayuresh> was developed, God, you would just pass-out reading the
    Mayuresh> way they tried to cover up their deficiencies...

    Mayuresh> Please visit
    Mayuresh> http://catalog.com/hopkins/unix-haters/x-windows/disaster.html

    Mayuresh> Any way, please visit the following URLs, they make real
    Mayuresh> good reading:
    Mayuresh> http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley9.html

    Mayuresh> http://www.asktog.com/basics/firstPrinciples.html

    Mayuresh> Warm Regards.

    Mayuresh> ~Mayuresh


    Mayuresh> on 23/3/2001 7:04 PM, Raju Mathur at
    Mayuresh> raju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

    >> <nitpick>
    >> 
    >> Nice argument, except you're applying it to a non-existent
    >> product.  There's no such thing as ``X Windows''.
    >> 
    >> From man X:
    >> 
    >> The X Consortium requests that the following names be used when
    >> referring to this software:
    >> 
    >> X X Window System X Version 11 X Window System, Version 11 X11
    >> 
    >> </nitpick>
    >> 
    >> IAC it'd be nice if you gave some reasoning why this putative
    >> ``X Windows'' is the shit/DOA you claim it to be.
    >> 
    >> Regards,
    >> 
    >> -- Raju
    >> 
    >>>>>>> "Mayuresh" == Mayuresh A Kathe <mayuresh@xxxxxxxx> writes:
    >>
    Mayuresh> Atul, I beg to differ on this point...  But, NeXTStep
    Mayuresh> was the *first* Unix to have an absolutely elegant and
    Mayuresh> stable interface...  (Again, that¹s because they didn't
    Mayuresh> use X Windows ;-)
    >>
    Mayuresh> <click> Asbestos Underwear in Place ;-) </click>
    >>
    Mayuresh> To be very frank, X Windows is absolute shit...  It is
    Mayuresh> dead, or rather as they say in America Hospital Slang,
    Mayuresh> it was DOA i.e.  Dead On Arrival
    >>
    Mayuresh> ~Mayuresh
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