Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 09:04:50 +1200
From: Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: Re: [opendos] Wishlist v2.0
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James Lefavour wrote:
> So we aren't just talking games here - there is useful software that
> is available only for the M$ Windoes environments. We will need to
> keep that in mind for the future - how about modelling after the
> XWindows setup - make the OS 32 bit command line, and have a GUI
> layer float over that?

That is how I beleive a gui should relate to an os, an OPTIONAL layer
that sits on top, rather than a required monolithic giant that hides the
os from those who want to see it (for those who don't, that's what a
gui's for in the first place).

Bill
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Leave others their otherness.