Message-Id: <199705151851.OAA03626@delorie.com>
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 13:42:03 -0500
From: "Jonathan E. Brickman" <brickman AT cjnetworks DOT com>
Reply-To: "Jonathan E. Brickman" <brickman AT cjnetworks DOT com>
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: X -- ugh
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> To all those thinking about X on OpenDOS, *PLEASE* go to
> http://ecco.bsee.swin.edu.au/unix/uh/x-windows.html and read it ALL. If at
> the end of this you're still in the mood to have X in OpenDOS, take 2
> aspirins and go to bed. You can call in sick for work.

I agree with everything this document said, having tried
most of it at least once.  In my opinion, one reason
Unix is on the decline is the despicable nature
of X-Windows.  I find it rather humorous that people
who hate Windows and love Unix are even willing to
say anything about X-Windows.  There are reasons
few programs are ported from Windows to X, and
most of those are in that document.

Frankly, if OpenDOS shipped with anything X, my first
step in OD installation would be to delete X.  If
it were an option, I'd skip it in every possible use
for OD I've seen so far.  Somebody needs to come up
with a replacement for X, and fast.  It needs to
be constructed to be fairly easy to emulate Win32.
X emulation would be good but not vital.  It needs
to be well-written.  If somebody does it, I think
Unix will rise again.  If not, I think better
operating systems will replace it, eventually.
In the long run, I don't think Microsoft can do it;
but in the short run, they're making progress.

Jonathan E. Brickman         River City Computing, Inc.            (913) 232-6663
http://www.cjnetworks.com/~rivercity                    brickman AT cjnetworks DOT com
It seems to me that men usually think more about carburetors, and women
think more about doors.  I think the world needs really good carburetors...and
really good doors.