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Date:      Thu, 08 Mar 2001 14:42:26 -0800
From:      David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>
To:        Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: About Unix
Message-ID:  <3AA80AD2.DD5F799A@acuson.com>
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Doug Young wrote:

> I guess the BSD developers have little interest in GUI stuff anyway,
> possibly considering
> that stuff is for gameplayers rather than serious users (read developers)

a) the underlying GUI stuff is not in the purview of BSD anyway. It's up
to XFree86. It shouldn't be in the purview of the linux kernel either,
which is why I think putting DRI in the kernel was a really bad move.

b) GUIs have their place, and it not just for playing games. It probably
comes down to nothing more that personal style.

c) don't get too elitist on us. Developers aren't the only serious
users.

David

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