From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 9 08:02:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA03556 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 08:02:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from citadel.cdsec.com (citadel.cdsec.com [192.96.22.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA03474 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 08:01:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gram@cdsec.com) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by citadel.cdsec.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) id SAA07667 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 18:08:13 +0200 (SAT) Received: by citadel via recvmail id 7665; Mon Mar 9 18:08:03 1998 From: Graham Wheeler Message-Id: <199803091606.SAA08725@cdsec.com> Subject: Re: WINE (was: Uncle Sam, got a million bucks?) To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 18:06:58 +0200 (SAT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-h4.1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This all seems a bit off topic but... > > What strategy does photon offer for preserving the investment that > > various enterprises have made in their existing X11 applications? Or are > > you going to pull a Java on me and tell me that the apps have to be > > rewritten? > > Isn't photon the proprietary GUI from those people who build realtime > POSIX certified kernels? If so, I don't think it's X11 source compatible, > and I believe you cannot use it as an X server. Photon is a proprietary windowing system that is used by QNX. If I remember correctly then there are libraries which will allow Photon apps to be compiled and run under X or messy windows, but not vice-versa. -- Dr Graham Wheeler E-mail: gram@cdsec.com Citadel Data Security Phone: +27(21)23-6065/6/7 Internet/Intranet Network Specialists Mobile: +27(83)-253-9864 Firewalls/Virtual Private Networks Fax: +27(21)24-3656 Data Security Products WWW: http://www.cdsec.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message