From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 06:07:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57FD216A4CE for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:07:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (mail.soaustin.net [207.200.4.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D1DD43D5A for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:07:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 9488114316; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 01:07:49 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 01:07:49 -0500 (CDT) From: Mark Linimon X-X-Sender: linimon@pancho To: Brooks Davis In-Reply-To: <20041029045720.GA20889@odin.ac.hmc.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "commercial high-performance X servers" in FAQ X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:07:50 -0000 On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Brooks Davis wrote: > This FAQ should be taken out back and shot. They days of commerial > viability of X servers for UNIX-like systmes as a standalone product > have long passed. At least outside very specalized applications. As the one who most recently touched the FAQ "near" there, I would have to state with great conviction that ... the FAQ smells bad and its mother dresses it funny. I think Giorgios, I, and others, have plans to take chainsaws to the thing post-release. It's going to have to be done in parts, though; otherwise the enormity of the mess just makes you want to go lie down. mcl