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From: Roop Nanuwa <roop.nanuwa@gmail.com>
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On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 17:42:56 -0500, Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> wrote:
> LOL, really fewer features than Windows 98 GDI? Did Windows 98
> recently become network extensible and no one has told me? After a
> quick look at what Windows 98's GDI does, I really do not see how
> XFree86 fails to measure up to it.
> 

Exactly, you're comparing it to Win98 and saying "Yeah, we can do that
too!" Problem is the rest of the world (OS X, Windows > 98) have moved
on in what end-user features they provide. Network extensibility is a valid
point but I was referring to things like window compositing and other
eye candy features.

--roop