Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 12:44:58 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Cc: sos@FreeBSD.org, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, jdli@linux.csie.nctu.edu.tw, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: X rated applications Message-ID: <5248.820269898@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 29 Dec 1995 12:15:37 PST." <199512292015.MAA01414@rah.star-gate.com>
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> If memory does not failed me , the why people don't write apps > subject was first mentioned by Soren and he proposed yet another > graphic API. Thats when I started jumping in . Furthermore, it is my > believe, Jordan, that you want to or wanted to de-emphasize X apps > due to: I do not want to de-emphasise X apps. If you want to write a word processor, a 3D drawing system or a virtual reality visor that uses X then by all means - go for it! I'd love to see more of those sorts of applications available for FreeBSD. My position is summarized very easily: I don't believe that X is ready to be used in `critical path' roles, like installation. That is the entire sum of my position and one that I've stated here MANY TIMES. Whether or not you choose to read more into it than that is really something which I've no control over. Jordan
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