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Re: Linux vs. Microsoft



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Eddie harari - unix dep.
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()On Tue, 15 Oct 1996 09:23:45 +0200 (GMT+0200), you wrote:
()
()> X is more powerfull then MS - WINDOWS .
()
()
()There are many things to be said for and against X, but one elementary =
()feature
()of X
()makes X inferior in performance to windowing systems that are built into
()the OS (s.a. MS Windows, Mac OS ...).
()Any introductory book on X will explain that X is a NETWORK BASED, =
()CLIENT-
()SERVER modeled, window system. This is usually described as an advantage.
()It probably was 10 years ago, when computer economics were different, and=
() it
()made sense to buy a lot of X terminals and connect them to powerful =
()servers.

This is where you are Wrong ...
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thae independent protocol is not just to use with terminals 
it is to share an app output between arch's .

 
()Today, it does not make sense anymore.

 Yes it does . for you it doesnt , but for others it does ...

()
()True, X apps (especially those using Xt like Motif apps)
()are very configurable. But how many people really use
()all that power (to change the appearance of individual widgets within an =
()app.),
()hardly anyone.

 Not true again - There are many org's need this options of configuring and building their own enviroment. 

      
()X Gui building tools are nowhere near the RAD and IDE products that
()exist for Windows.

 there are good tools ... for gui building , but you should get use to them ...
 UIMX and stuff ...

()The only simple programming tool for X, is Tcl/Tk, but that cannot
()really be considered an X tool (only historically).


()
()> and guess what ?
()>
()>
()>  IT DOESNT HAVE TO RUN ON A - PC computer ... LIKE MS-WINDOWS 95 , .
()>  can you display an application output thru 95 on a diffrent terminal ?
()
()1) As I said above, how many need this feature

 a feature exsist so if you need it , you use it .
 you dont make things , 100% for your needs - you make it so people who needs 
 this feature will use it .

()2) Are you sure there is no product around that does that?

 but then you pay the price ... ( it is like an emulator ) .

()
()>  can you change your WM in w95 ?
()
()Of course. You don't call it a WM but you can get 3rd party products
()that replace the standard desktop.
()
()>  can you configure the menues in 95 ?
()
()Many application allow you to do that when it is reasonable, and have
()a GUI for it.
()How many users play around with X resources to change a menu?
 
 I know about 100 - I give X administration courses ...
 and  there is a demand to that courses ...

()>  do you have a virtual desktop in 95 ?
()
()Of course. For example the Starfish Dashboard. (There is also a Starfish
()Dashboard for WIndows 3.11 (originally "HP dashboard").

 first you say that all this cost preformance , then you ignore the preformance 
 things cost in the MS-windows ... 

()>
()> with all respect - X is much much better then this M$(%*#&@t  code =
()errors .
()
()What can I say, I wish you were right, but we have to face reality.
()
()Bye

 never wish , make it true ... ( isnt that what linux is all about ???).





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