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Re: X server for WinNT
On Tue, 02 Feb 1999 08:35:45 +0200, Eli Marmor <marmor@elmar.co.il> wrote:
>One more word regarding to this endless discussion:
>
>There are not two or three X servers for Windows, there are DOZENS.
>Almost all are commercial, but some are free or have a demo mode.
>Instead of presenting my knowledge, I think it will be more useful
>to give a good link:
> http://www.rahul.net/kenton/xsites.html#XMicrosoft
>Skip the "Reviews and Tutorials" section, and you'll reach
>"Products", where a long list of X servers is detailed.
Nice page.
Now comes the $64,000 question - how come nobody ever tried doing a Win32
based Free X-server, based on Xfree86? I know it was done for OS/2.
Don't get me wrong - I'm not bitchin' or xpecting other people to do this for
me. I'm just curious.
I'm just surprised because (IMHO) It doesn't look to me like it's too hard,
esp. when an OS/2 port of XFree86 already exists, and Cygwin32 could help
solving many of the Unix compatability problems. also, under Win32 you call
the Win32 graphics functions (no need to support an accelerated server - maybe
a DirectX port running full screen??).
This also sounds like an "attractive" project in terms of OSS:
1. The problem bothers MANY people (so the chance of a competent programmer
irritated enough by this to do somethign about it are higher).
2. Enough source code already exists (Xfree86), so 90% of the job is already
done, which is tempting enough to do something about the missing 10%.
Is there any technical reason why nobody has tried this so far? (or why this
is much more difficult than what I'm imagining?)
Udi
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