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From: RWS@ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: changing menu widget behavior
Message-ID: <19880630120521.8.RWS@KILLINGTON.LCS.MIT.EDU>
Date: 30 Jun 88 12:05:00 GMT
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    Date: 29 Jun 88 20:20:29 GMT
    From: quintus!pds@unix.sri.com  (Peter Schachte)

    Unfortunately, there's a flaw with backing store:  you can't insist on
    it.

You can't insist on it because there are servers out there (e.g., the
X terminal that was being shown at Usenix) with a fixed amount of
memory, and they simply can't commit to all backing store requests.