Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU!RWS 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 References: <146@quintus.UUCP> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 10 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.