Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu!bob From: bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) Newsgroups: comp.windows.news Subject: Re: is news loosing the battle? Keywords: blinders myopia Message-ID: <17127@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 7 Jul 88 13:39:50 GMT References:<10250002@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Computer & Information Science Lines: 13 In article <10250002@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM> diamant@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM (John Diamant) writes: >Non-rectangular windows is "gee whiz," but frankly, I don't care about that >at all. Other than having round clocks, I just don't see this as a big deal. Isn't there some famous quote from a few years ago of Tom Watson saying that all the world would only need about eight computers? The amazing thing is, even with that tradition of foresight, his company is still selling computers. There may be a future for window systems that don't support arbitrarily-shaped objects, after all. -=- Bob Sutterfield, Department of Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave. Columbus OH USA 43210-1277 bob@cis.ohio-state.edu or ...!{att,pyramid,killer}!cis.ohio-state.edu!bob