Xref: utzoo comp.windows.x:5352 comp.unix.questions:9474 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdahl!littauer From: littauer@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Tom Littauer) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: X Windows Message-ID:Date: 28 Sep 88 13:49:56 GMT References: <255@utoday.UUCP> <910@shark.lamont.Columbia.edu> Reply-To: littauer@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Tom Littauer) Followup-To: comp.windows.x Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 28 In article <910@shark.lamont.Columbia.edu> dale@lamont.Columbia.edu (dale chayes) writes: >In article <255@utoday.UUCP>, beth@utoday.UUCP (beth) writes: >> I'm trying to write an article about what a "Distributed >> X Network" might look like, and what benefits it would provide > >This article posting struck oddly. Perhaps I am completely off base, in >which case I apologize now, or it is either; intended to start a flame >war over the pros and cons of various window systems, or an attempt to >gather some info so that the poster can write an article about a topic >which she/he is not qualified to write about. > >If the first case is correct, you will probably succeed. If the second, >I suggest that you ask your editor to assign someone who knows the subject. After all the flames in other groups about the trade press not reflecting the interests of the technical community, it's nice to see someone coming to us for informed opinion. Assuming "beginner's mind" is a useful device for (re)examining a subject for a fresh perspective. It'd be real good to see an article that talks about real-world benefits as opposed to "it's new, it's sexy, therefore it's useful" :-). -- UUCP: littauer@amdahl.amdahl.com or: {sun,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,ames,uunet}!amdahl!littauer DDD: (408) 737-5056 USPS: Amdahl Corp. M/S 337, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 I'll tell you when I'm giving you the party line. The rest of the time it's my very own ravings (accept no substitutes).