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From: greg@orbity.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Greg Cooper)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: System V Release 4.0 Developer Conferences
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Date: 27 Sep 88 14:36:01 GMT
References: <167@hsi86.hsi.UUCP> <1988Sep22.173745.14647@utzoo.uucp> <8570@smoke.ARPA> <1988Sep26.213223.407@utzoo.uucp>
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In article <1988Sep26.213223.407@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
quoting a friend of his...
>
>ABI implies that a conforming machine must have kernel support for both 
>NeWS *and* X.  This is ridiculous for people who plan to run neither.
>
The versions of NeWS and X that I use run in user mode with no support
provided by the kernel other than what they provide to all other programs.
Is this going to change?  I hope not!

Greg Cooper
greg@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov