Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!lll-winken!arisia!janssen@holmes From: janssen@holmes (Bill Janssen) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Re^2: Gadgets in Motif Message-ID: <2586@arisia.Xerox.COM> Date: 19 Aug 89 00:39:45 GMT References: <322.8908161255@jupiter.cmi.no> <1443@riscy.dec.com> <122257@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Sender: news@arisia.Xerox.COM Reply-To: janssen@holmes (Bill Janssen) Organization: PARC.Xerox.COM Lines: 14 In-reply-to: jcb@frisbee.Sun.COM (Jim Becker) In article <122257@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>, jcb@frisbee (Jim Becker) writes: >... How has it happened that so many intelligent >people have assumed that windows are a cheap resource that can be used >freely? I thought that "the X Window System" was spec'ed that way? Are you implying that some implementations have failed to meet system design goals? Bill -- Bill Janssen janssen.pa@xerox.com (415) 494-4763 Xerox Palo Alto Research Center 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304