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From: jimg@hpiacla.HP.COM (Jim Garrison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: X-Windows on the Amiga?
Message-ID: <4830002@hpiacla.HP.COM>
Date: 16 Dec 87 18:36:26 GMT
References: <4830001@hpiacla.HP.COM>
Organization: Hewlett Packard
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>Just out of curiousity, how can you say in one breath, look how neat it
>would be to put the same window system everyone else has onto the Amiga.
>And then say it's "rich windowing environment" (which you have blown away)
>would blow them out of the water.? 

I just think that the windowing/multitasking capabilities that the Amiga
CURRENTLY has would make it easier to port X-Windows to than the other
machines.  You should be able to run an X server just like any other task 
under Intuition.  My point is that I think there will be a lot of
industrial/other applications that will use X-Windows for user interfaces 
and right now, you are looking at using expensive Un$x workstations as
X servers.  If you could replace those workstations with Amigas think of
the cost savings.  Now this could be a good opportunity for the Amiga to
penetrate new business markets.  I'm not saying that X-Windows is going to
help anyone who has an Amiga at home!  I can't see companies buying lots of
$20K workstations (more if industrial ruggidized) to put on factory floors,
but if they could put an Amiga there for $2-3K, it could be feasible.

Jim G.
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"These are MY opinions, and have nothing to do with my employer."