Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 21:57:20 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: "semin@NZ" <semin@mail2000.com.tw> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "commercial high-performance X servers" in FAQ Message-ID: <20041029045720.GA20889@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <1099010956.73189.semin@mail2000.com.tw> References: <1099010956.73189.semin@mail2000.com.tw>
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--VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 08:49:16AM +0800, semin@NZ wrote: > Hi there. >=20 > The section "6.4. Are there any commercial high-performance X servers?" i= n FAQ mentioned Metro Link and Xi Graphics. However, I can't connect on www= .metrolink.com. >=20 > On the other hand, although it mentioned about Xi Graphics that "There is= a free ``compatibility demo'' of version 5.0 available.", but there're som= e words in Xi Graphics' site like this: >=20 > Lack of demand caused this OS to be dropped from standard list. > It is only available for Custom Projects. >=20 > Is that mean we've got to find other place to get commercial X servers? This FAQ should be taken out back and shot. They days of commerial viability of X servers for UNIX-like systmes as a standalone product have long past. At least outside very specalized applications. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBgc2vXY6L6fI4GtQRAkQDAJ48E2sU5hit/iEtUAFlBeb7KG5XaQCglYeT TvFjPb//vD8QpZFRCsl0xqM= =iYfH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J--
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