Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 15:26:31 -0700 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> To: jmallett@xMach.org Cc: fredrik@speechcraft.com, dscheidt@tumbolia.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The desktop apathy Message-ID: <20010526152631Z.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.33.0105261715390.28152-100000@Aphex.NewGold.NET> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105262306060.319-100000@molly.telia.com> <Pine.BSO.4.33.0105261715390.28152-100000@Aphex.NewGold.NET>
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From: "Joseph A. Mallett" <jmallett@xMach.org> Subject: Re: The desktop apathy Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 17:17:09 -0400 (EDT) > Apple couldn't have done Aqua as a plain old X window manager. Well, they Right - that's something I left out of my previous message. To have suggested that Apple could have accomplished their goals by simply bolting a new look-and-feel on top of X was just ludicrous (sorry). They're trying to make an OS that your grandmother could use, with a good printing model and lots of API support for mainstream apps. X with a new window manager that most certainly is not. They were right to start from scratch. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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