Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 23:01:45 -0400 From: Brian Campbell <brianc@pobox.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Fwd: ANNOUNCE: The 1.44 Mbyte Web Challenge (comp.windows.x.apps) Message-ID: <19970703230145.53129@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <199707040208.LAA15932@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>; from Michael Smith on Fri, Jul 04, 1997 at 11:38:52AM %2B0930 References: <199707031522.VAA19934@hq.icb.chel.su> <199707040208.LAA15932@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Fri, Jul 04, 1997 at 11:38:52AM +0930, Michael Smith wrote: > Serge A. Babkin stands accused of saying: > > > I tried it - their dealer had this demo on his server in Poland. Well, to > > > be frank - it's really, really COOOLLL. It's probably impossible with > > > Xfree86 size to beat this as a whole. > > > > I did not saw this demo but probably it does not use X. QNX has its > > own windowing system that is much less in size than X. > > XFree86 runs on QNX (naturally 8), but you're right, the IAT demo disk > uses the Photon MicroGUI, which is a remarkable piece of work. hmm ... where can I get XFree for QNX? Last I heard only Metro-X was available. > In fact, the whole thing is an excellent example of what embedded OS' > are good for; however, you'll note after using it for a few minutes > that you quickly run up against their limitations - you can't _do_ > much with it! You can't do much with embedded OS's or the just the demo? ;-)
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