SGI licencing of X windows
    Mark Callow 
    msc at ramoth.SGI.COM
       
    Tue May  9 07:48:48 AEST 1989
    
    
  
In article <8905051509.AA09442 at csd360b.erim.org>, jgarb at CSD360B.ERIM.ORG (Joe Garbarino) writes:
> 
> I can move between our other workstations, and even to my X terminal, and
> still count on being able to use the same mouse/keyboard strokes for window
> manager functions.  I also get to standardize on the window manager I like
> best, not being forced to use the window manager a machine's manufacturer
> gives me.
I didn't say you couldn't run your favourite window manager.  I simply made
a recommendation.  Following it or not is entirely your choice.
> 
> Until this XOR/window manager problem is solved, a major piece of SGI's X
> Window System implementation is severely inadequate, and I will not be
> satisfied with its performance.
I said the performance was "adequate".  How you translate that to "severely
inadequate" without even having seen it is beyond me.  uwm is usable.
> 
> Will there be an upgrade to current equipment to supply the missing
> hardware XOR function?
Upgrades may be made available for some current equipment.  The subject is
still under discussion.
	-Mark
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