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From: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD?
Followup-To: alt.religion.computers
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
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References: <3d7vel$442@galaxy.ucr.edu> <3e2su7$9n4@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> <D1oDrt.Ir1@sedlbbs.sedl.com> <3e6ndb$6b2@dagny.galt.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 1995 22:30:31 GMT
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In article <3e6ndb$6b2@dagny.galt.com>, Alex Wetmore <alex@nine.org> wrote:
>: SVGALib is not X, nor does it make any claims to be so.  It is not based 
>: on any specification, other than the author's.  Bad comparison.  

>I think the point was that with the appropriate software NT can do this
>as well.

The point is that the *standard* UNIX GUI can run over the network. The
*standard* Windows one can't. The number of UNIX SVGAlib applications is
minimal, and they're not conidered portable apps. The number of NT Windows
applications is considerable.

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