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Xref: sserve comp.unix.misc:15484 comp.unix.bsd:15867 comp.os.linux.misc:33121 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4752 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!news.kbfi.ee!news From: Hannu Krosing <hannu@estib.ee> Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Date: 9 Jan 1995 14:50:28 GMT Lines: 36 Message-ID: <3erifk$jfg@horos.kbfi.ee> References: <3d7vel$442@galaxy.ucr.edu> <3e2su7$9n4@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> <D1oDrt.Ir1@sedlbbs.sedl.com> <3edius$mrg@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> <D1vrnL.Kp8@bonkers.taronga.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ossu.estib.ee peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) wrote: > >Win32 is also not X, nor does it make any claims to be so. > > A better formulation is: > > SVGAlib is not a native UNIX GUI API. > > Win32 is the native NT GUI API. > X is the native UNIX GUI API. I checked at http://www.x.org the first paragraph was : The primary purpose of the X Consortium is to develop, evolve and maintain the X Window System, a vendor-neutral, system-architecture neutral, network-transparent windowing and user interface standard, and to perform other related research and experimentation in, and implementation of, open systems standards and technology. As far as I know servers (native, not under unix emulation ;) exist for at least Mac, MS DOS, MS Windozes, Amiga, UNIX, Linux, VMS ... 'Native NT GUI API' is also available for several unixes, though the specs are not completely open, but defined by M$. > > Native UNIX GUI programs run over a network. Native NT GUI programs don't. > > >You can do exactly the same thing with an NT machine running X. > > You can run native NT apps over the network? Really? Will it also trim your > newsgroups? Let's not let this thread die !) ------------------------------ Hannu Krosing / hannu@estib.ee