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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!news.bc.net!felix.junction.net!not-for-mail From: michael@memra.com (Michael Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX) Date: 17 Apr 1996 02:12:02 -0700 Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting - http://www.memra.com Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4l2cl2$74g@sidhe.memra.com> References: <4ki055$60l@Radon.Stanford.EDU> <jdd.829261293@cdf.toronto.edu> <4krsc4$m7t@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sidhe.memra.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:21666 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:665 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3291 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3124 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17595 comp.os.linux.advocacy:46090 In article <4krsc4$m7t@taco.cc.ncsu.edu>, Kevin P. Neal <kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu> wrote: >Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@time.cdrom.com) wrote: >We just had half of this discussion on the NetBSD mailing lists. The only >thing that I suggested that didn't get cut to pieces (glad I can say "student" >as an excuse, just kidding) was that perhaps having the DDX layer be >dld'd into the Xserver would be a better idea. > >That way, the server stays modular, the kernel stays small, the Xfree guys >do the work, the kernel guys keep their hands in the kernel proper, >and we have a collection of .o files to distribute instead of entire >binaries. It also keeps the server source from diverging when different >people start working on different cards. Just use the common server, and >write a new ddx. And if you want to build a stand-alone Graphical application or GUI that does not use X then you can still use the X video drivers and gain support for a broad range of hardware with little effort, right? >Uh, so what's to stop somebody (except time) from getting ahold of the >specs to MAPI, et al, and hacking a mail program or something or other >to provide the API at the C program level? It's already built into sendmail. Just create a .forward file beginning with the | character. -- Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022 Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com