X sucks (was: Re: Ware Ware Wizardjin)

Jim Flanagan flanagan at lisbon.stat.washington.edu
Tue Apr 16 02:19:13 AEST 1991


In article <544 at appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> lm at slovax.Eng.Sun.COM (Larry McVoy) writes:
>In article <9104131319.AA01023 at .nextserver.cs.stthomas.edu.cs.stthomas.edu..> root at NEXTSERVER.CS.STTHOMAS.EDU (Max Tardiveau) writes:
>The problem is that "technically right" != "business right".  People
>are far less likely to write apps for NeWS or NextStep because X is the
>dominant player in the WS market (if Motif vs Openlook wars continue,
>that might kill X, though.  Interesting thought even if unlikely.)
>
>I suspect that we are stuck with X.  X will evolve.  In 5 years, there
>will be this thing called X, big and ugly, that does X type imaging and
>has Postscript imaging glommed in as well.  Sigh.  Like Ritchie said:
>sometimes, when you fill a void it still sucks.

  White man build big fire, stand far away. 


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