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From: Otfried Geffert <og@stardivision.de>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 10:16:58 GMT
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Subject: Re: Windows Icon, portability vs quality
To: kwalker@sfo.harbinger.com (Ken Walker)
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What _really_ counts is not a standard set
by a committee, but portable software,
for the _main_ platforms, with these priorities
1. NT/WIN95 and=20
2. UN*X (I would prefer that this is 1. but we should not ignore=20
reality.)
Otfried
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Am 4/16/98, 06:15:23 PM, schrieb kwalker@sfo.harbinger.com (Ken=20
Walker) zum Thema Re: Windows Icon, portability vs quality:
> > From gep2@computek.net Thu Apr 16 08:27:57 1998
> > ...
> >
> > > On a similar topic, I have not been keen about having to learn=20=
proprietary
> > stuff like Win32 just in order to bring my brilliant numerical=20
software to the
> > world. =20
> >=20
> > Proprietary? Compared to what, Mac? Sun? SGI? DEC? IBM?
> > ...
> >=20
> > Gordon Peterson
>=20
> The "Unix" platforms use a POSIX interface to the OS. This is an IEEE=
> standard which is now an international standard. They use an X Windows=
> interface to the windowing system. Someone can correct me if I'm=20
wrong,
> but I believe the X Windows network protocol is a IETF standard. I'm=20=
less
> sure about the various programming interfaces to X Windows.=20
>=20
> Ken Walker, kwalker@sfo.harbinger.com
> Harbinger Coporation, Concord, Ca. 94520
>=20
>=20