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- From: db74+@andrew.cmu.edu (Derrick J. Brashear)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
- Subject: Re: Dumping OW and running X11R5(Was: Speed of Openwin 3)
- Message-ID: <AfDolie00Vo9I3SkVL@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 08:50:22 GMT
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- Organization: Sophomore, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.sun.apps: 28-Dec-92 Re: Dumping OW and
- running .. Thad P Floryan@cup.porta (705)
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- > I have a DEC Alpha/APX here running DECwindows, and the _subjective_ opinion
- > of all who've tried it is that it's SLOWER than my SUN-3/60 running X11R5 as
- > regards window re-arranging, etc.; this has also caused several to bemuse that
- > DEC should have named the system "Omega". :-)
- Gee, I'm glad I got a Sun:-)
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- Seriously, though. When my network connection is restored, I think I'm
- going to have both X11R5 and OW 2 (It's a 3/160). Best of both worlds.
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