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- From: chan@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM (Chan Benson)
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 19:39:03 GMT
- Subject: Re: X Windows on 9000/710
- Message-ID: <17780237@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM>
- Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
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- References: <1992Sep10.155645.20627@hamblin.math.byu.edu>
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- >[FREE HINT to HP: You are really annoying your customers and developing
- > a horrid reputation with customers for not including ALL of the
- > freely distributable X11 libraries, headers, and build utilities
- > -- like Imake. I tell everyone I see about my experience with HP. ]
-
- I don't want to get into a shouting match about what should or shouldn't
- be distributed. However, it should be no surprise to developers that
- this stuff isn't there. Here's a quote from the Xmu README file:
-
- + This library contains miscellaneous utilities and is not part of the Xlib
- + standard. It contains routines which only use public interfaces so that it
- + may be layered on top of any proprietary implementation of Xlib or Xt.
- +
- + It is intended to support clients in the MIT distribution; vendors
- + may choose not to distribute this library if they wish. Therefore,
- + applications developers who depend on this library should be prepared to
- + treat it as part of their software base when porting.
-
- -- Chan Benson
- HP Fort Collins
-
-