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- From: chan@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM (Chan Benson)
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 18:11:12 GMT
- Subject: Re: X11R5 server SLOW, on 705 with GRX + xterm bug
- Message-ID: <17780239@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM>
- Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
- Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!hp-cv!hp-pcd!hpfcso!hpfcmgw!chan
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- References: <JP107.92Sep15004240@grus.cus.cam.ac.uk>
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- > Perhaps I want to make use of features which are only present in
- > X11R5, like the scalable fonts.
-
- HP's X server has had scalable fonts for quite some time.
-
- > Perhaps I'd like to have a server with most of the known bugs fixed,
- > rather than have to wait for a new OS release.
-
- HP makes periodic (usually monthly) patch releases for X software. Not
- knowing your situation with regard to software support, I can't advise
- on the best way for you to obtain those patches.
-
- > Perhaps I don't want
- > the bloated HP server, with all the HP extentions which I don't want
- > or need.
-
- Well if the "bloated" server is significantly faster than the one
- you're running, I'm not sure what the complaint is here.
-
- > R5 is faster on all the other machines I've used it on, why shouldn't
- > HPs benefit from that speedup too.
-
- Umm. Because our server was faster than anyone else's to begin with?
-
- Look, I agree that we should ship all that imake and Athena crap. However,
- I don't see the point in taking time to tell people how to do something
- that we already do quite well.
-
- -- Chan Benson
- HP Fort Collins
-
-