Re: [gtk-list] Re: GTK for Win32

[Steve Hosgood <iisteve iiweeble swan ac uk>]

> Still, the day that Windows ships with a integrated X11 server (and it
> would cost M$ $0 to do this), will be the day that UNIX comes of age on
> the desktop. It would clearly be to the benefit of the entire IT
> industry if Windows included an XServer, as heterogenous networked
> applications would finally become a simple reality.
>

I don't mind being proved wrong, but I think Micro$oft would never do it!

1: It would compete with their own, expensive "NT Terminal Server" in letting
	applications run on one machine and display their windows elsewhere.

2: It would encourage people to build hetrogeneous networks - i.e networks
	containing non-Micro$soft components. And that's the last thing they
	want you to do!

Unix will have to "come of age on the desktop" on its own merits. One thing
that really kills Unix *off* the desktop at the moment is lack of any
equivalent of MS Office or a Project-Planner. GNOME seems to be working
on both of these, and there are at least two word-processors already available
for linux (Corel's WordPerfect, and Applix). The day will come.

Another problem is that even when they do exist, you can't just go and buy
these packages down at your local computer shop, or office-supplies shop. It
isn't even easy to spot vendors of such things in the mail-order adverts. Or
at least, this is the case in the UK, maybe it's different elsewhere.


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