rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (04/23/89)
How is it that X is heralded as portable when it's got so much BSD stuff
baked into it?
There is a distinction between having the interfaces designed so that they
are relatively OS independent, and structuring the sample code that so that
it is straightforward to port it to a new OS, and supplying sample code that
actually works on a variety of OSes. We try reasonably hard on the first two,
the latter only comes as we have resources and inclination. The sample code
works on a variety of BSDish systems because people have contributed the code;
the same cannot be said for SYSV.gfinney@xroads.UUCP (Guy A. Finney) (04/24/89)
Sorry if my previous posting sounded flamish. Wasn't meant to be. Any quarrel I have is with whatever passes for the "media" in this industry, who has not made the point sufficiently clear that the code which comes on the X tape(s) is "sample". From everything I read and hear, it seemed to me that, with some minor tweaks, I'd have it up and running in no time. Surprise! -- \ / C r o s s r o a d s C o m m u n i c a t i o n s /\ (602) 941-2005 300|1200 Baud 24 hrs/day / \ hplabs!hp-sdd!crash!xroads!gfinney