rudolf@turing.ac.uk (Jim Rudolf) (06/04/91)
I would like to find out what the chances are of using NeWS on non-Sun
hardware. Essentially, it's the same as asking about the chances of
using OpenWindows on non-Sun hardware. I have heard (at least second-
hand) of two possibilities:
1) Sun has contracted out to third parties to port OpenWindows to
other platforms.
2) While OpenWindows will be a part of SVR4, AT&T has apparently said
that NeWS will be an optional part.
Can anyone confirm or deny these rumors? Any light on this subject would
be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
-- Jim
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Jim Rudolf
The Turing Institute
rudolf@turing.ac.ukpete@sinix.UUCP (Pete Delany) (06/30/91)
In article <1991Jun3.181455.2843@turing.ac.uk> rudolf@turing.ac.uk (Jim Rudolf) writes: >I would like to find out what the chances are of using NeWS on non-Sun >hardware. Essentially, it's the same as asking about the chances of >using OpenWindows on non-Sun hardware. I think X/NeWS is rather Portable, I hacked the OpenWindows 1.0 release that came with System V 4.0 to run on this old Sun3/160 running SunOS 3.2 (with 3.4 Upgrade) without too much trouble; though I must admit that X11R4 was trivial. >I have heard (at least second hand) of two possibilities: > >1) Sun has contracted out to third parties to port OpenWindows to > other platforms. I've heard OpenWindows is being ported to other platforms, but I didn't hear that Sun was contracting it out. Though considering the quality of the code it seems it might be a good market decision. > >2) While OpenWindows will be a part of SVR4, AT&T has apparently said > that NeWS will be an optional part. Thats right it is, works like a Gem on the 386. >Jim Rudolf >The Turing Institute >rudolf@turing.ac.uk Oh, by the way, I'm using HyperNeWS 3.0 from The Turing Institute for Lock Manager documentation; it's great. Is there going to be a OpenWindows 2.0 and/or tNt 2.0 release from Turing? -pete