Re: X

[cgwilson redjack ninds nih gov (Christopher G. Wilson)]

Greetings All,

> 
> X (and Motif) were the model for Microsoft WIndows, so their
> influence is very wide indeed.
> 

This isn't _quite_ true.  Windows and MacOS owe much more to 
Xerox PARC's Alto and it's user environment.  Motif owes much of
it's usability to IBM's CUA (Common User Architecture or Access, I 
can't remember which) initiatives and publications that proposed
the common menus and keystrokes that can be found in both Motif
and Windows (and OS/2 by the way).

X and all of the aforementioned windowing environments owe a great
deal to the cross pollination that happened during the early eighties.
The thing, IMHO, that sets X apart from everybody else is the foundation
in networking. The only other system that had this network distributability
at its core was NeWS from Sun.  THAT is the real innovation in X if you
ask me!

Chris
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