Re: Question about 4.3.0 release
Re: Question about 4.3.0 release
On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 12:48:43PM -0700, Haroon Sheikh wrote:
> We have fixed many bugs and added a few features since the v0.3 release
> of X11 for Mac OS X. What I cannot comment on is when and how this will
> be released. I thank you all for your patience.
... which is fair enough, but I for one will be surprised if X11.app
does not become a bundled part of OS X at some point. Apple seem to be
quite keen to move into the scientific computing market, especially
bioinformatics, and in these markets UNIX and X11 are king. Any UNIX
coming along without [free] X11 support will not be able to penetrate
the market. If Apple play this right, they could make big inroads into
the scientific computing market; most of the other players have nailed
their colours to the Itanium2 mast, which could be a disaster. If Apple
produce a fast 64-bit X serve machine based on an IBM Power4 derivative,
they could really steal things.
Tim
--
Dr Tim Cutts
Informatics Systems Group
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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