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From: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD?
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Message-ID: <D20Ktq.3A5@bonkers.taronga.com>
References: <3d8e0l$6ve@galaxy.ucr.edu> <NEWTNews.3157.788323227.muzaffer@omer1.smixedsignal.com> <3dtjnh$r7u@galaxy.ucr.edu> <tsikesD1zwqr.7JF@netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 02:41:49 GMT
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In article <tsikesD1zwqr.7JF@netcom.com>,
Terry Sikes <tsikes@netcom.com> wrote:
>The new Tek software allows distribution of Windows apps using the X
>protocol (as opposed to native X apps).

It does not use the X protocol on the wire. It uses a proprietary protocol
to talk to an X client that's an NT display server running on the Tektronix
terminal.

It's creeping appleism.