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If you liked that, here's an expanded list X Windows X. The defacto substandard. X. Flawed beyond belief. X. Accept any substitute. X. The Cutting Edge of Obsolescence. X. The trailing edge of software technology. One thousand monkeys. One thousand MicroVAXes. One thousand years. X. X. Japan's secret weapon. If it works, it isn't X. X. You'll envy the dead. Incompatibility. Shoddiness. Uselessness. X. X. Let it get in YOUR way. X. The problem for your problem. X. If it starts working, we'll fix it. Pronto. X. It could be worse, but it'll take time. X. Simplicity made complex. X. Flakey and built to stay that way. X. Complex nonsolutions to simple nonproblems. The environment of today... tomorrow! X. X. A bad idea whose time has come. And gone. X. It didn't even look good on paper. X. You laugh now, but you'll be laughing harder later! X. A new concept in abuser interfaces. X. How can something get so bad, so quickly? X. It could happen to you. X. The art of incompetence. X. You have nothing to lose but your lunch. X. When uselessness just isn't enough. X. More than a mere hindrance. It's a whole new barrier! X. Built to fall apart. X. Nullifying centuries of progress. X. Don't laugh. It could be YOUR thesis project. X. Why do it right when you can do it wrong? X. Live the nightmare. X. You'll wish we were kidding. X. Everything you never wanted in a window system. And more. X. Dissatisfaction guaranteed. X. There's got to be a better way. X. Even your dog won't like it. X. More than enough rope. X. Garbage at your fingertips. X. The last thing you need. X. Something you can be ashamed of. X. Warn your friends about it. Hindenburg. Titanic. Edsel. X. X. An accident that couldn't wait to happen. X. Don't wait for the movie. X. Never use it after a big meal. X. Need we say less? X. Power tools for power losers. X. A software disaster of Biblical proportions. X. Never had it. Never will. X. More than just a generation behind. X. The ultimate bottleneck. X. It's not how slow you make it. It's how you make it slow. X. The windowing system preferred by masochists 3 to 1. X. Built to take on the world... and lose! X. Don't try it 'til you've knocked it. X. Power Tools for Power Fools. X. Putting new limits on productivity. X. The closer you look, the cruftier we look. X. Design by counterexample. X. No hardware is safe. X. Old-world software cruftsmanship at its finest. X. Gratuitous incompatibility. X. THE user interference management system. X. You can't argue with failure. X. You haven't died 'til you've used it. X. The only thing you have to fear. X. Somewhere between chaos and insanity. X. The joke that kills. X. A mistake carried out to perfection. X. Don't get frustrated without it. X. Form follows malfunction. X. Ignorance is our most important resource. X. The first fully modular software disaster. X. You'd better sit down. X. On the road to nowhere. -------------------- The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you. --Ken Thompson