I like X, and with a product like Accelerated X mouse response and color reproduction are every bit as good as in Win and Mac stuff. I like the diversity of X. I don't believe that there should be only one Window Manager. I'm glad there are lots of them - KDE, GNOME, FVWM, etc, etc. One group serves one type of user very well, the other another. The linux community has become way to concerned with beating Windows. Believe it or not, there is a place for both. The last 5 years of Linux prove that. It doesn't have to be David vs. Goliath, and I would hate to see X's flexability suffer in an effort to become easier for the masses.
Personally I'm excited about this. I've got a bunch of Linux boxes doing production stuff at work - and I hate the fact that it has to running on crappy compaq junk with lackluster support from them. SGI hardware is something that I can convince the powers that be is a good thing.
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I like X, and with a product like Accelerated X mouse response and color reproduction are every bit as good as in Win and Mac stuff.
I like the diversity of X. I don't believe that there should be only one Window Manager. I'm glad there are lots of them - KDE, GNOME, FVWM, etc, etc. One group serves one type of user very well, the other another. The linux community has become way to concerned with beating Windows. Believe it or not, there is a place for both. The last 5 years of Linux prove that. It doesn't have to be David vs. Goliath, and I would hate to see X's flexability suffer in an effort to become easier for the masses.
Personally I'm excited about this. I've got a bunch of Linux boxes doing production stuff at work - and I hate the fact that it has to running on crappy compaq junk with lackluster support from them. SGI hardware is something that I can convince the powers that be is a good thing.