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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:12:28 -0700 (PDT)
To: James Simmons <jsimmons@linux-fbdev.org>
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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE New Open Source X server
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James Simmons writes:
 >     The Linux GFX project grew out the need for a higher performance X
 > server that has a much faster developement cycle. In the last few years
 > the graphics card and multimedia environments have grow at such a rate 
 > the current X solutions can no longer keep pace nor do they focus on
 > producing high performance X servers specifically for linux. Also the
 > community has demanded for specific functionality which has never come to
 > light. 

And this specific functionality is?

I think this is not a worthwhile project at all.  The X tree, it's
assosciated protocols and APIs, are complicated enough as it is, and
the xfree86 project has some of the most talented and capable people
in this area.  It would be a step backwards to do things outside of
xfree86 development.

If the issue is that "things don't happen fast enough in the xfree86
tree", why not lend them a hand and submitting patches to them instead
of complaining?

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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