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From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: Dan Maas <dmaas@dcine.com>
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Subject: Re: Breaking system configuration in stable kernels
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Dan Maas wrote:

> >   Microsoft has actually had two good ideas; the software floating
> > point in the FORTRAN compiler for the 8080 CP/M system (one extra bit
> > of precision) and MS-CHAP to prevent clear text passwords from passing
> > on the net. Can't think of anything else which impressed me...
> 
> How about a 2D windowing system that doesn't whinge, wheeze, sputter, and
> choke a 1.4GHz machine when doing incredibly complex things like dragging a
> window around?

Is that supposed to be in the new version? Don't do Windows much. Or is
that with some accelerated driver which actaully does it on the video
board?

-- 
bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
  CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.

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