Suffice it to say that Packard was involved in X before XFree86. But the point was that although he was an actual productive contributor he was far from working

Suffice it to say that Packard was involved in X before XFree86. But the point was that although he was an actual productive contributor he was far from working outside of a consensus. There’s really no sides here. The market could have continued with XFree86, it did not.