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So, what exactly is outdated about the ideas of X? For example, I noticed that my old law firm paid lots and lots of money for a software solution that does on
by hristov 17y ago
So, what exactly is outdated about the ideas of X? For example, I noticed that my old law firm paid lots and lots of money for a software solution that does on windows what X does natively.
I think now that we are starting to run software from remote computers again, the ideas of X are becoming more and more relevant and are being essentially repeated at higher levels for higher cost.
- gaius 17y agoNeWS was technically superior to X in many ways. I'd argue with Chrome could effectively be NeWS with Javascript instead of Postscript, disguised as a browser so as not to wig everyone out...
- cpr 17y agoAnd that's exactly browsers are turning into. Browser: Canvas/WebGL + fast JS = new generation of NeWS.
- corbet 17y agoI actually wrote a significant program in NeWS. I ran screaming back to X. PostScript is a good page description language. It's a horrifyingly bad user interface implementation language.
- gaius 17y agoThat is true but it round-tripped between the client and server far more economically than X does.