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Re: What about Java?

On Wed, Jun 03, 1998 at 11:47:20PM -0500,  wrote:
> 
> >	Methinks that is the overwhelming justification for Linux, in
> >that it is not a GUI based OS by nature.  
> 
> Well put.  There should be an abstraction barrier between the OS and
> the graphics devices it supports.  Allows a much richer set of
> possible devices.  Windows and MacOS are an aberration in the history
> of computer graphics.

	The other part of my point, which I didn't express, but is implied
is, the question of how do you write a new device driver that can be
easily and properly integrated into the system?
	Perhaps the chart that was being passed around comparing linux,
win95, etc. should be extended with a column of "extensibility".  Methinks
Linux would win handily.

-Seth

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