RE: new faq and index

["Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

Bob,
Robert is correct.  X3386 was the first X-server written while
XF86 gang was MIT. That time Linux did not existed.
Below is the cut and paste of a statment from XFree86 Inc.

"The XFree86 Project, Inc is a non-profit organisation which produces
XFree86, a freely redistributable open-source implementation of the X Window
System that runs on UNIX(R) and UNIX-like (like Linux, the BSDs and Solaris
x86 series) operating systems and OS/2.

XFree86 is the underlying software that is between the hardware and
graphical user interface (aka gui) that people see and use. If you are using
KDE, GNOME, Enlightenment, twm or fvwm then you are already using and
running XFree86 as these run as our clients.

Traditionally, The XFree86 Project has focused on Intel x86-based platforms,
which is where the `86' in our name comes from, but our current release
supports other platforms like the Alpha, PowerPC, Sparc and in-the-works
MIPS CPU families.

Our goal at XFree86 is to have X run on every platform available, including
those we do not currently support, as the best windowing system available on
that platform."


XFree86 Inc. goal now is to cover as many as possible Operating systems, not
only x86-based OS or Linux.
Linux itself no more only x86-based OS.

The Cygwin/XFree port was done more or less along the line of OS/2 port.
For OS/2 port Holger's patches were
merged into XFree86 source base, but the supporting drivers source code and
binaries are available
only from Holger's Web Pages.  Cygwin/XFree (Windows) is simillar, you need
supporting drivers
whose binaries and source codes will be available from
http://source.redhat.com/cygwin/xfree.

Suhaib


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Collins [mailto:robert.collins@itdomain.com.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 6:59 AM
> To: Bob McGowan; Suhaib M. Siddiqi
> Cc: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: new faq and index
>
>
> Thanks for the suggestion Bob, but I disagree:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob McGowan" <rmcgowan@veritas.com>
> To: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
> Cc: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>;
> <cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 12:14 PM
> Subject: Re: new faq and index
>
>
> > May I suggest further changing the last line so the references to
> > "x86-based systems" differentiates the two:
> >
> >     ....Window System to x86-based Linux systems. Cygwin-XFree is a port
> > of XFree86
> >                                    ^^^^^
>
> Xfree86 is not Linux specific - in fact it wasn't developed with linux in
> mind. (It was very handy for Linux to incorporate when Linux was developed
> however.) Xfree86 is actually the 80x86 platform port of the X windows
> system... It just happens to be nearly exclusively Unix like
> platforms that
> had it (until now!)
>
> >   version 4 for x86-based Windows NT systems using Redhat's Cygwin
> > Development Tools.
> >                           ^^^^^^^^^^
>
> It works on windows ME, and should anyone get time to code around M$'s
> deficient GDI32.dll & kernel32.dll windows 95 and 98 should work as well.
>
> I ahve changed the wording a bit to get the spirit of your changes across.
>
> > "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" wrote:
> > >
> > > On FAQ
> > >
> > > 1
> > >  What is X11, X11R6.x, and Cygwin-XFree?
> > >
> > >  X11, more precisely called "The X Window System" is a complete window
> > > system that usually runs as the de-facto standard in Unix
> environments.
> > > X11R6.3 is the name of the current release (precisely, the most recent
> one
> > > is X11R6.4, but this is not part of the 3.X server line. XFree86 is a
> port
> > > of the X Window System to x86-based systems. Cygwin-XFree is a port of
> > > XFree86 version 4 for x86-based systems using Redhat's Cygwin
> Development
> > > Tools.
> > >
> > > Should change to
> > >
> > > 1
> > >  What is X11, X11R6.x, and Cygwin-XFree?
> > >
> > >  X11, more precisely called "The X Window System" is a complete window
> > > system that usually runs as the de-facto standard in Unix
> environments.
> > > X11R6.4 is the name of the current release (precisely, the
> > >                                                     ^^^^^^^^^
> > >  most recent one is X11R6.5.1, but this is not part of the 3.X server
> line.
> > > XFree86 is a port of the X
> > >                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > >  Window System to x86-based systems. Cygwin-XFree is a port of XFree86
> > > version 4 for x86-based systems using Redhat's Cygwin
> Development Tools.
> >
> > --
> > Bob McGowan
> > Staff Software Quality Engineer
> > VERITAS Software
> > rmcgowan@veritas.com
> >