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RE: server X


I'd take that with a grain of salt.  From my rumor mill, MS is now
saying Q2 1999 and some of their developers are saying H2 1999 to EOY
1999.

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Wilson [mailto:cwilson@ee.gatech.edu]
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 1998 6:45 PM
To: Larry Hall; gnu-win32@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: server X


This may change. NT5.0 has DirectX 6 support builtin, and rumors say it
will be
released (early, for a change) in the first quarter of 1999,

Chuck Wilson


Larry Hall wrote:

> The problem is DirectX versions don't get updated on NT with the same
> alacrity that they do on 9x.  I think the currently supported(?)
version
> is DirectX 3 on NT.  Here is one place where capabilities in 9x
outstrip
> those in NT!  So a DirectX approach will not allow an XFree86 "port"
to
> address the need of both 9x and NT users at this time...
>
> Larry Hall                              lhall@rfk.com
> RFK Partners, Inc.                      (781) 239-1053
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> Wellesley, MA  02482-7797               http://www.rfk.com
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