Re: Next step

[James S. <jsi...@li...>]

>I really think that this more of a step side-ways then forward, we need
>to drop X. Why not set out to make a windowing system that can run ontop
>of GFX or KGI?. X is old and should be shot. We need a new windowing
>system that doesn't need a nasty hack that breaks the protocol to support
>things like alpha blending and AA-fonts. Who cares about supporting
>legacy X applications? The future market is only going to be concerned
>with gnome and kde. gtk and qt could quickly be ported over to this new
>system. X is old and can't be extended in a portable manner. I know I am
>rambling but I have been waiting for someone to start up a new project
>that might actually accomplish something usable sooner then berlin can. A
>new protocol that is aimed at today's graphics market, but keeps the
>future open is what is needed. Not another implementation of something
>that should be left to die. X was great, buts its out lived its
>usefullness. What do you think?

X can be a power system. The problem is not with X but with XFree86. It
just sucks on every level. I feel that it is time the open source
community take over X and set it's course for us.