On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 19:14, Shaun T. Erickson wrote:
> Cliff Wells wrote:
> > 
> > Despite its name, OSX doesn't use X.
> 
> OSX *is* essentially FreeBSD. As such, it sure does use X as the 
> windowing system,

And being FreeBSD doesn't imply the existence of X. 

If you think otherwise, perhaps Apple offering X11 for OSX as *a
separate add-on* will convince you otherwise:

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/x11formacosx.html

Unfortunately, I can't find anything describing what they *do* use
(aside from Quartz and Aqua, which don't appear to be the core graphics
subsystem).

>  according to every MAC OSX user I know. 

You really think people who only have *one* mouse button know anything
about X? <wink>

Regards,

-- 
Cliff Wells, Software Engineer
Logiplex Corporation (www.logiplex.net)
(503) 978-6726  (800) 735-0555


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