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   JEDIDIAH to flatfish99_spmrmv@yahoo.com   
   Re: MacPorts is Awesome!   
   12 Dec 10 20:44:05   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: jedi@nomad.mishnet   
      
   On 2010-12-11, flatfish+++  wrote:   
   > On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:06:17 -0700, Snit wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Not many Mac users use X11.  Some do and I am happy it is there.   
   >   
   > X11 is very powerful.   
   > It can do a lot of things.   
   >   
   > However, much like Konqueror, which can also do a lot of things,   
   > people have no clue how to exploit the abilities, nor do they care.   
   >   
   > They can install TightVNC in 4 seconds and be connected to other   
   > computers.   
   >   
   > All that export DISPLAY crap is for geeks.   
      
       Your rantings are about 10 years out of date.   
      
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   particular genie left the bottle a long time ago. You can either be    / | \   
   cool about it and possibly gain from it or big the biggest jerk you   
   can be and alienate potential fans.   
      
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