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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 09:06:17 -0400, -hh wrote:   
      
   > On 8/25/25 01:34, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> None of them did that. That’s the point.   
   >   
   > Think you're reaching pretty far back there buddy, back to when Unix   
   > didn't have any GUI...   
      
   Precisely the point. Once X11 came along, it was embraced as a common GUI   
   standard among *all* the Unix vendors, even those who had put some effort   
   into developing quite advanced proprietary concepts of their own (e.g.   
   Sun’s NeWS).   
      
   So you see, a core part of what made for a “Unix” system was, from quite   
   early on, modularity and replaceability that extended to the GUI.   
      
   I think Steve Jobs’ NeXT was an exception. Funnily enough, that struggled   
   to make an impact. His was very much a voice in the wildnerness, until his   
   company was acquired by a moribund Apple, and he returned as “iCEO” of the   
   merged organization.   
      
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