[Xorg] DRI merging

[Alex Deucher]

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:32:55 +0200, Peter Postmus <p.postmus at st.hanze.nl> wrote:
> 
> I've been reading this thread, and the arguments in it. Although I do
> write small programs, I consider myself to be more of a Linux user than a
> developer, which may mean this isn't the place for me to comment on this
> discussion, but I think you might be missing one thing.
> 
> Although Windows Longhorn will have this all-new graphical system called
> "Aero", it doesn't have to be turned on. In fact - if I'm not mistaken - the
> Longhorn GUI will contain three layers: Aero Glass, Aero and a "Classic mode"
> layer. If your graphics hardware can't handle Aero Glass or Aero, it's
> possible to turn off these layers in Longhorn, and have about the same GUI as
> is present in Windows 2000.

Keep in mind that longhorn is also delayed and probably won't show up
for another year or two.  about the same time it would take us to
develop the "new" X server.

Alex