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X Windows and Microsoft Windows. ... For anyone to call ether X Windows or Microsoft
Windows easier to use, they must first be proficient in both. ...
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Managers 5 Microsoft Windows GDI 5 Advantages and Disadvantages 6 ...
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is that the desktop comes free with the OS. In fact ...
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... Microsoft Windows has been around since 1983 and it's present incarnation, Microsoft
Windows 2000, owes its roots to Windows 3.x, Windows 9x, and Windows NT. ...
Submitted by nicksailors on March 25, 2007
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Introduction
In this paper I will be trying to the best of my knowledge and research capabilities to compare both the advantages and disadvantages to using both X Windows (X) and Microsoft Windows (MS). I will first dig into what each of these technologies is and what they have to offer to the end user.
While researching I found that this would it would be very tough to compare both X Windows and MS Windows as I found out early on that the two technologies seemed to be very different in nature. With X windows be strictly a client-server application and MS Windows being a client only operating system. Thus, to compare the two would prove to be very difficult. So, I have decided to structure my report in such a way that I will present my perceptions of both technologies while giving what I think are the advantages and disadvantages of both.
X Windows
As I stated earlier in my introduction, X Windows is more of a client-server middleware type application that is used to serve up graphical user interfaces (GUIs) on UNIX. Starting its history back 1984, X was introduced at MIT and was built as a collaboration between Digital Equipment (DEC), MIT and IBM. The need to such a technology was solved by creating this server protocol that could deliver GUI type functionality to remote machines.
This technology became very popular amongst many companies in the 80’s that wanted to provide many smart terminals the simultaneous connection needed to a large backend server. This was very much the intentions of the technology early on by MIT. Over time the high cost of dedicated hardware for these terminals was the reason for the decline in usage amongst many companies. With PC based machines running an X Server, the choice to go with this cheaper solution was warranted.
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is an operating system that has proved its worth for many companies since 1985. This operating system...
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