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[Dr. Hayden]

"Gary D. Duzan" <duzan@udel.edu> writes:
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>   This is roughly the same vision of a GUI that I had in mind. Now,
>assuming this basic GUI structure, what OS facilities do we need to
>support it? We will need some method of communication between the
>program object and the window object. Since window access is
>restricted, we will need some method of authorization (authentication?)
>in order to enforce the proper restrictions.
>   We should not put the cart before the horse. An OS is not a GUI
>(unless, of course, you take the Microsoft view.) Instead, let's keep
>in mind that our horse is going to have to pull a cart, and spec out
>the horse accordingly. Also, if we stick to the minimal kernel, object-
>oriented idea, I should be able to ride the horse without having to
>pull a cart behind me. A cart is no good without a horse (unless you
>want to pull it yourself.) I'd extend the metaphor further, but that
>would just be beating a dead horse. :-)

But I thought it was a Moose! ;-)

Ross Hayden
haydedr@wkuvx1.bitnet