Re: gtk+ and gtk-engines slow

[bratsche dfw net]

No, I think the point was that one should be able to install GNOME onto
just about any kind of decent machine and expect it to run.

On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Mohammad Abdin wrote:

> Just because Mexico's schools are going to use the GNOME 
> project, it does not mean that the whole GNOME system should 
> be around their systems and desires. This is just my 0.02 cents. 
> There are always new technologies/innovations/advancements in 
> the computer world which not all countries/projects can keep up 
> with. And even if there are a million computers in Mexico running 
> GNOME, I'm pretty sure there are a million other computers out 
> there.
> Again, just my 0.02
> > 
> > > agreed - I wrote the caching code for a good reason. people with extra
> > > ram (which these days is cheap - what ? less than $1 per Mb ? thats for
> > > 10ns SDRAM ?) can use ti to prevent cpu hogging - it works and works
> > > well. I wish others woudl see this.
> > 
> > Are you offering to pay the extra memory for a million machines?  
> > 
> > What is that for an extra 16 megs of ram?  just sixteen million
> > dollars in a third world country with economic problems?  Boy, I bet I
> > can withdraw all that money from the teller machine now. 
> > 
> > I will be happy to put you in contact with the people running the Red
> > Escolar project. 
> > 
> > Miguel.
> > 
> > 
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