[forum] Re: XFree86 4.4.0 RC3

[Alan Coopersmith]

mark kandianis wrote:
> yeah but why keep making a different named org  retaiining all the same 
> players?
> why didn't they just keep the original one?  what's the diff?
> even alan admits it's same so why bother?

I didn't say it was the same.  The old X.org was an industry consortium,
the new X.org Foundation is a non-profit open source group much like the
GNOME Foundation.  The difference is membership will no longer be restricted
to companies who pay thousands of dollars per year and the honorary membership
of the XFree86 Project, but will be open, allowing the community a much greater
say in the ongoing development of the X Window System.

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	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. -- Operating Platforms Group
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