On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 07:43:31 +0200, Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> wrote:
I'm not sure exactly what (if any) relationship there is between the
current x.org and the original X Consortium, but it's my understanding
that the latter has been defunct since not long after the release of
"Broadway". I think it may have merged into the XFree86 organization.
Most Linux distributions now use the x.org branch rather than XFree86.
Debian is a notable counterexample, though it is expected that they
will switch after they release Sarge.
I got the first details of the X problems when I looked into the early
Dragonfly BSD development.
They went for x.org because XFree86 was effectively dead at that time.
X.org had the support of some of the original X team, so it looked like a
good idea.
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Bj?rn