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Thomas Voss discusses the Mir display server project

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From the «one display server to rule them all» department:
Title: Interview: Thomas Voß of Mir (Linux Voice)
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Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:37:30 -0400
Link: http://lwn.net/Articles/616743/rss

Linux Voice has an interview[1] with Canonical's Thomas Voß, the technical
architect of the Mir display server. The interview deals largely with
background topics, such as the Mir team's decision to standardize on an API
rather than define a protocol, and the various languages to support. "Obviously
there are disadvantages to having only one graphics language, but the benefits
outweigh the disadvantages. And I think that’s a common theme in the industry.
Android made the same decision to go that way. Even Wayland to a certain degree
has been doing that. They have to support EGL and GL, simply because it’s very
convenient for app developers and toolkit developers – an open graphics
language. That was the part that inspired us, and we wanted to have this one
graphics language and support it well."

Links:
[1]: http://www.linuxvoice.com/interview-thomas-vos-of-mir/ (link)

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