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From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Spice project is now open
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To: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
Cc: Yaniv Kamay <ykamay@redhat.com>, Izik Eidus <ieidus@redhat.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org

Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> I don't doubt there are challenges.
>
> I think your requirement that old clients work with new servers and new
> clients work with old servers is a good one. Maybe extending VNC is the
> best way to get there, but it should be recognized there is another way
> of achieving the same thing if Spice does require a new protocol.
>
> The underlying goal is getting lost in the "Spice can't be a VNC
> extension" discussion :-)
>   

Fair point.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori