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From: jdn@misc.Sun.COM (Jeff Nisewanger)
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Subject: Re: are X/Open and Motif potentially compatible?
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Date: 8 Nov 89 14:14:04 GMT
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In article <962@wubios.wustl.edu> david@wubios.UUCP (David J. Camp) writes:
>I notice that Intel is planning a release of SysV.4.0 including both
>X/Open and Motif GUI's.  I can only assume that they are providing them
>as incompatible alternatives.  Is it possible to make one product that
>includes both simultaneously, or are they inherently incompatible?
>-David-
>
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	The last time I checked, X/Open had nothing to do with the X
Window System. X/Open is a Unix-related standards group that was formed
before X became well known. In the past several months I have seen
X/Open identified with X several times in major computer rags.

	Jeff
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