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From: klee@chico.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: are X/Open and Motif potentially compatible?
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Date: 8 Nov 89 18:27:18 GMT
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In article <127580@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>, jdn@misc.Sun.COM (Jeff Nisewanger) writes:
> 	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.

X/Open has published a standard for the X Window System.  It is
essentially the same as the MIT specification.  X/Open has not
specified a widget set or GUI yet, but I believe they are working on
this right now.  They may choose Motif or OpenLook or parts of each.

Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
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