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From: bcripe@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Brian E. Cripe)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Xw on Sparc? Xaw vs Xw vs XView? Interp layout contraints?
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Date: 19 Mar 90 16:04:44 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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> (I'm told Xw sort of evolved into Motif, which could
> explain why Xw isn't supported any longer.  Or maybe HP just got tired
> of giving away their work) It's unfortunate - many of us hoped it
> would become the standard widget set when it came out; technically it
> is really nice.

HP proposed Xw (a.k.a. CXI) to OSF.  OSF chose a mix of Xw and DEC
widgets and called it Motif.  They awarded the developement of Motif
to HP, so the programming team that developed Xw switched all of their
efforts to developing Motif.

Xw is now pretty dead.  I would definitely recommend developing new
applications on Motif instead of Xw.

	Brian Cripe
	bcripe@cv.hp.com

P.S. The source of my information is that I sit across the aisle from
the Motif development team.