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From: mouse@SHAMASH.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU (der Mouse)
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Subject: Motif vs OpenLook (again, oh no!)
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Date: 30 Jun 90 05:44:00 GMT
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Oh dear, I guess it's time for the weekly/monthly/yearly (pick one)
Motif-versus-OpenLook squabble.

Yes, I'm contributing.  But not in support of either Motif or OpenLook
per se; I use and will continue to use neither.  (This posting is
anti-Motif, but can be equally well applied to any proprietary
$-required software whose price is bundled into the machine's price.)

>> 2) The XView OpenLook toolkit source is freely-redistributable; and
>>    included with the X11R4 source; you have to pay for Motif.
> I pay nothing for Motif (yes it is imbedded in the workstation price)

You can't have it both ways.  If it's hidden in the price of the
machine, you still pay it.

> I would not be surprised to see many major customers requiring vendor
> supplied Motif libraries in the near future.

If I ever buy a workstation...I will require that it *not* come with
Motif.  I have no interest in paying extra for something I don't want
and won't be using.

					der Mouse

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