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From: toml@ninja.Solbourne.COM (Tom LaStrange)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Motif -> Open Look look & feel
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Date: 2 Jul 90 14:44:36 GMT
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|> >Motif defines not just a look & feel, but an API.
|> 
|> Well, actually, OSF apparently now has a certification process for
|> toolkits, so they've finally realized that "The Toolkit is *NOT* the
|> Look&Feel".  Given that there are non-Xm toolkits under development (and
|> some may already exist) that offer a Motif L&F, this would seem to be a
|> sensible acknowledgment of reality....

I just got the certification package and from what I can tell it is to
certify a port of Xm to a given vendor's hardware.  It is an API certification
process, not a "Look&Feel" certification process.  So it seems that the
only certified OSF/Motif toolkits will be Xm ports.  If I have interpreted
this wrong I would certainly like someone from OSF to let me know.

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Tom LaStrange

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