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From: gjc@mitech.com
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Motif vs OpenLook (Rat poison)
Message-ID: <3367@mitech.com>
Date: 2 Jul 90 09:09:22 GMT
References: <9006300544.AA00451@shamash.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Organization: Mitech Corporation, Concord MA
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In article <9006300544.AA00451@shamash.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>, mouse@SHAMASH.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU (der Mouse) writes:
>
> 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.

How about it if somebody who has never bought a workstation could just
shut up and let the real people talk. 

How about a serious example of a workstation vendor that provides no
window environment or just supports raw-X?

A workstation has to come with *some* window software environment, and
the least expensive for a vendor to obtain and support is most likely 
X-Windows with Motif. That is, it has the easiest licensing terms and
costs for a hardware vendor to deal with, and is good from the point
of view of completeness and portability. It also has the strongest
multi-vendor support. And the more vendors you have the more that
the costs of supporting and developing the software can be spread around.
This lowers the lifetime cost per-user from the point of view of the
end user.

-gjc