Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!snorkelwacker!husc6!cmcl2!shemesh!ittai From: ittai@shemesh.GBA.NYU.EDU (Ittai Hershman) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Motif -> Open Look look & feel Message-ID: <3569@shemesh.GBA.NYU.EDU> Date: 3 Jul 90 14:44:14 GMT References: <9007021559.AA00522@lance> Organization: NYU Stern School of Business Lines: 24 > Scott McNealy counters that you can reach 33% of the market share with > one binary for a Sparc. He also claims there will be 1 million > Sparc or Sparc-compatibles sold in one year's time. > > Software vendors "go where the money is". Scott McNealy makes a good point, but not when it comes to windowing systems. I happen to be typing this on a Sparcstation running Motif; many others are doing the same thing. There are more important things to do than quibble about which GUI is better/nicer/cleaner. Motif is perfectly adequate and its PM look and feel is a big advantage in a world dominated by DOS. If Sun wants to continue to expend resources on pursuing this GUI war idiocy, that is their problem. I, for one, will continue to buy Suns based on all the other factors which I think make them the best workstation for my money, and obtain Motif from a third party (just like add-on memory simms :-). Software vendors will "go where the money is" -- and it is becoming evident that Motif not OpenLook is that place. Even on Sun hardware. -Ittai