Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!apple!snorkelwacker!spdcc!tauxersvilli!alphalpha!nazgul From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Motif -> Open Look look & feel Message-ID: <1990Jul6.135852.22415@alphalpha.com> Date: 6 Jul 90 13:58:52 GMT References: <9007021559.AA00522@lance> Organization: asi Lines: 23 In article barnett@crdgw1.ge.com writes: >McNealy made an interesting point at a recent talk. ... >Second, each has several binary formats that must be supported. I'm sorry. I think this is a pretty funny argument coming from a company that not only has three different machine architectures, but also has three different *data* representations. Even DEC and Apollo managed to get that one right. But in any case, the marketshare numbers I've seen were numbers of workstations period. That should be fairly obvious, if they weren't, IBM would be listed as number one. -kee -- Alphalpha Software, Inc. | motif-request@alphalpha.com nazgul@alphalpha.com |----------------------------------- 617/646-7703 (voice/fax) | Proline BBS: 617/641-3722 I'm not sure which upsets me more; that people are so unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate everyone else's.