Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!crdgw1!barnett From: barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Motif -> Open Look look & feel Message-ID: Date: 7 Jul 90 10:52:27 GMT References: <9007021559.AA00522@lance> <1990Jul6.135852.22415@alphalpha.com> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: barnett@crdgw1.ge.com Organization: GE Corp. R & D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 20 In-reply-to: nazgul@alphalpha.com's message of 6 Jul 90 13:58:52 GMT In article <1990Jul6.135852.22415@alphalpha.com> nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) writes: >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. It's true that the data representations are not compatible between the Sun lines. My personal view is that this forces programmers to write programs the correct way (i.e. portable), instead of a convenient, non-portable way. Done the right way, a data file can be shared across Dec, Apollo, HP, MIPS, IBM, and Sun. -- Bruce G. Barnett barnett@crd.ge.com uunet!crdgw1!barnett