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From: stripes@eng.umd.edu (Joshua Osborne)
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Subject: Re: Motif -> Open Look look & feel
Keywords: motif open look openlook
Message-ID: <1990Jul9.032137.23688@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 9 Jul 90 03:21:37 GMT
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In article <1990Jul3.201647.3436@alphalpha.com> nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) writes:
>In article <1990Jul1.061632.20280@media.uucp> rmf@media.uucp (Roger Fujii) writes:
[...]
>>	2) distribute the shared libraries with the application and pay
>>		OSF their distribution fee.
>>	3) Compatibility risks because the shared library that the user
>>		provides (either vendor supplied or self generated) doesn't
>>		work like they should.
>Note that if you wanted to use shared Xview libraries you would have
>exactly the same problem.  Moreso - less vendors bundle xview.  What
>has this got to do with Motif?
Except with XView (2) would be "distribute the shared libraries with
the application", note the missing part "and pay OSF their distribution fee",
XView is free, you can include the shared lib with your code if you think
you need to.  (Without paying any money, or filling out any forms)
[...]
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