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From: seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Where does UNIX fit in a graphically-based computer world?
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Date: 8 Sep 90 00:16:11 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from anthonjw@clutx.clarkson.edu

 
Sorry if I seem like an outsider jumping in here, but...
 
You must not be keeping up with what's going on in the Unix world these
days...GUIs are what are on everyone's minds.  Gone are the days of
character-based UNIX systems (although there will still be a way to get at a
shell or too...FPUO).  The two leading contenders for top-dog UNIX GUI are
Motif, from OSF...and Open Look from Unix International.  Each have their own
heavyweights backing them.  
 
Then, since you mentioned the NeXT (which is a UNIX-based system), you have
the NeXT-Step.  While most other UNIX GUIs are based on X-Window, NeXT-Step is
based on Adobe's Display PostScript (a slow sucker).
 
If you'd like to learn more about what's happening now, go down to your local
newsstand and check out some of the latest trade journals.
 
Sean
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