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From: jordan@morgan.COM (Jordan Hayes)
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Subject: Re: What's what in OPEN LOOK/OpenWindows (long)
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Date: 28 Sep 90 18:34:32 GMT
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Frank D. Greco <fgreco@govt.shearson.COM> writes:

	Please don't tell all the companies on Wall Street, cuz the
	vast majority of them are using Open Look (on Suns), not
	Motif.

The guy was talking about why OpenLook didn't get selected by OSF as
the technology they would back, not why "OpenLook" didn't have market
penetration (which wouldn't make sense anyway).

[ note: I don't necessarily agree, but that's what he said ]

What is your sample size for "vast majority [of Wall Street]" ...?  I
didn't think the "vast majority" of anybody is doing anything (except
maybe flaming about this issue :-).

	Sun's (actually SPARC's) large percentage of the workstation
	market will cause OPEN LOOK to have a higher percentage of the
	workstation UI "market".

I think this is naive.

	what's a Microsoft compatible GUI??

Uh, Motif is (supposed to be) PM +/- 7 things.  GUI, of course, not API.

	>	- OL is not Microsoft compatible, and to make it so
	>	  destroys its open-lookness.

	First of all, OPEN LOOK can be made to run on DOS.  It is a
	user interface, not software.

Duh?  When this guy says "Microsoft Compatable" he's talking about the
GUI layer, not the API layer for XView ... he means Joe Hodedo could
transition from PM to Motif in a "compatable" way -- making Open Look
applications that would feel the same way would make them no longer
Open Look.

For the purposes of this thread,

"Microsoft" == "PM" or "Windows"
"Microsoft" != "DOS" or "PCs"

	My comments reflect my own opinions, not my clients.

Hope so!  ;-)

/jordan