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From: fgreco@donald.GOVt.shearson.COM (Frank Greco)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: What's what in OPEN LOOK/OpenWindows (long)
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Date: 1 Oct 90 15:58:20 GMT
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> 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 :-).

	Gees, I really don't agree Jordan.  I've been involved in over a dozen
	high-level meetings for different clients of mine within the past 2 months
	in which the primary discussion has been which GUI to use.
	These were definitely *not* informal hacker tech-talks.
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> 
> 	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.

	I think your reply is incomplete.;->.....  Well...what's your reason?
	cat -v got your tongue?

	I'm basing my "naive" opinions on the fact that if OL comes bundled with the machine,
	it will be a hard sell (of course, not impossible) to have corporate users utilize,
	and sys admins install, a non-supported (by Sun) user interface.
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> 
> 	what's a Microsoft compatible GUI??
> 
> Uh, Motif is (supposed to be) PM +/- 7 things.  GUI, of course, not API.
                                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	I'm glad *you*'re stating your case explicitly.  The author wasn't.

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> 	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 .

	Well perhaps that how *you* interpreted his email.  I read it differently sir.
	And what does "Duh?" mean big guy?.......btw, its "compatible" not 
	"Compatable" dude....

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> For the purposes of this thread,
> 
> "Microsoft" == "PM" or "Windows"
> "Microsoft" != "DOS" or "PCs"

	Your definitions Jordan?  Or the author's?  Are you submitting your interpretation
	as a replacement for his?
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> 
> 	My comments reflect my own opinions, not my clients.
> 
> Hope so!  ;-)

	Oh, how clever....;->


	Frank G.
	...my comments still reflect my own opinions, not my clients...