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From: jym@sgi.com (jim terhorst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Motif or Open Look Development Systems on IRIS; When?
Message-ID: <1990Oct15.170800.11957@odin.corp.sgi.com>
Date: 15 Oct 90 17:08:00 GMT
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In article <1F8D00DA9DFF000EBB@NRCNET.NRC.CA> SERRER@nrcm3.nrc.ca (Martin Serrer) writes:
>Jim Terhorst writes...
>
>>SGI announced support for the Motif toolkit at the Federal Computer
>>Conference a couple weeks ago.  It will be shipping in December, 1990 or
>>January 1991.
>
>Is this going to be a 'standard offering' with IRIX or will it be an additional
>cost option? We have the X development kit from SGI. Will MOTIF be an upgrade to
>this?

No, There will be a Motif Development Environment option.  The price has
not yet been determined, but should be around $400.  Motif will not be
an upgrade to the X development Environment.

		thanks,

		jim terhorst
		X and Motif Product Manager, SGI