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From: jbb@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Jim B. Byers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: VUE and OpenLook Apps
Message-ID: <101950151@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Date: 22 Oct 90 21:38:57 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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>Oh well, off to twist my boss's arm to scrape up the $5000 for
>UIMX, plus maybe VUE and Softbench and...  I can hear him now,
>"Why not just get a Sun and get a user interface for free, plus
>loads of free software?

I am not sure what your point is here about UIMX.  Are you saying
that there is some free unsupported software that will do what it
does on Sun?  I am not aware of any such free software that will allow you
to develop and *test* your application.  There are a few tools out
there that let you interactively lay out your interface and then
spit out this description.  Although this is probably better than nothing,
this really isn't sufficient if you 
need to test and maintain your code.  In addition to interactive testing
of the appearance *and behavior* of the interface;  HP Interface
Architect (product name for UIMX plus HP's Motif generating software)
can also generate straight portable Motif code. Note: This feature was
not in the Beta code.

Or are you saying that this class of software (sophisticated interface 
builders that do more than just layout) should be bundled because every
developer needs it and you would be willing to pay more for the
bundled development system?  What is your point here?
 

Jim Byers
Interface Technology Operation
"The X11/Motif/Vue/Architect folks in Corvallis"