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From: erik@gogoman.sf.ca.us (Erik Fortune)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: $1000
Message-ID: <3@gogoman.sf.ca.us>
Date: 20 Nov 90 10:21:02 GMT
References: <9011170339.AA15348@expo.lcs.mit.edu> <1990Nov18.172949.4547@mcs.anl.gov>
Reply-To: erik@gogoman.UUCP (Erik Fortune)
Organization: Erik's Adventure Ranch
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In article <1990Nov18.172949.4547@mcs.anl.gov> korp@atlantis.ees.anl.gov (Peter Korp) writes:
>In article <9011170339.AA15348@expo.lcs.mit.edu> DAN@IBM.COM writes:
>>Hmm. $1000 for OPENLOOK (free) and $1000 for Motif (not free).
>
>Ahem...
>
>Do people still not understand? A quick education then.
>
   :
   Lots of absolutely true stuff about OpenWindows and Open Look.
   :
>Please do not confuse OpenWindows with Open Look. They have absolutely nothing
>in common.
>
>Peter

I don't think that Dan was confusing OpenWindows and Open Look.   Dan's
point (as I read it) was this:

When the OSF sells thing "A" (in this case Motif) for $1000, loads of 
people scream bloody murder and complain about the evil OSF cartel trying 
to squeeze the last penny out of everyone's pocket.

When Sun "gives away" thing "B" (in this case OpenWindows) for $1000,
everybody sings the praises of kind and generous Sun who so benevolently
donated thing "B" to the world.

If the $1000 is *really* a media charge, Sun should make the source
to OpenWindows available via anonymous ftp (or at least allow someone
else to do so).    If Sun can't or won't do this, then the "media charge"
is pure PR hogwash.

Cheers,
    Erik