Xref: utzoo comp.arch:20078 comp.windows.open-look:368 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!dkuug!iesd!iesd.auc.dk!fischer From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.windows.open-look Subject: Re: Sun != Open Archtecture Message-ID: Date: 7 Jan 91 21:59:23 GMT References: <36911@cup.portal.com> <5089@trantor.harris-atd.com> <1990Dec19.024945.12335@lingua.cltr.uq.OZ.AU> <1990Dec28.224236.5163@erbe.se> <1991Jan5.135651.486@tscs.uucp> <37681@cup.portal.com> <3105@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> Sender: news@iesd.auc.dk (UseNet News) Followup-To: comp.windows.open-look Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aalborg Lines: 24 In-reply-to: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM's message of 7 Jan 91 13:15:07 GMT >>>>> On 7 Jan 91, davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) said: Bill> I've had that discussion with Sun people on a number of topics, most Bill> recently OpenLook vs. MOTIF. I told them that it didn't matter how much Bill> wood was behind the arrowhead if they missed the target. I assume that Bill> this is a matter of religious belief to some highly placed person at Bill> Sun, since they have read the market correctly on a lot of other things. That's contrary to what Bill Joy says all the time -- at the UNIX Expo in Stockholm last year he said that Sun would deliver whatever the market wants. If OS/2 becomes a winner (god forbid :-), we'll have OS/2 on our SPARCstation. He even looked sincere. But then, they're going to play there cards as long as it's not clear it's a loosing hand. The OPEN LOOK vs. Motif thing isn't over yet. Note that a number of companies, besides AT&T and Sun, have recently come out with new machines running OPEN LOOK as standard. Followups directed to comp.windows.open-look. /Lars -- Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk | Q: How does a project get to be one CS Dept., Univ. of Aalborg, DENMARK. | year late? A: One day at a time.