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From: wggabb@sdrc.UUCP (Rob Gabbard)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: OPEN LOOK announced first (was: Re: Motif/Openlook, is there a trend?
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Date: 8 Feb 91 13:59:04 GMT
References: <2995@sodium.ATT.COM>
Organization: SDRC, Cincinnati
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From article <2995@sodium.ATT.COM>, by esg@sodium.ATT.COM (Edward Gokhman):

> it all depends on what hat you are wearing. If you are
> an independent software vendor you most likely to hook up with
> the wood behind the Sun's arrow - SPARC/SVR4/OpenWindow platform. The
> market share is a magic magnet in software business.

Yes it is - and though Sun has more market share than any other single vendor,
add up the market shares held by HP, DEC and IBM and compare them to Sun.
If an ISV is going to make his wares available on a variety of platforms, 
following the OSF/Motif path make the most sense. Also, if doing 3D graphics,
Sun has yet to integrate SunPHIGS with X. XGL is immediate mode only (no
display list) which makes it very unattractive for a large number of 3D 
applications. The other vendors mentioned have integrated their 3D graphics 
packages with X. I'm sure Sun will eventually have this capability (considering
that they were the PEX SI implementors) but it is currently an advantage the 
other's have, and a big reason alot of people are still running SunView rather 
than switching to OpenWindows.

The opinions expressed above are those of my own and do not neccessarily reflect
those of my employer.
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Rob Gabbard 				    UUCP: uunet!sdrc!wggabb
Technical Development Engineer   	INTERNET: wggabb%sdrc@uunet.uu.net
Structural Dynamics Research Corporation