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From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu ("J. Eric Townsend")
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Subject: Re: Why OpenWindows instead of Motif ?
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Date: 18 Feb 91 00:26:45 GMT
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In article <1991Feb17.224556.26157@cbnewsm.att.com> mls@cbnewsm.att.com (mike.siemon) writes:
>However, Motif is (a) bigger (b) slower and (c) less functional[*] than the

I thought the biggest reason to spurn Motif was the "licensing fee" that
you're supposed to pay for each machine/terminal using Motif as its
UI.  OpenLook is free, of course... 

(I still like Intuition more than either one, but that's another battle... :-)
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