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From: kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,vmsnet.misc,comp.windows.x.motif,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Wanted: Motif window manager client for VMS
Message-ID: <1991Feb25.193721.10549@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 25 Feb 91 19:37:21 GMT
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In article <1991Feb25.003901.2719@convex.com> datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri) writes:
>>> I was wondering if anyone could supply me with the Motif window
>>> manager client binary for VMS.
>
>>Firstly, this request amounts to software piracy as it is written.
>
>How so?  The post didn't explicitly ask for the OSF's Motif toolkit.  Unless
>I'm confused, "Motif" is a way things look, not a product.  NCD's latest
>software sticks a non-OSF mwm into the server, as I understand.
>

Yes, but NCDwm is *not* mwm.  He asked for the *Motif* window manager
binary.  That strikes me as pretty explicit.  But, if all he wants is
something that looks like mwm, why not gwm using the Motif configuration?

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