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From: gt1111a@prism.gatech.EDU (Vincent Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: GUI WARS!
Message-ID: <22979@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 27 Feb 91 19:39:05 GMT
References: <9102252115.AA07726@statsci.com>
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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I for one am a little sick of products only written for particular windowing
systems. I run a small net of about 15 machines. Plenty of stuff runs under
regular MIT X. But my boss has just informed me of a few new products we are
buying, one of which needs Open Windows, the other requiring Motif. Now tell
me why I must go through the agony of trying to make 3 windowing packages
share my disk? Can't X code be written so that it takes advantage of OL or
MOTIF's features if you have it, but still run under MIT? I realize this is
not as simple as say dealing with the presence or absence of an FPU, but
the same principle applies.

At least I can reasonably keep MIT X on all our various platforms up to date
and working. Servicing 3 packages though.....maybe I should find a new job.

-- 
Vincent Fox (That's Mr. Bucko to you)|"Fleshy-headed mutant, are you friendly?"
Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA             |"No way, eh! Radiation has made me an
SR-71: gt1111a@prism.gatech.edu      | enemy of civilization."
Pony Express:...!gatech!prism!gt1111a|             - Bob & Doug in Strange Brew