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From: carlton@HUSC10.HARVARD.EDU (david carlton)
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Subject: Re: Alternatives to Motif
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In article <gordon.668373734@madhouse> gordon@b11.ingr.com (Gordon Streeter) writes:
   rms@MOLE.AI.MIT.EDU (Richard Stallman) writes:
   >The Free Software Foundation urges X Windows users not to use Motif,
   >for two reasons.

   ...niether of which have anything to do with the utility of Motif --
   the product or the standard.

   One might conclude that the Foundation is not interested in whether we
   get what we need, but only in whether we conform to its philosophy.

Alternatively, one might conclude that the FSF is quite interested in
whether we get what we need; they just take a longer-term point of
view on these matters, and have developed a philosophy which they
think leads to a more effective way of giving the users what they need
in the long run.

david carlton
carlton@husc9.harvard.edu