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From: rca@cs.brown.edu (Ronald C.F. Antony)
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Subject: Re: coXist X11R4 Server is Orderable (March 22 ship date)
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Date: 10 Mar 91 09:26:22 GMT
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In article <1991Mar8.211037.25393@math.ucla.edu> barry@pico.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) writes:
>Finally, why would one want Motif? Is there lots of X software
>that only runs under Motif? Is Motif easier to develop for?

For the same reasons that one wants X: It's not better than NextStep,
it's not easier than NextStep, but it is what some people consider
standard, especially since it looks remotely like a good old PC
running Windows.

Ronald

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