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From: marbru@attc.UUCP (Martin Brunecky)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: choice of toolkits
Message-ID: <1238@attc.UUCP>
Date: 13 Mar 91 16:23:39 GMT
References: <9103110058.AA02712@mole.ai.mit.edu> <1991Mar11.115350.26950@alphalpha.com> <1991Mar13.003649.1108@convex.com>
Reply-To: marbru@auto-trol.UUCP (Martin Brunecky)
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In article <1991Mar13.003649.1108@convex.com> datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri) writes:
>Well, so far as I know, the OSF/Motif toolkit doesn't support shared/dynamic
>libraries even on the platforms that have the capability -- ie., SunOS.
>
  Even if you were right for Motif 1.1, WHY should OSF support SunOS specific
  implementation of shareable libraries when:
  - Sun is NOT a memeber of OSF
  - Sun does everything imaginable to prevent Motif usage on it's hardware/sw

  As far as I know, OSF does not bother to "support" shareble libraries (inlib)
  for HP/Apollo Domain (their shareableas were superior to today's SunOS
  implementation years ago). Neither it supports shareable libraries for
  VMS. But in both cases the party interested (HP/Apollo, DEC) in porting
  Motif to their platform does what is necessary.
  So *might* Sun Microsystems, (if they elected to do so). 
  So *do* many Motif providers for SunOS platform.
>
>This shortcoming and the resultant immense size of executables comprise the
>lion's share of my discontent with Motif.
>
  If you decided to be your "provider" of Motif for SunOS, supporting shared
  (or any other) libraries is upon to you. At least that's what I assume, 
  being a Motif "provider" for our in-house use (for some of our platforms).

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