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>	Is a single GUI standard really necessary?

No, just as a standard dashboard layout for automobiles is really
necessary.  It helps considerably if a manufacturer is internally
consistent in their GUI from product to product, however.  One of
the benefits of upgrading old equipment is the lack of retraining
needed.  We've found that going from a SparcStation-1 to a SparcStation-2
is essentially transparent to the user, while going from [OpenLook,
Motif, SunWindows, MacIntosh, Amiga] to any of the others is not
nearly as easy.

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