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From: karish@mindcraft.com (Chuck Karish)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: X sucks (was: Re: Ware Ware Wizardjin)
Summary: Markets
Message-ID: <671916336.14801@mindcraft.com>
Date: 17 Apr 91 19:25:35 GMT
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In article <544@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> lm@slovax.Eng.Sun.COM (Larry McVoy) writes:
>The problem is that "technically right" != "business right".  People
>are far less likely to write apps for NeWS or NextStep because X is the
>dominant player in the WS market (if Motif vs Openlook wars continue,
>that might kill X, though.  Interesting thought even if unlikely.)

People don't write apps for NeWS or NeXTStep because there's not
enough return for the effort; those systems aren't available on
enough workstations.  Writing to an X-based window interface gives
developers a broader market.

My perception is that Motif is winning the "war" and that OpenLook
will persist as a third proprietary offering from Sun (note Bill
Joy's comment that OpenLook is a "de facto standard" because of
Sun'smarket share).  Does this make any sense?

	Chuck Karish		karish@mindcraft.com
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