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From: murray@flatirons.central.sun.COM (Murray Stein [Rocky Mtn. Regional MTS])
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X11 Windows 3.0 comparisons
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Date: 9 May 91 00:58:48 GMT
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	From xpert-mailer@expo.lcs.mit.edu Wed May  8 18:19:13 1991
	From: lan_csse@netrix.nac.dec.com (CSSE LAN Test Account)
	Organization: Digital Equipment
	Subject: Re: X11 Windows 3.0 comparisons
	Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
	To: xpert@expo.lcs.mit.edu

	In article <9105061352.AA20328@smithkline.com> wood%lavc3.dnet@smithkline.COM 
	(Bill Wood, SB Pharmaceuticals R&D, 215-270-5163) writes:
	>In article <261@picker.picker.com>, kobetitsch@picker.picker.com (harry 
	>kobetitsch) writes:
	>>A heated battle rages on in my work group. I would like 
	>>some pros and cons of X (including Motif) and Windows 3.0.
	>>I would like facts to back up an argument on either side.
	>>
	...
	>
	>How hard is this to do in X, especially pasting color bitmaps between apps and
	>automating the whole process?  I believe that MS Windows provides a rich, 
	>standard environment, and that as it becomes available on faster machines and 
	>richer operating systems, the flood of applications for it will be amazing.

	So when can we expect to see a mswm and a MS3lib.a on some Unix platforms?
	MS Windows couldn't very well imitate X and Unix, but there's no inherent
	reason that those who like MS Windows and DOS shouldn't be able to compile
	and link on Unix, and have it look and feel like their favorite PC.  Why
	all this either-orism?

	(Aside from the look-and-feel lawsuits, of course. ;-)


Hmmm.  I don't think I want to pay still more royalties to Microsoft...