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From: de5@ornl.gov (Dave Sill)
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Subject: Re: Some Very Basic Questions
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Date: 29 May 91 12:57:30 GMT
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In article <13015@sybase.sybase.com>, clint@olias.sybase.com (Doug Clinton) writes:
>
>The main difference between OpenLook and Motif is that Motif is a
>specific implementation of a widget set and OpenLook is a
>specification of a user interface which may be implemented by anyone,
>not necessarily using the X11 intrinsics (Suns XView is not intrinsic
>based).

Wrong.  Motif is a specification, too.  OSF just happens to have an
implementation available, but there's nothing preventing one from
writing their own.

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