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From: charette@edsews.EDS.COM (Mark A. Charette)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: More notes from V.4.0 software developer conference (LONG)
Message-ID: <2716@edsews.EDS.COM>
Date: 8 Oct 88 16:19:51 GMT
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Organization: EDS/TSD - Troy, MI
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> development.  It was interesting that, when someone asked the presenter
> how the prototype had been written, his only answer was that it didn't
> matter, all he wanted to discuss was the look&feel.  He refused to give
> prototype implementation details.

We got lucky during the presentation in N.J.  When pressed, the presentors
told us that it OPEN LOOK demo had been written using XLIB - and nothing
else.  The editor (and a few other things) were direct hacks from the X
tape. 
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