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From: bickel@nprdc.arpa (Steven Bickel)
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Subject: Re: ROOMS
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Date: 18 Jan 89 19:31:47 GMT
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ISSTTH@NUSVM.BITNET (TNG TH) writes:
>Has anyone evaluated ROOMS from XEROX for the SUN? Is the software public
>domain? How can I get hold of it? Thanks.

It looks nice, has nice features but:

1) Sunview does not work with ROOMS.
2) X-windows do not work with ROOMS.
3) ROOMS is slower than Sunview.
4) Is not public domain and costs alot per machine.

We told them that when they fix 2 and 3 we would consider it.

Steve Bickel

          Steve Bickel                          bickel@nprdc.arpa
	  Systems Engineering Assoc.            (619) 553-9306
	  Naval Personel R & D Center.