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From: fischer@iesd.dk (Lars P. Fischer)
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Subject: Re: OPEN LOOK Availability
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Date: 1 Apr 89 04:07:46 GMT
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In article <11394@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> cjc@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Chris Calabrese[mav]) writes:
>I can't say much about the X/NeWS merge other than it exists and will
>be on the market in a few months, along with NDE (NeWS Development
>Environtment), and View2 (SunView libraries implemented under X).
		    ^^^^^

I seem to remember from a Sun briefing that this has been renamed
"Xview" (to emphasize that it is not tied to Sun), and that it will be
donated to MIT, for free distribution on the X tape. It should be
ready for distribution "sometime this spring..".

Anyone care to comment?

/Lars
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Lars Fischer,  fischer@iesd.dk, {...}!mcvax!iesd!fischer
Dept. of Math. and Comp. Sci., University of Aalborg
Strandvejen 19, DK-9000 Aalborg, DENMARK
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
			-- Arthur C. Clarke