Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpcvlx!ben From: ben@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Benjamin Ellsworth) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Athena vs. Open Look vs. DEC Windows vs. Motif vs. PM ??? Message-ID: <100920079@hpcvlx.HP.COM> Date: 17 May 89 17:42:55 GMT References: <24454@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA Lines: 48 > ... Athena, DECW run on X windows. So does MOTIF. > In fact, DECW will be a part of OSF and will be distributed by them > in June (last I heard). Ummmm... Not exactly. OSF's user environment component is MOTIF. MOTIF has a great deal in common with both DECW and the HP's CXI. Perhaps some authority from OSF would be willing to state the official party line? > As far as the look and feel? I think MOTIF is the winner from what I > have seen and used ... That's good to hear. > ...if you are willing to wait a little MOTIF will offer tremendous > advantages as far as portability, look-and-feel and probably > functionality. We think so. >>-- How hard is it to port between these? Transforming between any of them will be hard work. The easiest port should be from DECW to MOTIF. >>And how hard would it be to port from Microsoft Windows? Very hard. The goal of MOTIF was to allow portability of *users* not code. Users of Microsoft Windows and Presentation Manager should have no difficulty using MOTIF applications. Code written for PM will be very difficult to port to MOTIF (and vica-versa). >>Andrew Lieberman >Reha Elci ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin Ellsworth | ben@cv.hp.com | INTERNET Hewlett-Packard Company | {backbone}!hplabs!hp-pcd!ben | UUCP 1000 N.E. Circle | (USA) (503) 750-4980 | FAX Corvallis, OR 97330 | (USA) (503) 757-2000 | VOICE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- All relevant disclaimers apply. -----------------------------------------------------------------------