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From: jen@mips.COM (Fred Jen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Motif *unavailable* from Digital?
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Date: 2 Feb 90 07:49:00 GMT
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In article <16459@boulder.Colorado.EDU>, devin@boulder.Colorado.EDU
(Devin Hooker) writes:
> In article <8015@shlump.nac.dec.com> quodling@bunyip.dec.com (Peter
Quodling) writes:
> !In article <78179@uunet.UU.NET>, mf@uunet.UU.NET (mf) writes...
> !{Our DEC salesman informed me today that MOTIF is not a DEC
> !{product yet, is under beta test, and will be available
> !{by the end of 1st quarter '90.
> !{Is this really true?  I find it hard to believe.
> !{Michael Fingerhut
> !What do you find hard to believe. Digital has an excellent X11 Environment
> !(XUI). To strengthen it's commitment to the OSF, DEC intends to
migrate to a 
> !MOTIF based environment over time. To avoid causing problems for it's
existing
> !installed base, this migration will not happen in one major release.
> !Motif is available under a beta test type agreement to software
vendors. Those
> !that need it now, have access to it. THose that don't need it now,
will get it
> !in the near future.
> !Peter Quodling		         Internet:     quodling@blumon.enet.dec.com
> !Digital Equipment Corporation    UUCP: ...!decwrl!blumon.enet!quodling
> !Nashua, NH.                      I disclaim everything!!!
> !				 These are my opinions, not my employers...
> 
> 	I need it now.  How do I get it?  Thanks.
> 			-Devin

You should just get a copy from OSF, it's not very expensive.  My
co-workers and
I have been running MWM for the past 6-8 months.  We have not seen any
problems.

If you want to build it, just get a clean copy of X11R3 from MIT and build it 
first before building MOTIF itself.

I believe the current verion of MOTIF can't be build with X11R4 libraries, 
unless, you make some changes.  MOTIF version 2.0 suppose to fix that problem.

X11R3 version of MWM will work with X11R4 server and clients applications.
We've been using X11R4 clients since it was first released.

Hope this will help.

-Fred Jen
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