Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!execu!sequoia!nueces!chari From: chari@nueces.cactus.org (Chris Whatley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: IBM to offer NeXTStep on AIX Message-ID: <1990Feb7.050640.19017@nueces.cactus.org> Date: 7 Feb 90 05:06:40 GMT References: <1990Feb6.210929.13426@aqdata.uucp> <22156@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Organization: Nueces Inc. Lines: 33 jonathan@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice) writes: >Michael T. Sullivan (sullivan@aqdata.uucp): >> > [ Daniel L. Grillo writes: ] >> > NextStep will join OSF/Motif as graphical user interface offerings >> > planned for the IBM PS/2 and RISC computers running AIX, IBM's open- >> > standard UNIX operating system based on AT&T System V and BSD 4.3. >> >> ...as OSF sinks slowly in the sunset... >If OSF is sinking -- and the story on this is not entirely in, IMHO -- >it is not because of OSF/Motif. Motif is a solid product well >supported by the industry leaders. Moreover, several Interface >Builder-like programs were shown at the recent UniForum, leading me to >belive that NextStep won't for long be the only GUI for which >applications can easily be written. Has anyone noticed that, excluding the bundled applications, there are more applications available for the NeXTStep environment than for OS/2 and Motif put together? I got my info from a "Personal Workstation" article. They said that there were 18 for NextStep, 16 for OS/2 and 1 for motif. This, of course, excludes all of the Unix stuff that runs on the NeXT, the MS-DOS ca-ca that crawls under OS/2 and the regular X and Unix stuff that runs under Motif. My accountant's (me actually) blood pressure just went down a bit. -- Christopher M. Whatley Research Systems Administrator - University of Texas Mathematics Work: chari@math.utexas.edu (preferably not NeXT Mail) (512/471-7711) Home: chari@nueces.cactus.org (NeXT Mail) (512/499-0475)