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From: rock@lighthouse.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: IBM to offer NeXTStep on AIX
Message-ID: <1990Feb8.091546.14852@lighthouse.com>
Date: 8 Feb 90 09:15:46 GMT
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In-Reply-To: jonathan@unix.cis.pitt.edu's message of 7 Feb 90 00:57:24 GMT


In article <22156@unix.cis.pitt.edu> jonathan@unix.cis.pitt.edu
(Jonathan Eunice) writes:

>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.

Yes, there are IB look-alikes for Motif (as there are for nearly all
GUIs these days).  But one should be careful to consider what these
programs do.  Most generate good old C code, which, to me, is a scarey
thought.  In losing the integration and object-oriented aspect of
NeXT's IB/Obj-C/AppKit world, these tools, while drawing pretty
pictures, don't make for anywhere near as nice a development
environment.

Compare and save.  The NeXT leaves a lot to be desired.  But you'd be
very, very hard pressed to come up with as good a development
environment on any other platform at any price.  (We tried; we
failed.)

Roger Rosner
Lighthouse Design, Ltd.
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