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From: folta@tove.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: XView v. other toolkits, advice wanted
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Date: 22 Feb 90 18:29:05 GMT
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At work, we have to make a decision as to which way to go: move our Sun 3 SunView
operations to xnews and XView, or move to X11R4 and use other toolkits.

Questions:
    1. Is it really advantageous to stay with Sun on the move to X or is MIT's X11R4
       generic tape a viable option?  (e.g. is the fact that Open Windows is supported
       by Sun a big advantage over the more generic X11R4?)
    2. Do most toolkits (other than XView) allow mixing and matching among themselves
       are they mostly exclusive?  (I am thinking particularly of Xcu.)
    3. Do most toolkits (other than XView) have an object-orientation with
       inheritence?
    4. Will a mixture (Sun's server, other people's X11R4 toolkits) be possible now
       or in the near future?
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Wayne Folta          (folta@cs.umd.edu  128.8.128.8)