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From: chan@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (Chan Benson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Toolkit decisions (was: XView v. other toolkits, advice wanted)
Message-ID: <1210026@hpfcmgw.HP.COM>
Date: 27 Feb 90 18:12:42 GMT
References: <132173@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
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> Our group decided to use either Xview or InterViews for the main
> reason is that they are entirely in public domain
> and run well on most types of computers.
> First, history shows that public domain packages, UNIX (early AT&T, GNU), C++ (GNU),
> and X Windows win out over their possibility superior competitors
> (VMS, Objective C, NeWS) because academic hackers evolve them and write
> useful applications for them.

Be careful with the way you use the term "Public Domain". Hell, Unix
isn't even *free*, let alone public domain. To my knowledge, none of 
the software mentioned above is public domain.

			-- Chan