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From: korp@atlantis.ees.anl.gov (Peter Korp)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: What is SUN doing?
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Date: 28 Feb 90 17:48:47 GMT
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It is quite sad that Sun has brought itself to this position. Since
my last message which asked about NeWS support from third parties
I have recieved just two replys. In that time we have seen
messages from the grasshopper group and other developers who are
giving up hope. 

I am not just pissed at Sun, but also at the groups that allows Sun
to get away all these years with their crap. Being fairly new to
NeWS I was impressed with how easy it was to prototype applications
and how much more professional they appeared than with other window
systems. Now though it is time to move on. Sponsors don't want to
be locked into Sun, and NeWS has done just that to us.

Sun, if you are really out there, do what is suggested, put OpenWindows
into the public domain, or just drop NeWS and license NeXTStep. There is
no doubt that this is a "standard" and I won't have to deal with the
X nasties! Code is fairly simple to port to NeXTStep if written properly,
so why not really become a standards company again???

		Peter A. Korp
		Argonne National Laboratory

None of these opinions are my employers or anyone elses.