Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cica!iuvax!mailrus!uflorida!haven!decuac!shlump.nac.dec.com!riscy.dec.com!fuel.dec.com!graham From: graham@fuel.dec.com (kris graham) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: What is that MOTIF thang on expo?!? Message-ID: <1445@riscy.dec.com> Date: 17 Aug 89 18:25:56 GMT References: <8908171153.AA02417@fnord.umiacs.UMD.EDU> <1444@riscy.dec.com> Lines: 20 >Actually (as someone who is definitely more of an OSF fan than a Unix >International fan), I worry that, simply because the OPEN LOOK-compliant >X11 toolkit (and maybe a window manager, I don't know for sure) *is* >distributed for free, OPEN LOOK will win over Motif. Some scientific surveys have been done ...regarding the OPEN LOOK vs Motif controversy.... So far, Motif has a wide margin lead. A good example of such survey, is the one conducted by UNIX Today! in July ' 89. Making something 'free' does not necessarily make it more popular. There are other reasons why users may pick one UI over the other. BTW: The Motif binaries is only $40. -- Christopher Graham Digital Equipment Corp Ultrix Resource Center 2 Penn Plaza New York City (Usual disclaimers go in here)