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From: graham@fuel.dec.com (kris graham)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: What is that MOTIF thang on expo?!?
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Date: 17 Aug 89 18:25:56 GMT
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>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          
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