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- From: coar@Nephi.Enet.DEC.Com (Rodent of Unusual Size)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: DECwindows ==> Motif license upgrade
- Summary: I was wrong about the licensing; what do you want officialised?
- Keywords: VMS, Motif, XUI
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.162849.7613@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 17:05:17 GMT
- References: <9207310948.AA27502@genrad.com>
- Sender: usenet@nntpd.lkg.dec.com (USENET News System)
- Distribution: comp
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corp.
- Lines: 47
- Organisation: Employed by (*NOT* speaker for) DEC, Boxborough, MA, U.S.A.
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- In article <9207310948.AA27502@genrad.com>, dongray@cdclu1.genrad.com (Derek Dongray) writes...
- >
- >> After installing Motif,
- >> you can continue to use XUI instead of the Motif interface by removing the
- >> autostarted `Window Manager' and starting the `XUI Window Manager'
- >> instead. And you can then propagate the change in the DECW$SM*.DAT
- >> file(s) to those workstations that don't have the Motif license.
- >
- >Where is this documented? It could be very useful for us to do this as our
- >other reason for not upgradingis that we have a number of local applications
- >used in a production environment which would need to be tested on Motif before
- >we changed everyone over.
-
- I assume you're asking about the alternate window manager, not managing
- the .DAT files.. Well, after scanning just about every Motif-related
- document on the ConOLD, I can't find any mention of the presence of the
- XUI Window Manager item in the Application list. I found out about it
- from hearsay, but one of my users is taking advantage of it.
-
- >> I could easily (very!) be wrong, though, so don't
- >> quote me on that.
- >
- >Since you posted to INFO-VAX, I think you must allow yourself to be "quoted"
- >:-)
-
- All right, `quote' me if you must - but it's off the record! ;-)
- Basically, I'm making no commitments for Digital.
-
- >> This is me speaking as an individual user of Motif, not
- >> as an employee or spokesthing for Digital Equipment Corporation.
- >
- >I don't suppose there's any chance of getting a non-disclaimed statement from
- >DEC on this issue?
-
- Which issue? Tell me what you want resolved, and I'll see if I can find
- someone to officially resolve it. No guarantees, though..
-
- >Name : Derek Dongray, Systems Manager, GenRad Ltd.
- >InterNet : Dongray@cdclu1.GenRad.com CompuServe : 70374,2745
-
- #ken :-)} Jeratol the Chaotic
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