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- From: fgreco@cfdev1026.shearson.com (Frank Greco)
- Subject: Re: In article 20K@phage.cshl.org, pjm@isis.cshl.org (Pat Monardo) writes:
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.191536.14722@shearson.com>
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- References: <1992Nov10.135830.29835@chemeng.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:15:36 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov10.135830.29835@chemeng.ed.ac.uk> martin@Chemeng.Ed.Ac.Uk writes:
- >Dumping XView and supporting OLIT is the worst case of short
- >sightedness and ignorance there st. It certainly make me look like a
- >fool, when people ask me about which toolkit to use. I always recommend
- >XView to my colleges, it is so good.
-
- I was burned *twice*. Once for recommending TNT and NeWS to my
- clients, now another for recommending XView. I was told by
- Sun/SunSoft that, at that time in history, either toolkit would
- have a long and fully supported life.
-
- > But what can I say when they
- >mention Suns lack of support for it. When I mention Sun want to use
- >OLIT (based on Xintrinsics) they decide to go straight to the Motif
- >toolkit.
-
- Exactly. When my clients are told that Sun recommends OLIT,
- they say, the heck with OLIT, let's just go with Motif since
- its the same programming learning curve. Why SunSoft does
- not see this happening is beyond me.
-
- >Recommending developers to use OLIT is a way of persuading developers
- >write for Motif straight away. At least you would be rewarded for the
- >distaste in using Xintrinsics by increasing your sales potential!
-
- yes, yes, yes.
-
- >Maybe this is the time for me to dump OPEN LOOK and go Motif with its
- >poor unergonomic interface and dismal toolkit. B^)
-
- Or at least hedge with a dual-LnF toolkit.
-
- >How long can you hope Sun will support you using the DOE toolkit and/or OLIT?
-
- One would hope that DOE does not follow TNT/NeWS and XView into
- the black hole. 8/
-
- Frank G.
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