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- From: drl@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (David R. Linn)
- Subject: Re: Sun's GUI and OS mistakes (was Re: LX and SUNOS 4.x)
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- References: <1992Dec10.213305.18495@news.dfrf.nasa.gov> <BEAULIEU.92Dec16084643@piranha.bose.com> <1992Dec16.185356.17158@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:13:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec16.185356.17158@midway.uchicago.edu> epc1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >In article <BEAULIEU.92Dec16084643@piranha.bose.com> beaulieu@bose.com (Larry Beaulieu) writes:
- >>
- >>> Oh my god, first OpenLook and now UNIX. Sun better remember what
- >>
- >> Oh, you mean 'BrokenLook'.
- >
- >I wholeheartedly agree with this. I mean, what is Sun's problem? No one
- >I know uses OpenLook or wants to. The last several surveys I've seen
- >showed that Motif on Suns are more popular than OpenLook on Suns.
- >We use Motif. Our lives would be so much easier if Sun got rid of olwn
- >and supported mwm. At least Sun supports X11. They have some nice
- >utilities such as Tooltalk but all in all, Sun's attempts to lead
- >the open systems marketplace has really been a failure.
-
- Ah, ... surveys ...
-
- I'll publicly state that I prefer OPEN LOOK* to Motif and I know several
- other people who also prefer OPEN LOOK to Motif. A lot of people were
- strongarmed into using Motif by being told "that's what *everyone* is
- going to use; you don't want to make the *wrong* choice, do you?"
-
- What a bunch of lemmings. :-(
-
- David
-
- * I'd prefer for OPEN LOOK to be called Open Look but, US laws being
- what they are, I understand the need for CAPS.
-
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