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- From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
- Subject: Re: Both, Motif and Openwin on a SPARC 2 ?
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 19:07:32 GMT
- Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
- Lines: 16
- Message-ID: <1k425kINNb67@early-bird.think.com>
- References: <1993Jan25.032501.29270@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> <1jvrheINN52o@early-bird.think.com> <C1FCJ1.5Iz@siemens.com>
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- In article <C1FCJ1.5Iz@siemens.com> aad@siemens.com (Anthony A. Datri) writes:
- >Unfortunately, some vendors have somehow managed to make products that require
- >a certain window manager in order to work.
- ...
- >Sun's XView clients seem to be consistent offenders. The ones that I've seen
- >lack a quit button.
-
- Both of these statements are true, but lacking a quit button doesn't force
- you to use olwm. Just about every window manager can be configured to add
- a quit button or menu choice. I use OpenWindows applications with TWM
- quite easily.
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- Barry Margolin
- System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
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