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- From: rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
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- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 16:52:30 GMT
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- peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
-
- >rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo) writes:
-
- >>>SHORT? That's hardly the word, miniscule is even too much... :-)
- >>>[list with *9* apps deleted]
- >>Have you read any UNIX-related magazine ? You will be amazed by the number
- >>of ready to use applications. I've seen a list of hundred applications
- >>available under UNIX.
-
- >I've seen those lists.
-
- Have you seen this one :
-
- Commercial UNIX Applications :
- Aster*x
- Autocad
- AutoPLAN
- Blast
- Corel Draw
- Crisp (text editor)
- dBase IV
- DECwrite
- eXclaim (spreadsheet for XWindows)
- FrameMaker
- Interleaf
- Island Draw, Write, Paint
- HyperHelp (on-line UNIX help)
- iXVIEW/SQL
- LabView
- Looking Glass
- Lotus 1-2-3
- Lotus cc:Mail
- Mathcad
- Mathematica
- NetMetrix (network manager)
- Norton Util Sys V Unix
- Oracle
- Q-Calc
- SAS
- Simcity (games)
- SoftComm
- SoftPC
- SpeedEdit (text editor)
- Spyglass Transform
- SunPC
- SunVision
- SPSS
- Sybase
- Synchronize (calender/schedule)
- VSI*FAX
- Wingz
- WordPerfect
- WriteNow
- xtree for UNIX)
- ZMail
- ...etc.
-
- and zillions of free/commercial xwindows/character based UNIX
- applications/utilities ...(like elm, pico, tgif, xarchie, xfig,
- xftp, xroach, xspread, xv,...)
-
- >But I have two questions:
- > - for which UNIX?
-
- Different versions, just ask the company. (You like to phone them eh :-)
-
- > - how much is the difference between a DOS/Windows app and a comparable
- > UNIX app? (Ok, let the flames come in! :)))
-
- I am not sure what you mean by that ?
- Most of the commerical applications usually have the same look and feel
- over different platforms. I mean Corel Draw under Windows has the same
- look and feel with the UNIX version.
-
- ...
- >Because the application programmer made his choice, which, alas, is probably
- >not my choice. Have you ever worked with X?
-
- Yes, I am using OpenWindows or X11R5 most of the time.
-
- >If I for instance don't like the
- >Motif window manager and I switch to the OPEN LOOK window manager. That makes
- >that makes several things look different on the screen. But everything the
- >application displays remains exactly the same.
-
- That's what window manager supposed to do. (Like the name says
- "window manager"). The application should be the same.
- (Actually if I understand it correctly, if the aplication is based on
- tcl you supposed to be able to taylor the apps with tcl's "send" command).
-
- >Sure choice has it's advantages, but it sure also has it's disadvantages.
-
- At least you are not stuck.
-
- -- budi
- --
- Budi Rahardjo <Budi_Rahardjo@UManitoba.Ca>
- Unix Support - Computer Services - University of Manitoba
-