[comp.sys.hp] Graphical User Environments?

taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) (12/14/89)

One of the latest trends in Unix computing is to have a graphical user
environment built on top of a windowing system like X Windows and/or 
the Motif window manager.  An obvious, though not-yet-shipping, example
of this is HP's own New Wave/UX product, scheduled for spring of 1990.

Thing is, there are a number of interesting alternatives out there in
the marketplace currently, including X.desktop from IXI Ltd of the UK
(distributed in the US by UniPress) and Looking Glass from Visix.  
There's even another new one that's just about to hit our shores from
the UK called "y.opentop" or something like that from Torch.  One thing
that they all have in common is that they're "Mac-like" interfaces for
Unix systems.

The question is, is anyone running any of these on HP 9000/300 
workstations, and if so, what do they think?   Have you or your
site evaluated any of these?  What other products do you know of
that might run on an HP 9000 are out there?

Are you and your firm interested in more sophisticated graphical
user environments, and what kind of things would you like to see 
from one?  Do you feel that NewWave/UX will meet your needs?

    Please respond via email: I can summarize if there's interest.

						-- Dave Taylor
Intuitive Systems
Mountain View, California

taylor@limbo.intuitive.com    or   {uunet!}{decwrl,apple}!limbo!taylor