pangborn@zen.cac.stratus.com (05/10/91)
I am working on a project team that will be replacing our direct connect async terminals with workstations. One of my tasks is to recommend the Window Manager to be implemented across the network. We operate in a customer support organization where the level of technical expertise varies from engineers who support various products to the code level, down to a technical dispatch group. There is very little Unix expertise within this organization and we want to have a workstation up and running on everyone's desk within two to three months. I currently have a Sun SLC running Open Windows as a loaner and am interested in hearing from users of Open Windows, X-Windows (TWM), and Motif window managers. I should be able to obtain a copy of Motif and other departments within our company seem to be leaning towards Motif. At this point I do not know enough about these environments to make a recommendation, yet. I would appreciate any recommendations or suggestions that you may have. Thank You, Tom Pangborn Tom Pangborn Stratus Computer Inc. Marlboro, Ma Tel: 508-460-2640 Email: pangborn@cac.stratus.com
mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse) (05/10/91)
> I am working on a project team that will be replacing our direct > connect async terminals with workstations. One of my tasks is to > recommend the Window Manager to be implemented across the network. > We operate in a customer support organization where the level of > technical expertise varies from engineers who support various > products to the code level, down to a technical dispatch group. I *strongly* recommend that you do not prescribe the window manager to be used. It is not bad - in fact it is probably good - to provide (internal) support for some one WM, or some small set, and it is probably necessary to provide a default setup that is supported, so that the non-literate types don't have to learn things they don't really want or need to, but imposing the same WM on the types who *do* know what they want is definitely undesirable. As for *which* wm, I am not a good person to ask; I tar olwm, twm, mwm, etc, all with the same brush, and have yet to find as many as two other people who like the one I use. der Mouse old: mcgill-vision!mouse new: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu