dan@watson.ibm.COM (Walt Daniels) (10/16/89)
There have been many questions recently on where to get the HP widget set and then after they get it how to get the fixes to let it work on R3. Since HP people don't seem to be replying to these requests or supplying the fixes, this is really a question for the HP people! Is the HP widget set going to be supported? I suspect not, as most of their people are working full time on Motif. Motif is really a much better widget set (it has the look and feel of the better version of the HP widget set that was supplied to HP customers.) Given the likely answer, I would hope that all you X'ers would switch to Motif (or if you can't get access or afford the price) switch to the Athena widgets. Perhaps the OSF Motif people will act to get Motif more readily available. I have it internally to IBM but we have not shipped it yet. I think HP is the only one to ship or announce ship. Incidentally, if you buy the source license it ports easily to IBM AIX and probably most other vendors. The cost, $1000, is certainly small compared to writing and rewriting applications for different widget sets. Application writers really need some good advice soon! Walt Daniels, IBM Research The above views are my own and do not necessarily represent IBM's view.
ben@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Benjamin Ellsworth) (10/18/89)
> Is the HP widget set going to be supported? The R2 HP widget set is supported by HP. The R3 HP widget set is not supported by HP --I don't think that any of us have even looked at it. > I suspect not, as most of their people are working full time on Motif. That is correct. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin Ellsworth | ben@cv.hp.com | INTERNET Hewlett-Packard Company | {backbone}!hplabs!hp-pcd!ben | UUCP 1000 N.E. Circle | (USA) (503) 750-4980 | FAX Corvallis, OR 97330 | (USA) (503) 757-2000 | VOICE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- All relevant disclaimers apply. -----------------------------------------------------------------------