smith@canon.co.uk (Mark Smith) (08/16/90)
Hey, on page 108 of the August issue of Byte, there's a picture of a screen dump from something called OS/90. It looks like they've finished Open Look. Any chance Sun might license it? ========================================================================= Mark Smith smith@canon.co.uk Canon Research Centre Europe ..ukc!uos-ee!canon!smith ------------------------------------------------------------------------- soft driven slow and mad like some new language
philr@knecht.Eng.Sun.COM (Phil Robar) (08/17/90)
smith@canon.co.uk (Mark Smith) writes: >Hey, on page 108 of the August issue of Byte, there's a picture of >a screen dump from something called OS/90. It looks like they've >finished Open Look. Any chance Sun might license it? If you're implying that OS/90's version of Open Look is more attractive and finished than OpenWindows 1.0 or 1.0.1 than you should order 2.0 (or wait for your upgrade if you have already purchased an earlier version). It is a major improvement both in looks and performance. -- Philip Robar Sun Microsystems Phone: (415) 336-1423 philr@eng.sun.com sun!knecht.eng!philr
bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) (08/17/90)
In article <140774@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> philr@knecht.Eng.Sun.COM (Phil Robar) writes:
...you should order 2.0 (or wait for your upgrade if you have
already purchased an earlier version).
We ordered OW last summer, and 1.0.1 arrived a couple of months ago.
I hadn't gotten around to installing it yet when I saw that 2.0 had
hit the streets. Does this mean that, having purchased an earlier OW,
I should expect that the doc-u-crate faerie will automagically favor
me with the new release?jipping@smaug.cs.hope.edu (Mike Jipping) (08/17/90)
bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) writes: > We ordered OW last summer, and 1.0.1 arrived a couple of months ago. > I hadn't gotten around to installing it yet when I saw that 2.0 had > hit the streets. Does this mean that, having purchased an earlier OW, > I should expect that the doc-u-crate faerie will automagically favor > me with the new release? The answer is a loud NO! We just learned this this month. We bought 1.0 and automagically received 1.0.1. So, just for fun, I called and double-checked with Sun if we were slated for 2.0. Well, turns out that between 1.0.1 and 2.0, the distribution is now a maintenance item. So, unless you have OW under maintenance contract, you have to buy it. Call your favorite sales critter soon! Mike Jipping Internet: jipping@cs.hope.edu Hope College BITNET: JIPPING@HOPE Department of Computer Science Voice: Hey!