andy@cayuga.stanford.edu (Andy Freeman) (09/06/88)
Reply-to: andy@cayuga.stanford.edu (Andy Freeman) In article <55481@felix.UUCP> francus@pernod.dec.com writes: >Bundled in with Ultrix is DECwindows (based on X windows) which provides >a consistent user interface on Ultrix and VMS machines. A user can run >an application on an Ultrix machine, and have the server be a VMS machine, >and vice versa. Um, is DECWindows restricted to running between two machines running DEC operating systems? >A few more points: >Since DECwindows is a library built on top of X.11, it leaves the user >the option of writing X.11 applications or DECwindows applications. >Thus DEC is commited to X as an open standard. If so, DEC is committed to running standard software while encouraging the development of software that isn't portable. "We'll run your X.11 code, but we encourage you to DECWindows; it's built on X.11. Of course, it's proprietary. Do you think we're stupid?" Some committment. When was the last time DEC passed up an opportunity to tie people to its machines? -andy Disclaimer: I speak for DEC. -- UUCP: {arpa gateways, decwrl, uunet, rutgers}!polya.stanford.edu!andy ARPA: andy@polya.stanford.edu (415) 329-1718/723-3088 home/cubicle
avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio) (09/26/88)
Reply-to: avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio) A few weeks before the Ultrix announcement there was an annoucenment that digital intends to license XUI -- basically the X User Interface, style guide, toolkit, etc. from the DECwindows program. To quote you... "Some commitment." What makes you uncomfortable with Digital building a powerful, easy-to-use, X11-based interface and then offering it to the industry to license -- source code, documentation, etc.? Remember, Digital is the compangy that gave TONS of source code away into the public domain with X10 and X11 development. What makes you suspicious now??? Fred