[comp.unix.sysv386] Motif vs Open Look vs reality

peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) (04/26/91)

In article <1991Apr25.040749.19592@leland.Stanford.EDU> fangchin@elaine54.Stanford.EDU (Chin Fang) writes:
> Honestly, if you are "speed craving" then I would guess you will "hate"
> Open Look even more.

I don't hate one more than the other. I just think that it's really stupid
to worry about the details of the GUI when you've got a pig-dog like X under
the hood. It's like sticking racing stripes on a Caddilac.

> A plain X + twm is fine enough to me.  Lean and mean <- key!

X? Lean and mean? Someone pinch me, I've gotta be dreaming.
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fangchin@elaine54.Stanford.EDU (Chin Fang) (04/26/91)

In article <.IZA1UB@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>
>> A plain X + twm is fine enough to me.  Lean and mean <- key!
>
>X? Lean and mean? Someone pinch me, I've gotta be dreaming.

To wake up: su [passwd];  rm -rf /usr/bin/X11 /usr/lib/X11 /usr/include/X11

Just joking.

Cheers.

Chin Fang
Mechanical Engineering Department
Stanford University
fangchin@leland.stanford.edu