fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) (01/08/91)
>>>>> On 7 Jan 91, davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) said:
Bill> I've had that discussion with Sun people on a number of topics, most
Bill> recently OpenLook vs. MOTIF. I told them that it didn't matter how much
Bill> wood was behind the arrowhead if they missed the target. I assume that
Bill> this is a matter of religious belief to some highly placed person at
Bill> Sun, since they have read the market correctly on a lot of other things.
That's contrary to what Bill Joy says all the time -- at the UNIX Expo
in Stockholm last year he said that Sun would deliver whatever the
market wants. If OS/2 becomes a winner (god forbid :-), we'll have
OS/2 on our SPARCstation. He even looked sincere.
But then, they're going to play there cards as long as it's not clear
it's a loosing hand. The OPEN LOOK vs. Motif thing isn't over yet.
Note that a number of companies, besides AT&T and Sun, have recently
come out with new machines running OPEN LOOK as standard.
Followups directed to comp.windows.open-look.
/Lars
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Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk | Q: How does a project get to be one
CS Dept., Univ. of Aalborg, DENMARK. | year late? A: One day at a time.