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- From: peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.001148.2448@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 00:11:48 GMT
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- rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo) writes:
-
- >> - how much is the difference between a DOS/Windows app and a comparable
- >> UNIX app? (Ok, let the flames come in! :)))
- >I am not sure what you mean by that ?
-
- Sorry that I was very unclear. I ment the price.
-
- >>If I for instance don't like the
- >>Motif window manager and I switch to the OPEN LOOK window manager. That makes
- >>that makes several things look different on the screen. But everything the
- >>application displays remains exactly the same.
-
- >That's what window manager supposed to do. (Like the name says
- >"window manager").
-
- Yes and the name says exactly what it does: manage windows. It doesn't handle
- buttons, scroll bars, check boxes, pop-up menus, etc., etc. An OPEN LOOK app
- is still an OPEN LOOK app when run under Motif. After a few clicks, you have
- as many user interfaces as applications, except for the borders.
-
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