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- From: rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:58:29 GMT
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- peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
-
- >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.
-
- Yes, UNIX apps cost more, but that's because most of them are designed for
- multi users. If you buy a multi user version of DOS/Windows app it would
- cost the same. How much is Brief text editor (for example)?
- I've some programs that have competitive (same) price as UNIX apps.
-
- >>>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.
-
- That's not UNIX problem, it's the stupidity (cleverness) of app developers.
- FrameMaker on UNIX would have the same interface as the Windows version.
- If you run a DOS (or windows) application under Windows or OS/2, it would
- still have the same user interface right ?
-
- -- budi
-
- --
- Budi Rahardjo <Budi_Rahardjo@UManitoba.Ca>
- Unix Support - Computer Services - University of Manitoba
-