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- From: nan@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Nan Zou)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Motif for Linux ?
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 20:53:29 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- iranfry@mala.proteus.qc.ca (Ranfry) writes:
- > alsaggaf@athena.mit.edu (M. Saggaf) writes:
- >>michaelw@mcshh.Hanse.DE (Michael Will) writes:
- >>>mcholz@cip.ft.uni-erlangen.de (Marc Holz) writes:
-
- >>>>I'm looking for OSF/ Motif for Linux. Is there anywhere a ftp-Server
- or
- >>>>should i ask the OSf directly ?
- >>>
- >>>faq: Have you got the $10.000 for the motif-lizence?
-
- >>Ten bucks? TEN BUCKS? Sure I've got that, and I wouldn't mind spending
- >>it on Motif either.
-
- >Ahh, but you see, you Americans are behind the times. When a number is
- >written such, "15.000" It does NOT mean fifteen, but fifteen thousand.
- >"15,00" means fifteen.
-
- >With the metric system, used everywwhere except in the states, the comma is
- >used to separate whole numbers from fractions.
-
- Really? I didn't know this convention was part of the metric system.
- I'm all for converting to the metric system, but there's no way in hell
- I'm going to start writing my numbers with the comma as the decimal
- seperator, the usage of the period as a decimal seperator is just too
- deeply ingrained into my subconscious for it to be changed. And I do
- know the country I came from (China) uses metric units for measurement
- but numbers still use the period for decimal seperator.
-
- Anyway this is a little off-topic, so let me get back to the original
- point. Last I heard (was a few months ago), OSF was charging $1000
- for an education site source license, the price probably have changed
- now (someone said $2000). But if users want it bad enough we can pool
- our money together to buy it and let someone knowledgeable to do the
- development, I don't know how feasible this is (probably not very),
- but it's a thought.
-
- Having the Motif widget set would definitely be a big plus, one big
- gripe I have with X11 is the lack of consistency, most users who come
- from a Windows or OS/2 PM background could easily be confused, since
- much of Motif is based on IBM CUA (from which Windows and OS/2 PM is
- based), it would provide a more smooth transition for them. I think
- all the big players (except Sun) like IBM, HP, DEC are moving towards
- Motif.
-
- -- Nan
-