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- From: michaelw@mcshh.Hanse.DE (Michael Will)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Motif for Linux ?
- Message-ID: <michaelw.727944141@mcshh.hanse.de>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 06:42:21 GMT
- References: <1993Jan18.214623.14331@athena.mit.edu> <tNOXrAsCBh107h@mala.proteus.qc.ca> <1jnnj9INNm1n@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> <1993Jan22.151229.26812@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
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- wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius) writes:
- >nan@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Nan Zou) writes:
- >>Having the Motif widget set would definitely be a big plus,
- >While I too think that the diverse user interfaces of X programs is a
- >becomes free distributable in source form. One of the reasons behind
- >the success of Linux, GNU software, and X (to name a few examples) is
- >that the source is readily and freely available and distributable.
- and that is why I prefer xview3 to motif, and I like the looks of
- xview more than those of ms-windows :-) but no religious-wars please...
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- >Having to rely on other people to get binaries that work with new
- >compilers and libraries is a bad idea.
-
- ...is indead a braindead idea, since it would condemm you to wait for
- anyones binary to be updated before you can make use of the new things...
- and meanwhile the software would be two generations further on :-)
-
- MfG, Michael Will
-
- >--
- >Lars.Wirzenius@helsinki.fi (finger wirzeniu@klaava.helsinki.fi)
- > MS-DOS, you can't live with it, you can live without it.
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