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From: dsilvia@blunt.net.com ()
Subject: Re: MOTIF
Message-ID: <1993Mar1.175541.17032@unet.net.com>
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References: <C2ys3q.LzM@iat.holonet.net> <1993Feb27.022716.264@unet.net.com> <JASON.93Mar1190746@ebisu.cv.sony.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 17:55:41 GMT
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In article <JASON.93Mar1190746@ebisu.cv.sony.co.jp> jason@cv.sony.co.jp (Jason Fischl) writes:
>
>Consider the situation where a software development company currently has a
>package which runs on standard Unix platforms with Motif.  They are interested
>in porting to a PC running UNIX.  But, asking them to port all of the Motif
>code to some other widget set and then having to maintain both versions is
>equivalent to telling them to just forget about porting it to a PC.  
>
>

Fine, let them get a license from OSF and build their application(s).  That
doesn't mean that OSF/Motif _has_ to be part of 386bsd (or even XFree86).
The applications will still run just fine.

Dave S.