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From: ben@rex.uokhsc.edu (Benjamin Z. Goldsteen)
Subject: Re: OpenStep for $100
Message-ID: <Coy8qC.M3r@rex.uokhsc.edu>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 03:08:35 GMT
Reply-To: benjamin-goldsteen@uokhsc.edu
References: <2op5g8$1u0@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> <cairnss.766797259@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> <1994Apr20.123815.2746@taylor.wyvern.com> <newcombe.69.000FC56E@aa.csc.peachnet.edu>
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newcombe@aa.csc.peachnet.edu (Dan Newcombe) writes:

>In article <1994Apr20.123815.2746@taylor.wyvern.com> mark@taylor.wyvern.com (Mark A. Davis) writes:

>>Why not just buy Unixware?  If you want a commercial quality Unix, $186
>>for it and Merge and TCP/ip and Xwindows and Motif and and  is not too bad.
>>Do we really need yet another OS?

>Because it's not Linux  :)   

>Seriously, I thought the original post on this subject was to develop an 
>interface for X that would act like NeXTStep, not to write their own NeXTStep.

>Personally, I'd just be happy with the Icon Bar.

Not quite the same, but you might look at the program "Bricons" on
ftp.x.org.  The Motif version looks pretty nice...of course the whole thing
is not quite as integrated as NextStep but...
-- 
Benjamin Z. Goldsteen