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From: michael@okjunc.junction.net (Michael Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: The Future of FreeBSD...
Date: 30 Jul 1995 17:50:27 GMT
Organization: Okanagan Internet Junction, Vernon B.C., Canada
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In article <3vfqif$agh@agate.berkeley.edu>,
Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@violet.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>In article <3ve1km$fs1@felix.junction.net>,
>Michael Dillon <michael@okjunc.junction.net> wrote:
>>SCO has built a graphical sysadmin system for their lates UNIX releases 
>>using something they call Visual TCL which is TCL with access to the 
>>entire Motif user interface and the ability to runb on text terminals too.
>>If you are interested have a look at 
>>http://websco.sco.COM:80/Products/vtcl/vtcl.html
>
>And, if the various people inside SCO and I can ever get it past SCO legal,
>will be appearing for FreeBSD fairly soon.
>
>Wish us luck!

Why not just use TCL/Tk which is already available under the same 
licencing terms as FreeBSD. I would think that you will run into problems 
with Motif since Visual Tcl merely provides a thin wrapper around Motif 
so that TCL programs can use it. You are, in effect, giving away free 
Motif when you give away Visual TCL.

What is it about Visual TCL that makes you prefer it to TCL/Tk?
-- 
Michael Dillon                                    Voice: +1-604-546-8022
Memra Software Inc.                                 Fax: +1-604-542-4130
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