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From: Paul David Fox <pfox@lehman.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.osf.osf1
Subject: Re: Solaris 2.6
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 08:52:38 +0000
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Peter da Silva wrote:
> 
> 
> When Sun does good stuff I'm right in there cheering for them. When they
> do stupid stuff (like Solaris) I'm not going to be shy about that either.
> It's a damn shame they got clobbered by the OSF people, for example, in the
> Open Look versus Motif wars... they had the technically better product
> there.
> 
> --
> </peter>


You jest?! OpenLook was not a technically superior product. Granted
it was easier to use and prettier than Motif but it was a horrible hack.
I'm glad of its demise. Alas, Motif is about the worst example of
commercial s/w I have ever seen (MS Windows 3.x comes a close second).
Motif has done more for Microsoft than any single thing in the Unix vs
Windows wars.

Can anyone say they think Motif is attractive? Easy to use? Bug free?

Unfortunately Sun tried to carry the industry's workload on its
shoulders for too long. Their back snapped and they finally conceded to
an industry norm.

Alas, we are no better off for it....
 
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