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From: rjkroege@tenebre.UWaterloo.CA (Rob Kroeger)
Subject: Re: Solaris 2.6
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 16:25:26 GMT
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Peter da Silva (peter@nmti.com) wrote:
: In article <32AFC7D6.13728473@lehman.com>,
: Paul David Fox  <pfox@lehman.com> wrote:
: > You jest?! OpenLook was not a technically superior product.

: Compared to Motif?

: (and I mourn for NeWS as well, but that's another issue.)
: (DPS ain't the same thing)

While I may not agree with everything on this thread, I must support
Peter in being enthusiastic for NeWS.  NeWS + TNT is still far
superior to anything derived from Motif.


--
Rob Kroeger
Computer Graphics Lab
University of Waterloo
http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~rjkroege