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From: corey@hotrod.alph.att.com ()
Subject: Re: Unix for PC
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Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 15:49:41 GMT
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In article <3caffj$poc@mail.fwi.uva.nl>,
Casper H.S. Dik <casper@fwi.uva.nl> wrote:
>corey@hotrod.alph.att.com () writes:
>
>>	Gee! maybe you should have looked in /usr/ucbinclude
>>	on a UW system before you made this statement.
>
>Libraries in /usr/ucb* don't count.  They're not part of the "native"
>OS.
>
>>	Oh well! UW ships a "REAL" mwm and Motif development kit
>>	with their system. Sun is still shipping OLIT and charging
>>	$295.00 for a Motif developers kit (single user license).
>
>Motif includes & libraries are part of Solaris.  mwm is not.
>(But then I don't know anyone using it voluntarily, where's
>mvwm?  That's what people need before they'll switch)

	Try fvwm, we use it here on our UW and Solaris boxes.. Some
	still use olvwm.

>
>Motif sucks!

	I'm an OLIT person myself but I'm making the switch to Motif
	because its the only game left.
>
>Casper


--Corey

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