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Date:      Thu, 27 Mar 1997 18:45:43 +1030 (CST)
From:      grog@lemis.de
To:        jgrosch@sirius.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions)
Subject:   XInside (Was: Can't find Xm)
Message-ID:  <199703270815.SAA00273@papillon.lemis.de>
In-Reply-To: <199703260632.WAA28721@superior.mooseriver.com> from Josef Grosch at "Mar 25, 97 10:32:33 pm"

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Josef Grosch writes:
>>
>> Im trying to move a package from a SCO to a freebsd box - gwstat - and it
>> uses xmgr - which is where Im stuck.  I put the X11R6 libs and includes
>> in, and thats fine, but its looking for headers in include/Xm as well as
>> include/X11 - is that motif?  Is there a port of this some place? or of
>> XMGR?
>>
>> I assume there is a solution since the make file has a section for linux
>> people, and therefore it couldnt be requiring something commercial no?
>>
>> Any and all help is appreciated!
>>
>
> Xm is Motif. XI Graphics have a very good port of Motif to FreeBSD. It will
> cost you $150.00. Their URL is http://www.xinside.com

Good advice, but XInside has changed their name.  The following
message might amuse you:

> http://www.xig.com/ci/pr/970219.xigraphics.html
> 
> Leading Software Company Changes Name to Avoid Confusion with Internet
> Porn Denver -- A leading developer of high-performance graphical
> software has changed its name from X Inside to Xi Graphics. The
> reason: Ongoing confusion between the software developer and the
> increasing number of X-rated pornography companies on the Internet.
> 
> "We develop software that solves performance, compatability, and
> correcness issues in the UNIX X Windows environment," explains Richard
> Van Dyke, vice president of marketing. "However, we do not address the
> performance issues of the sexually adventurous."
> 
> The name X Inside brought a plethora of requests for pornographic
> material, and even impacted the company principals in their dealings
> outside the computer field. "An aspiring model even went so far as to
> show me a portfolio of highly suggestive photographs," explained
> Thomas Roell, president and chief technology designer. "We felt a name
> change was in order."

Greg



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