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Date:      Wed, 30 May 2001 11:05:18 -0700
From:      David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>
To:        tlambert2@mindspring.com
Cc:        FreeBSD Advocacy <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: ExBSD
Message-ID:  <3B15365E.7140D076@acuson.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote:

> Maybe it not "fair" that Windows has this advantage: but
> there is an easy answer: enforce the Windows Style Guide,
> and the use of particular windows managers (e.g. fvwm95,
> as an obvious choice) and particular widget sets in new
> UNIX programs.  Doing that would mean that all that
> prepaid training would be immediately transferrable to
> UNIX, as well.

That's half the point of the desktop environments. CDE then KDE then
GNOME (not to slight any that I failed to mention). Running tcl/tk apps
next to a KDE app next to a Xt app with custom widgets doesn't bother me
at all. But it does bother a lot of people. Even an app with a different
color scheme can confuse some people.

David

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