Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 17:40:35 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: rlyon@ozemail.com.au, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What hardware is required for XFree Message-ID: <199603220040.RAA01259@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199603212232.JAA13774@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Mar 22, 96 09:02:48 am
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> > I am considering running X windows. My objective is to run > > emacs, gcc and a motif-like manger for x application development. > > Avoid Motif. There are several reasons here; performance and cost are two. The third, of course, is that it's a standard, and if you use it and follow the user interface guidelines, people will be able to use the resulting programs without manuals. Which means that you won't be able to use the manual as a licensing key. Terrible drawback, that... ;-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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