Question for net.views column in UNIX Today!
Anthony A. Datri
lovecraft.convex.com!datri at uunet.UU.NET
Mon Apr 1 10:04:36 AEST 1991
> Is a single GUI standard really necessary?
It seems to me that the world ran just fine before vendors came up with this
"GUI" business. What do I care if the scrollbars in every program on my
machine look exactly the same? If we *do* have to have a single one, what's
wrong with Xaw? It's free, and you know that everyone is going to have it.
All the OSF/Motif toolkit (for example) does is cost you $ for a license,
clutter your valuable screen area with pseudo-art-deco adornments, waste memory
like it's going out of style, and encourage vendors to deliver statically-
linked binaries.
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