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Re: Don't use Motif for free sw: it now requires runtime royalties!

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From: Amancio Hasty Jr
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 00:38
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In article <BOLDT.93Nov21221453@emile.math.ucsb.edu> boldt@emile.math.ucsb.edu (Axel Boldt) writes:
>In article <CGr25w.9vA@news.cis.umn.edu> ehhchi@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Ed H. Chi) writes:
>
>>What I don't understand is:
>>Why didn't they use tk/tcl toolkit?  It has the ease of Motif programming,
>>and it is free!
>> I vote tk/tcl to be the toolkit of the choice.  If you have never looked
>>at tk/tcl, it is the time NOW.
>
>I agree wholeheartedly. It's also important to mention that tk gives
>you an interpreted language, and modifications to the client become
>almost trivial.
>
>> O'Reilly will be coming out with a tc/tkl Book in the early '94 (it is
>>written by a professor at Brekeley whose name has escaped me.)  I have
>>seen a draft of the book, and this book is *good*.
>> Is there any chance for Mosiac to be rewritten in tc/tkl??  :)  <I know it
>>probably won't happen, but it would be a step in the right direction
>>IMHO.>
>
>Been done. Check out tkWWW. Location is in the WWW-FAQ, I guess.
>
>Axel.

Checkout any tcl/tk ftp site for a postscript version of the forthcoming
coming book on TCL/TK. I printed a copy of it at work and we used 
it a lot :-)

	Amancio


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Subject: Re: Don't use Motif for free sw: it now requires runtime royalties!
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