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From: Elias Martenson
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 00:00

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R!ch <richardt@uk.sun.com> writes:

> > I use Linux for things thich are not very X; for example network
> > servers.  I don't think it is appropriate to purchase Motif for
> > these.  However, I might occasionally still run X.  Still having
> > decent-looking GUI programs is nice.
> 
> Isn't Lesstif a free, drop in replacement for Motif, thereby negating
> the cost issue?  [I don't follow this stuff that closely, so I could
> be talking bollocks!]

I'm developing a freeware game, that uses Motif for its GUI, and the
people that use Linux+LessTif have a lot of problems. LessTif seems to 
be very buggy, and development progress is slow. A pity IMO, since a
standard GUI is a Good Thing, and Motif is already standard everywhere 
else.

-- 
Elias Martenson
elias.martenson (atsign) sweden.sun.com

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