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/ gnu.misc.discuss / karsh@trifolium.esd.sgi.com (Bruce Karsh) / Aug 13, 1990 /
> I was on the team which developed the SGI user interface and I have some idea
> of how large an investment this took.

Would you be lumping together the cost of coming up with the look-and-feel
and the cost of designing and implementing the user interface?

> I assume that some of the people who read this article know how large the
> investment in UI is and that some do not.
> Trust me, companies spend a lot of money on it.

I have an idea of how much it costs to implement something like a window
system.  I have an idea of how much work it is to get it to the point where
alpha testers stop calling it "too slow," "unintuitive," or just plain
"stupid."  I have a feeling that most of the "invenstment in UI" is in this
area.  Am I wrong?

> Perhaps you know a cheap way to develop successful UI's?  Why are you
> keeping it a secret? 

Who said anything about DEVELOPING UI's?  The claim challenged is that
LOOK-AND-FEEL is a huge investment that must be protected.

Jacob
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