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Sascha Ziemann <szi@aibon.ping.de> writes:
> Chris.Bitmead@misys.com.au writes:
>
> | I had always assumed that Motif/Lesstif must be the right thing partly
> | because having a standard way to make all widgets work together must
> | be a good thing (Xt) and Motif was a standard. Now I'm starting to
> | wonder, especially since I noticed Netscape is moving to GTK.
>
> Gtk is free Motif is not. Any questions? A standard can only be
> something which is free. That the reason why Gtk is successfull.
I'm drifting wildly off topic here, but is not Lesstif free? Why is
that not satisfactory for you? I agree that Gtk may be preferable for
other reasons, but I don't think freedom is the issue anymore.
-russ
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