OpenSTEP for VMS

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Wed Mar 6 13:13:54 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doc [mailto:doc_at_mdrconsult.com]

> > Doc, I think maybe you're confusing OpenStep with
> OpenWindows (OpenLook),

> Nope. I've used OpenWindows, hate it, would rather run twm
> if that's
> the only choice. I may be completely out of my head, and as of this

Heh. I'm running out of "OpenStuff" :)

> morning I can't even find the stack of old source archives.
> If it's on
> tape I'm gonna cry "Uncle".

I don't suppose you might have seen the Mach version of OpenStep
running on Intel hardware? This would look pretty similar to a "linux"
if you were using a command-line shell.

> enough to work
> > with at that point. I ended up deleting everything but the window
> > manager. :)

> I've fooled with GNUSTEP myself, with the same results you got.
> WindowMaker is a great WM, but I begin to doubt that GNUSTEP will ever
> get any closer than that to a full-blown environment. Gnome
> & KDE have
> pulled all the focus and resources away.

That's a shame, since the NeXT environment is much nicer. :) Of course,
OpenStep on its own would still leave the problem of using X11 for
delivery of all graphics, which from what I've seen is nowhere near as
nice as the NeXT window system, but still it would have been a step in
the right direction.

Chris


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