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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

3589.0. "XUI Devel Source Kit Sought" by SALSA::MOELLER (Born To Be Riled) Mon Nov 05 1990 18:27

    Is the XUI Developer's source kit aavailable anymore ?  There's a 
    customer here that wants the kit and documentation.  They don't want 
    the MOTIF kit because their application is written to the DECwindows kit.
    
    last I checked we were pushing folks toward the MOTIF kit.
    
    karl

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3589.1		SALSA::MOELLER	Born To Be Riled	`Thu Nov 15 1990 15:50`	3
	It's been ten days. I didn't think this was that hard a question. karl
3589.2		BLOCKP::neth	Craig Neth	`Thu Nov 15 1990 16:52`	3
	It probably isn't a hard question if you ask the right people. Mostly engineers and field people read this file. I'd bet if you looked up a DECwindows product manager you'd have better luck with your question.
3589.3		SDSVAX::SWEENEY	Patrick Sweeney in New York	`Sat Nov 17 1990 18:07`	9
	The lack of response from the field folks who participate here is the equivalent of the dog that didn't bark: Interest in XUI is zero. Rather than Digital pushing people to Motif, people are pushing Digital to Motif. The total cost of an XUI strategy for your customer is far less that the total cost of adopting Motif. The proof of this is left as an exercise to the reader.
3589.4	I don't believe this was ever released	R2ME2::GRASS	Steve Grass	`Mon Nov 19 1990 09:22`	7
	I don't believe the "XUI Developer Source Kit" ever became a product. It went to field test (two years ago?), then was pulled before ever seeing the light of day. As I remember, this was due to both the upcoming presence of Motif and the fact that the product managers of this product (Craig Lamont, then Dave Quigley) kept quitting! :-) steve
3589.5	The record speaks...	SDSVAX::SWEENEY	Patrick Sweeney in New York	`Mon Nov 19 1990 10:47`	14
	A little research into the online SALES UPDATE turned these facts up: Actual availability of the XUI Source Kit was announced by Jim Repsher in an article on "ISV Developers Kits" dated 20-MAR-1989. The following text discusses "intent" which I assume has been implemented since 27-NOV-1989 when it appeared in a SALES UPDATE article by Shirley Schneider on Motif plans nearly a full year ago. WILL THE XUI SOURCE KIT CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR MY CUSTOMERS? The evolution of the DECwindows program is to implementation OSF/Motif as the primary API. Therefore, Digital intends to discontinue availability of the XUI Source Kit.