Dislin breaks 37 libraries on Fedora 8

[Les Mikesell]

Steve Underwood wrote:

>>   
> Installing lesstif is a waste of time. Its a useless piece of junk, and 
> people like RedHat and other distribution vendors are to blame. It was 
> moving alone nicely until they decided OpenMotif was good. By the time 
> they decided it was bad people had given up working on lesstif. Maybe it 
> was all a big plot to kill off the motif world completely.

Motif had plenty of time to make itself available before anyone tried to 
clone it.  You don't need to blame anyone else for killing it off.

 > Whatever the
> cause, it now means using Grace, Nedit and a few other favourites is a 
> right PITA with Fedora.

Yes, if Motif had been open, or lesstif had worked from the start, a lot 
of things could be about a decade ahead of where they are now...

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  Les Mikesell
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