None of the arguments matter. On *Solaris* at least, motif is
effectively legacy, because *nobody* is maintaining it or writing new
applications on it. Nobody should be writing new Solaris applications
using Motif if they can help it. I believe the same advice is
applicable to people writing applications on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD,
and NetBSD. (I don't know about HP-UX and AIX -- they might still be
stuck in the CDE era...)
And indeed, I think you'll find that most other free operating systems
lack support for Motif, at least as part of what they initially deliver.
One of the main reasons behind this, I believe, may have been licensing
restrictions that may or may not apply any longer. To many people the
year 2000 might sound like a long time ago, but it actually isn't *that*
long ago -- I remember using Linux nearly a full decade earlier than
*that*. OpenMotif was, IMO, a last ditch attempt to salvage some FOSS
market share in the face of QT and GTK. I'll leave the judgment as to
the success of that effort as an exercise for the reader.
- Garrett
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