The Open Software Foundation says version 1.2 of its Motif graphical user interface is now generally available. It’s based on X Window 11.5, and offers binary compatibility with Motif 1.1 applications, according to the Foundation. It has enhanced internationalisation features and the ability to work with a mixture of different fonts and character sets. The Software Foundation says it has increased consistency with Microsoft Corp’s Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co’s Presentation Manager and IBM Corp’s Systems Application Architecture Common User Access. The Foundation says there are now 1,500 applications available for Motif, and with over 1,000 licensees, it runs on some 145 hardware systems and under 47 different operating systems. A full re-distribution licence for version OSF/1.2 costs $15,000, source code with limited distribution rights is $2,000.
