The Commission of the European Communities hafdecided it can’t wait any longer for X/Open to make up its mind on which graphical user interface specification if any to endorse, and while it specifies X/Open compliance for it computer procurements, has decided to settle for the Open Software Foundation’s Motif. If however X/Open eventually recommends a spec that excludes OSF/Motif, the Commission would eventually change tack too, deputy director of informatics Dieter Koenig says. The move, something of a coup for Motif, could jog X/Open’s arm – after all, the Commission’s computer chief Waltre De Backer is head of X/Open’s User Advisory Council!
