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From:   Tony Furnivall[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Saturday, February 03, 1996 7:27 AM
To:     Multiple recipients of list HP3000-L
Subject:        Re: Info about VIEW
 
"Rufus J. Flywheel" <sulu @cml.com> writes:
 
>VIEW is an HP product.  It was originally called VIEW/3000.
 
 
 
>So HP changed the name to V/3000.
>Then HP was sued by another company which had copyrighted that name.
>So HP changed the name to V+ or V-Plus.
>It's a terrible product.
 
 
I almost resisted the opportunity - but the best part about temptation is
giving in to it.
 
No - no - no! VPlus is not a terrible product - it represents one of the
earliest attempts to think about and implement a useful method of doing
distributed user interface management. Granted the level of CPU availability
 
Right on, Tony.  Hope to see you at IPROF (and SIG-UI/VPlus).
 
NMD