28) Does OSF's PST process impact CDE evolution?

[Last modified: Dec 94]

A.  In response to some questions from Marc Prokop (prokop@acri.fr), Elizabeth
Connolly of Open Software Foundation wrote:


You're correct that CDE (1.0) was developed on Motif 1.2.  You're also
correct that OSF included in Motif 2.0 several extensions to Motif 1.2 that
were made by the CDE 1.0 implementors.  Despite OSF's inclusion of these
extensions, OSF is not involved in CDE 1.0 development.

As you may know, OSF has a new process, called the Pre-Structured
Technology (PST) process, for joint development projects.  Further
evolution of both CDE and Motif (that is, beyond CDE 1.0 and Motif 2.0)
is expected to be handled under this process.  In fact, a group of
companies is at work now on a PST proposal for submission to the OSF Board
of Directors.  Such a PST would provide for management of the
"compatibility" between Motif and CDE.

You could acquire more information about CDE 1.0 by querying one of
the companies involved in CDE 1.0 (HP, IBM, Novell, and Sunsoft.)