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Actively maintained Motif fork discovered
Community expresses respect for legacy software maintenance
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Sep 20 4:53 PM
· 3d ago · 2 comments · 1 source · development 2 of 3
Commenters on Lobsters discussed the news, with mixed personal opinions about Motif's design but appreciation for developers maintaining legacy software. One commenter noted, 'I personally found Motif to be genuinely horrible, but I respect and honor people who resurrect and continue updating software they find useful.'
“I personally found Motif to be genuinely horrible, but I respect and honor people who resurrect and continue updating software they find useful.”
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I personally found Motif to be genuinely horrible, but I respect and honor people who resurrect and continue updating software they find useful. Is there a name for this?
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Nit-pick: The tag *linux* feels slightly awkward in this context, given that Motif was released in 1989 by a consortium of Unix vendors such as DEC, HP and Bull :-p
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