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From: laukee@canon.co.uk (David Lau-Kee)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: PPS R4 under OpenWindows?
Keywords: NeWS
Message-ID: <1990Sep17.174602.2031@canon.co.uk>
Date: 17 Sep 90 17:46:02 GMT
Organization: Canon Research Europe, Guildford, UK
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Info World 90/9/10 quotes ParcPlace sales VP Doug Pollack as saying that
PPS R4 "incorporates the most sophisticated graphics available on each
system [Windows 3, Mac, DEC, Sun, RS/6, HP]".

AI Ltd tell me (in so many words) that "window system" for Sun's means
OpenWindows.  Does that mean it will be using NeWS imaging?  If not, does
Pollack really think that X provides the "most sophisticated graphics" on
a Sun, or does St R4 do clever things?  Maybe the SPIM could provide clues...
Can someone explain what is in the SPIM (St portable imaging model)?

David