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From: andrew%mcvax@isdg.cs.hull.ac.UK (Andrew Stewart)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: NeWS on non-Sun hardware?
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Date: 19 Jan 88 17:49:17 GMT
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>The Adobe representative went to great lengths to explain to me that NeWS
>programs may not run on Display POSTSCRIPT because NeWS doesn't completely
>follow the PostScript standard.

I would recommend sticking with NeWS for the moment - Adobe's licencing
policies are fairly expensive, and it's only a matter of time before
someone manages to build a font model that is as good as Adobe's.
I doubt whether Adobe will ever release the source to display PostScript,
which gives NeWS an immediate edge as far as I'm concerned - it's one thing
waiting for Adobe to port PostScript to a new marking engine, but display
technology is evolving too rapidly to wait for one company.

I agree, it's very irritating to have Adobe sticking their oar in in such
an unproductive/unhelpful manner. (A minor flame - my apologies.)

Andrew Stewart
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Andrew Stewart, Interactive Systems Design Group, University of Hull, Hull, UK
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