Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!benoni From: benoni@ssc-vax.UUCP (Charles L Ditzel) Newsgroups: comp.windows.news Subject: Re: NeWS shipping dates Message-ID: <1673@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: 13 Feb 88 04:10:35 GMT References: <8802120706.AA17697@FORD-WDL1.ARPA> Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA Lines: 24 In article <8802120706.AA17697@FORD-WDL1.ARPA>, gerolima@FORD-WDL1.ARPA (Mark Gerolimatos) writes: > >Has anyone heard tentative shipping dates for Sunview under NeWS or the > >NeWS/X.11 merged product? I'd hate to order NeWS 1.1 and receive it around > >the same time newer NeWS products are released. > Okay, everybody, all together, now.... > > > IT'S IN 4.0 > Well you may be right but I got a different answers. 4.0 is suppose to be released (i believe) in april. 4.0 supports the Base Level of the System V Interface Definition. tho' the new Sun 4/110 was announced as sporting 4.0. So maybe their are different times between the 68020 and Sparc versions of 4.0 ? What I understood is that NeWS/X11 is not tied to the 4.0 release. 4.0 supports the Base Level of the System V Interface Definition with the following exceptions: Any one else ? Sun ?