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From: vic@zen.UUCP (Victor Gavin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Desktop publishing systems?
Keywords: Workstations, porting, document preperation systems
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Date: 26 Nov 88 16:55:34 GMT
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In article <2703@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> richard@uhccux.UUCP (Richard Foulk) writes:
>} Doesn't anybody write document preperation systems for Hewlett-Packard
>} bit-mapped displays?
>} 
>HP makes reasonable equipment.  But it's not usually very innovative.
>And it's often over-priced.  So it isn't usually as popular as some
>of its competitors.

All my experience with HP shows them to be very innovative, reliable and
extremely helpful. And this is in the UK :->

>At this point HP has to play catch up.  So even if they seem competitive
>now their reputation gets in their way.

I would even say that they've ``caught up''. When was the last time that you
had a look at the workstation market. HP has a massive presence. They vie with
Sun (having beaten Apollo and DEC) for the top share.

With the advent of X-windows which everyone and their dog is supplying, doesn't
it make sense to write workstation applications using X.

Then to port the software (in an ideal world) all you have to do is change the
system specific information (ie is it a BSD or SYSV box).

		vic
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