Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!purdue!decwrl!ucbvax!pasteur!ic.Berkeley.EDU!faustus From: faustus@ic.Berkeley.EDU (Wayne A. Christopher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Display PS vs NeWS Message-ID: <7361@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 13 Nov 88 23:21:26 GMT Sender: news@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU Lines: 9 I asked Craig Hansen this question in a talk the other day, and didn't get a answer -- maybe somebody here would know. Why did NeXT use Display Postscript instead of Sun's NeWS? How much of a difference is there? Is there any reason to use DP instead of NeWS, or is NeXT just trying to be different? It seems like ignoring standards is a big part of their business stragegy... Wayne