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From: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Display PS vs NeWS
Message-ID: <2343@stpstn.UUCP>
Date: 16 Nov 88 00:23:06 GMT
References: <7361@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <279@cwjcc.CWRU.Edu>
Reply-To: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri)
Organization: The Stepstone Corporation, Sandy Hook, CT
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>In article <7361@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> faustus@ic.Berkeley.EDU (Wayne A. Christopher) writes:
>>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...

NeXT is competing with Sun, no?  Aside from any technical issues (I've not
seen either NeWS or DP personally), they probably wouldn't want to
do anything that might be conceived as a concession to their competitors.

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