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From: mlandau@bbn.com (Matt Landau)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: Re: NeWS available for HP workstations ?
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Date: 20 Dec 88 15:53:41 GMT
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In comp.windows.news, Bob Sutterfield writes:
>I don't know whether the rest of the industry is going to (from their
>point of view) roll over and let Sun dictate yet another standard ...
>
>The big boys know that NeWS is technically superior in a lot of ways,
>and that the only way to battle it is with "market popularity".
>			.... Don't look for DEC to support NeWS any
>time soon.

This is exactly my point -- don't look for DEC to support NeWS any time 
soon *voluntarily*.  But if enough of the potential customer base were 
to demand it, and to back up that demand by not buying any more DEC 
workstations until DEC supplied a NeWS server, that customer base might 
be able to make things happen.  

Of course, I have no idea whether there are enough DEC customers willing 
and able to make such a demand, and to back it up with action, but every 
little bit helps, and if people want to see NeWS propogated to other 
machines, they're going to have to start using their economic influence 
to make it happen, as they did with NFS.
--
 Matt Landau			"Don't make me angry.
 mlandau@bbn.com		    You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."