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From: rick@hanauma (Richard Ottolini)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: NeWS licensing
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Date: 6 Apr 89 15:38:24 GMT
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Sun has been licensing NeWS for several years.  Originally they charged $25K
for source, but may have adjusted their policy with regards to X-Windows
popularity.  Silicon Graphics uses NeWS as its standard window system.
A company, I beileve called Grasshopper, sells a Mac version.  The strong
similarity of Display Postscript to NeWS has slowed down NeWS ports too.