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From: jasmerb@mist.cs.orst.edu (Bryce Jasmer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: IBM to offer NeXTStep on AIX
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Date: 7 Feb 90 16:04:13 GMT
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In article <246300088@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> gsg0384@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>> /* ---------- "IBM to offer NeXTStep on AIX" ---------- */
>> *********************************************************
>How much compatibility can we expect?
>First of all, is IBM RT's NeXTStep also based on Display Postscript?

Yes. There are some slides that NeXT has been showing since 0.8
detailing the exact hierarchy of the NeXT software (68030 - Mach -
4.3 BSD - Application Kit - etc.) It shows what exactly is licensed
to IBM and one of the little squares that is left out is Display
Postscript. IBM licenses that directly from Adobe instead of NeXT.

Bryce Jasmer
jasmerb@cs.orst.edu