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From: caro@adobe.com (Perry A. Caro)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: IBM announces NextStep on AIX, PS/2, RIOS, etc.
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Date: 16 Feb 90 23:49:33 GMT
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The other shoe has dropped.  The big introduction of the new RISC
System/6000 family included announcement of AIX Windows (X11R3) with
OSF/Motif and Adobe's Display PostScript system extension to X Windows
AS WELL AS AIX NextStep.  Monkey wrench into X & Motif?  Backing away
from open systems?  Hardly.  It sounds to me like IBM will provide both
environments and will let their customers decide.

Note that NextStep is not built on X, or vice versa.  They are provided
as two separate software configurations.  Note also that AIX and DPS
are the common denominators.

Perry
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