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- From: lemke@verbosa.ncd.com (David Lemke)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Sun to use DisplayPostScript!!!
- Keywords: Sun, Display PostScript
- Message-ID: <16110@lupine.ncd.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 19:31:41 GMT
- References: <1jpl1eINNbsq@tamsun.tamu.edu> <C1D9BE.AB7@cs.mcgill.ca> <1jur0dINNgr2@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
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- Organization: Network Computing Devices
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- In article <1jur0dINNgr2@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, isbell@cats.ucsc.edu (Art Isbell) writes:
- |>
- |> In article <C1D9BE.AB7@cs.mcgill.ca> samurai@cs.mcgill.ca (Darcy BROCKBANK) writes:
- |> >In article <1jpl1eINNbsq@tamsun.tamu.edu> daugher@cs.tamu.edu writes:
- |>
- |> >>A. Though DPS is not a sanctioned standard, it is fast
- |> >>becoming a de facto UNIX standard. All major Unix platform
- |> >>vendors (SGI, IBM, DEC, NCD, etc.), except Hewlett-Packard,
- |> >>support DPS.
- |>
- |> >I guess NeXT does not use DPS.
- |>
- |> NeXT has probably sold at least as many Unix units (but not $$) as both SGI and
- |> IBM. Does NCD sell Unix machines or just X terminals? Not including NeXT in
- |> this list is a political decision, I'm sure.
-
- NCD sells just X display stations.
-
- all conspiracy theories aside, i assume the reason NeXT was left off
- was because they don't ship DPS/X, which the rest of the list does
- (or will).
-
- |>
- |> Art Isbell Cubic Solutions
- |> NeXT Registered Developer #745 NeXT software development and consulting
- |> NeXTmail: isbell@cats.UCSC.EDU Voice: (408)335-1154
- |> USmail: 95018-9442 Fax: (408)335-2515
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- Dave Lemke lemke@ncd.com
- Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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