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In article <1993Jan24.002306.20388@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
   In article <1993Jan23.224301.25461@athena.mit.edu> zmonster@athena.mit.edu (Eric M Hermanson) writes:
   >In article <1jpl1eINNbsq@tamsun.tamu.edu> daugher@cs.tamu.edu writes:
           [article text mostly deleted]

   >>Q. Is DPS a standard?
   >>
   >>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.
   >         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   >
   >What about NeXT??  Sun intentionally did not mention NeXT, even though they
   >were the leaders of the DPS bandwagon.  Boy are they ever feeling the heat!


           No conspiracy, probably.  NeXT is not a major UNIX platform 
           vendor in the same league (i.e., machines shipped) as the others
           named.  Data General, NeXT and so on are all covered by "etc."

That is just not so. According to the most recent statistics which
I've seen there are three major workstation vendors (Sun, HP and DEC,
in that order) which are followed by a pack of minor vendors lead in
unit sales by NeXT. Notice that this makes NeXT bigger than three of
the four vendors listed.

        Carl Edman