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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:
>
>>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.
>
>I guess NeXT does not use DPS. 
>
>I guess they didn't pioneer it either. From what I gather
>it was NeXT's idea in the first place to use PostScript on
>the display. Everyone else thought that PostScript was too
>slow for an interactive display.
>
>Oh, forgot this was Sun talking... They're almost as bad as
>Iraqi ambassadors :-).
>
>
>- db


Sun implemented the NeWS window system which was rendering PostScript
to the screen long before DPS. NeWS also had a more complete set of
input primitives than DPS does. In fact, NeWS was also the first
use of annoying mixed capitals names that I'm aware of. Guess
we'll take the blame for that one. 

--sami

:) no flames intended but just setting the record straight...