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Yet more forwarded mail...
   Date: 17-Feb-1987 1230
   From: mcgregor%zin.DEC@decwrl.dec.com  (Scott McGregor)

   In response to a questions from Don Hopkins and Bill Wohler and to clear up
   some misconceptions, here's the text of Adobe's press release: 


   January 15, 1987

   "Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced plans to develop a version of
   PostScript (r) for displays which will be suitable as a graphics extension
   to windowing systems.  PostScript, a page description language developed
   by Adobe, is a leading standard for printing on high-quality laser printers
   and typesetters.  Adobe's new package will give programmers both a PostScript
   language interface and a C-language interface to the complete range of
   PostScript's powerful graphics and font capabilities.  It will be a full
   implementation of the language and will be completely compatible with the
   printer version.  Applications will be able to use a windowing system to
   manipulate windows and use PostScript to create their images within a window
   in a fully device-independent manner.  This will make it possible to present
   on the screen the same text and graphics that can now be printed by PostScript
   laser printers and typesetters.  The X Window System, developed at MIT and
   supported by a large number of worklstation vendors, is one of the windowing
   systems for which a PostScript extension will be available.  Adobe expects
   to have the package completed by the fourth quarter of this year for licensing
   on an OEM basis to workstation manufacturers."


   Scott.


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