Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!linus!philabs!sbcs!rick From: rick@sbcs.UUCP (Rick Spanbauer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.windows.news Subject: NeWS on Amiga Message-ID: <482@sbcs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 19-Jul-87 09:55:55 EDT Article-I.D.: sbcs.482 Posted: Sun Jul 19 09:55:55 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jul-87 01:47:33 EDT Distribution: comp Organization: Computer Science Dept, SUNY@Stony Brook Lines: 22 Xref: mnetor comp.sys.amiga:6703 comp.windows.news:107 With respect to my recent posting regarding NeWS on the Amiga, it seems that some folks have already interpreted the posting in the wrong way. Pls let it be known that: 1. I am strongly pro-Sun. 2. After having played with NeWS, I admit to being a reformed X addict. Lastly, why is everyone busy bashing Sun? NeWS is a propreitary software product that they are trying to sell just as Manx sells compilers, EA sells games, etc. Never mind that NeWS is competing with a free, public domain window system - this is simply irrelevant. What it boils down to is that if you want to do the things that NeWS is better at than X (running over thin wires, PostScript programmablility, etc), then you have to pay Sun. I don't have a problem with this, why do you? Rick PS. Anyone have ideas about a good thin wire protocol for use of NeWS over telephone lines? Already know about SLIP - I'm looking for something with less overhead.