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From: rick@sbcs.UUCP (Rick Spanbauer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.windows.news
Subject: NeWS on Amiga
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Date: Sun, 19-Jul-87 09:55:55 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 19 09:55:55 1987
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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.