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From: ronb@natmlab.dms.OZ.AU (Ron Baxter)
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Subject: Re: Traffic on the X list
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Date: 13 Jul 88 05:26:53 GMT
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In article <23581@bu-cs.BU.EDU> bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) writes:
>
>And it's not like there are applications out there crying for NeWS
>(eg. things like Frame), there's no noise I've heard from our users
>(as a matter of fact I have no idea off-hand what is available with
>NeWS other than the environment and a terminal emulator, am I missing
>something? How would I know? I haven't seen any literature really and

	Well that really is an invitation to mention that we have a
	version of the AT&T S Data Analysis System running under
	NeWS.  It has the name of Ace and the first version is out
	there but, of course, we are working on the second which will
	be a whole lot better.

	So what, you could say, since S is readily available under
	SunView -- S-Plus comes to mind.  Well, since NeWS is built on
	PostScript it has been quite easy to make Ace generate
	very impressive color graphics on the screen, and equally
	impressive grey-scale graphics on the LaserWriter -- instead
	of the simple Tek-like line drawings that most S users get.

	So you are right, maybe it will need a bit more time before
	the number of applications will become noticeable, but I
	expect these applications will have excellent graphics
	capabilities because PostScript makes it possible.


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