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At 10:03 +0000 1998/12/15, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>same as Java, PostScript, HPGL etc then. one is tempted to say "get real"

Java is subject to ISO standardization, so it is not going to be owned by Sun.

PostScript, of course, have had the problems in the past that commercial
products usually have: There were requirement of special PS CPU's and
license fees and stuff, making several other companies not using it.

One is tempted to say "get real".

  Hans Aberg
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