At 09:17 +0000 1998/12/16, Robin Fairbairns wrote: >hans aberg meandered: > >> 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. > >speaking as an iso standardiser, i can say (with great feeling) that >if you believe that, you'll believe anything. I am afraid your comment is not very informative. Please explain. >> 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. > >there is, of course, an iso standard based on postscript (it's called >spdl). fat lot of difference it's made. And there will be an ISO standard based on Java called Java. Besides, ISO standards themselves are no heaven; quite often they lead to the opposite. >> One is tempted to say "get real". > >pah! Pah on yourself! Hans Aberg * Email: Hans Aberg <mailto:[log in to unmask]> * Home Page: <http://www.matematik.su.se/~haberg/> * AMS member listing: <http://www.ams.org/cml/>