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Re:NeXTSTEP on the HP 712 Part 1: Installation by mepian on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @11:50AM (#22119199)
As far as I know, "NS" actually stands for "NeXT and Sun", and the original prefix before OPENSTEP was "NX".
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Re:NeXTSTEP on the HP 712 Part 1: Installation by gdubs on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @03:10PM (#22121487)
Had to do some googling, which led me full-circle back to HN :)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15977053

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Re:NeXTSTEP on the HP 712 Part 1: Installation by mepian on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @03:29PM (#22121670)
Interesting, the explanation that it stands for "NeXT Software, Inc" that came up in the parent thread seems plausible.
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