std-unix@longway.TIC.COM (Moderator, John S. Quarterman) (06/01/89)
From: Dominic Dunlop <uunet!sphinx.co.uk!domo> [domo asks that you: Please observe Followup-to above. -mod ] Does anybody out there know if the venerable C-ISAM interface has been adopted, or is about to be adopted, by any public standards body (ANSI, ISO, IEEE, UL... you name it), or is specified as a requirement by any purchasing agency (NIST, CCTA, NASA...). (Yes, I know that purchasing agency is a loose term: I mean the kind of outfit which draws up specs which some large purchaser then makes binding on their suppliers.) As far as I'm aware, the current state of play is that C-ISAM has beached in the X/Open Portability Guide, but no public body has tried to pick it up from there. Oh yes. Might C-ISAM pop up in SVID 4? I seem to recall Informix (or RDS, as they were then) claiming to have sold technology to AT&T for a juicy sum a few years back, but have seen no obvious fruits. Clues or pointers, anyone? If your reply is as speculative as this enquiry, you might drop me mail. If, on the other hand, it's good solid dope, by all means post it straight away. I'll summarise to the net in any event. -- Dominic Dunlop The Standard Answer Ltd., using Sphinx' facilities (for which much thanks) domo@sphinx.co.uk Volume-Number: Volume 16, Number 53