droman@vsi.UUCP (Dave Droman) (08/23/88)
Does anyone know what this "Application Operating Environment" is? Is it
a style guide, program, marketing fluff, or what? We are an AT&T VAR/ISV
and should probably know this stuff.
Thanks
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David C. Droman {uunet!attmail}!vsi!droman
V-Systems, Inc. droman@vsi.com
(714) 545-6442 I'm sooo sleepyjroberts@attvcr.UUCP (John Roberts) (08/26/88)
In article <817@vsi.UUCP>, droman@vsi.UUCP (Dave Droman) writes: > Does anyone know what this "Application Operating Environment" is? Is it > a style guide, program, marketing fluff, or what? We are an AT&T VAR/ISV > and should probably know this stuff. The AOE is really marketing fluff right now, although some (saner?) heads would call it a "statement of direction". It is often compared with IBM's SAA. It's really an attempt to extend the hardware independence offered by Unix to a higher level, that is, to extend the set of standard utilites that one can expect to find on a Unix box. The areas that are being addressed right now are User Interface, Program Development, Data Management, and Networking. For each area, AT&T has listed products that it will provide on all of its Unix machines, from the 6386 to the 3B4000. It should be noted that Sun and Unisys have indicated some (don't know how much) support for this idea. In User Interface, X, NeWS, and Open Look are the products supported. For Program Development, it's C, COBOL, and Fortran. Data Management includes SQL and ATMI. Networking is TLI, uucp, RFS, NFS, mail, RPC, OSI, TCP, IP, etc., etc., etc. There's a lot more to it, and I suggest you get some manuals that describe it in a lot more detail. Besides, I'm probably wrong ;^} . Try these: AOE Interface Overview 350-131 AOE Support Product Overview 350-130 or AOE Overview Set 350-132 (includes both) from the CIC at 800-432-6600 (US) or 800-255-1242 (Canada) John M. Roberts AT&T Canada Vancouver BC (604) 689-8911 {alberta,uw-beaver}!ubc-cs!attvcr!jroberts What! Me Worry? attmail!jmroberts
domo@riddle.UUCP (Dominic Dunlop) (09/09/88)
In article <1066@attvcr.UUCP> jroberts@attvcr.UUCP (John Roberts) writes: >There's a lot more to it [AT&T's Application Operating Environment -- >AOE], and I suggest you get some manuals that describe >it in a lot more detail. Besides, I'm probably wrong ;^} . > >Try these: AOE Interface Overview 350-131 > AOE Support Product Overview 350-130 > or > AOE Overview Set 350-132 (includes both) > >from the CIC at 800-432-6600 (US) or 800-255-1242 (Canada) I called (well, I had a secretary call -- I'm lazy) AT&T UNIX Europe, the local outlet for AT&T documentation, and they said, after querying the US, that the AOE Overview set is obsolete and no longer obtainable. I'm puzzled, considering that the recent postings are the first I've heard of the AOE. Can anybody throw any light, please? Was the AOE a fancy marketing idea which has by now gone the way of most fancy marketing ideas? Has it been superseded by something else? What's the scam? Help! -- Dominic Dunlop domo@sphinx.co.uk domo@riddle.uucp