mats@forbrk.UUCP (Mats Wichmann) (06/25/87)
In article <15927@gatech.gatech.edu> spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford) writes: >The group comp.std.internat has existed for over 2 years for precisely >the kind of discussion you are suggesting. The group has hardly been >used since its (rather noisy) creation. I'd suggest you use that for >ISO discussions. Gulp! Spaf seems to be chiding those of us who made all the noise about comp.std.internat, which, as I recall, he didn't see much need for. Well, we deserve it. I have tried a couple of times to stimulate some discussion, but haven't gotten much action. Well, I am still interested in the topics (my customers in France and elsewhere give me no choice), but I am almost resigned to not getting anything from the net. If anybody is interested in what is in System V, Release 3.1, I do have the source code sitting around. It isn't much, though - the one-page blurb AT&T sends out pretty much covers it. X/OPEN seems to have settled on HP's ideas as being the most useful; now we are trying to track down whether HP is actually pushing a product to promote as a standard, or whether it is all internal (i.e., available inside HP products only). Does anybody have further information? Re: comp.protocols.iso - ISO provides standards for lots of things; in the context it was mentioned, the potential group should perhaps be called comp.protocols.osi. I don't fully agree that comp.std.internat should be used for those discussions, but since *we* aren't using it.... Mats Wichmann
rgt@hpfclo.HP.COM (Ron Tolley) (07/02/87)
> X/OPEN seems to have settled on HP's ideas as being the most useful; now > we are trying to track down whether HP is actually pushing a product > to promote as a standard, or whether it is all internal (i.e., available > inside HP products only). Does anybody have further information? > Mats Wichmann The source code should not be terribly hard to come by. X/OPEN member companies have been given an opportunity to acquire it directly from HP. Those outside of X/OPEN may chose to contact one of several firms: Instruction Set (London) Interactive Systems Corporation (in the U.S.) Lachman Associates (in the U.S.) Unisoft (Berkeley, Munich, Tokyo) Sorry that I don't have more information on these companies. You may also be able to get information from local HP sales offices. Ron Tolley Hewlett-Packard/System Software Operation
rgt@hpfclo.HP.COM (Ron Tolley) (07/03/87)
More detailed information on getting HP's NLS solution. The following firms are actively distributing the Hewlett-Packard Native Language Support software. It is described in Volume 3 of the X/OPEN Portability Guide (January 1987). Instruction Set Limited City House 190 City Road London EC1V 2QH England Attention: Peter Griffiths Telephone: (44) 125-12128 (44 is the country code) also Unisoft Corporation 739 Allston Way Berkeley, California 94710 Attention: Susan Hanson Telephone: (1) 415-644-1230 (1 is the country code) Ron Tolley Hewlett-Packard/Systems Software Operation