lsigler@sun.com (Lee Sigler) (08/10/88)
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER CONFERENCE The unification of earlier releases of UNIX System V and the SunOS, Berkeley, and XENIX systems into one open and standard operating system represents a turning point for the entire software industry. The Software Developer Conferences for UNIX System Unification will be the first public viewing of the new System V Release 4.0 features. At these conferences, software developers will learn how to take advantage of new features like OPEN LOOK user interface, networking, and ABIs to develop applications. These conferences are being cosponsored by AT&T and Sun Microsystems. They will be delivered worldwide from September through December. Details follow on conference objectives, target audience, agenda, schedule, and who to contact to get further information or to register. CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES Our primary objective for the conference is to sign up software developers to migrate to a single UNIX System standard -- UNIX System V Release 4.0. These software developers can include independent software vendors (ISVs), value added resellers (VARs), original equipment vendors (OEMs), and large end users which act as internal ISVs to their own company. In short, people who develop software for resale to others. AUDIENCE We want UNIX developers within software development organizations. The agenda is technical in orientation and assumes that the attendees know UNIX. CONFERENCE THEME The Worldwide Open Industry Standard UNIX System V Release 4.0 AGENDA Day 1 Overview Unix Unification, standards, open, new features, release dates, endorsees Basic Operating System Services New/changed commands, real-time scheduling, asynchronous I/O, signal handling, files, STREAMS, interprocess communication, internationalization, POSIX compliance Application Development Environment Programming tools, ANSI C migration, shared libraries, dynamic linking Day 2 Networking Remote resource sharing (RFS, NFS), DARPA and BSD networking, client/server model, Remote Procedure Call mechanism, External Data Representation, Transport Layer Interface, Sockets compatibility User Interfaces OPEN LOOK, merged X11/NeWS server, OPEN LOOK X11 and NeWS Development Environment toolkits, and character oriented interface Demonstrations Networking, Windows, OPEN LOOK, toolkits, languages, and other software Day 3 Application Binary Interfaces Definition of, formats and environment, and how to use System Operations, Administration, and Maintenance Distributed file system administration, security Continued Commitment to Open Standards The future, C++, Real-time, SVID directions Talk to the Experts -- A Question and Answer Forum Panel of experts on windowing, OPEN LOOK, networking, and operating systems SCHEDULE Date of week Location September 14-16 New York area 27-29 Los Angeles October 12-14 Tokyo 26-28 London November 9-11 Boston 29-1 Chicago December 6-8 SF 13-15 Washington DC REGISTRATION/INFORMATION To register UNIX software developers, call 1-800-247-1212, ext. 151 in the US. Outside the US, call 1-904-636-1000, extension 100.