korp@atlantis.ees.anl.gov (Peter Korp) (11/15/90)
No this isn't the actual announcement! But it was made this past monday in a press release by Sun. Sooooo... Where is the press release? I have not seen it on Sun-Flash, nothing. Damn it Sun, don't drop the ball again. In case no one noticed you *need* publicity about this. I don't know all the details, so it would be nice to see this release. Peter
djd@rosemary.cs.reading.ac.uk (David Dawkins) (11/16/90)
In article <1990Nov15.062200.4397@mcs.anl.gov> korp@atlantis.ees.anl.gov (Peter Korp) writes: >No this isn't the actual announcement! But it was made this past monday in a >press release by Sun. Sooooo... > >Where is the press release? I have not seen it on Sun-Flash, nothing. Damn >it Sun, don't drop the ball again. In case no one noticed you *need* publicity >about this. > >I don't know all the details, so it would be nice to see this release. > >Peter I just found the announcement on comp.windows.x . Here it is. - David SunFLASH Vol 23 #12 November 1990 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package Includes Window System and Toolkits MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- November 13, 1990 -- Sun Microsystems announced today that the source code for its OpenWindows(TM) software developers will now have a cost-effective way to incorporate OpenWindows -- including the easy-to-use OPEN LOOK(R) graphical user interface -- into applications developed or ported to many platforms from different vendors. The package includes code for the X11/NeWs(TM) Window System, OPEN LOOK toolkits, and OpenFonts(TM) with its TypeScaler(TM) technology. Before today, only OpenWindows binaries were available from Sun. "Offering free source code for the industry's most advanced, comprehensive window environment demonstrates our ongoing commitment to open systems," said Ed Zander, vice president of marketing at Sun. Advanced Imaging Model The X11/NeWS Window System that is part of the source package combines a fully compliant X implementation with Sun's NeWS(R) technology, which offers the most advanced PostScript(R) imaging model available today. NeWS lets developers work with interactive, on-screen PostScript graphics -- particularly useful for commercial applications such as desktop publishing and multimedia. Also part of the source code package is OpenFonts -- Sun's nonproprietary font technology, which includes 57 scalable fonts. OPEN LOOK Toolkits Provide Portability The keys to OpenWindows' portability are two OPEN LOOK toolkits, XView(TM) and the OPEN LOOK Intrinsics Toolkit (OLIT). XView is Sun's X-based toolkit that gives developers an easy way to design new applications with the OPEN LOOK graphical user interface, as well as to migrate the 2,800 existing kernel-based SunView(TM) applications to the networked window environment of OPEN LOOK and X. The OLIT toolkit -- based on AT&T's OPEN LOOK toolkit (XT+) -- implements the OPEN LOOK look and feel and supports MIT Intrinsics. The XView toolkit is also offered free on the X11 R4 tape available from MIT. OpenWindows is a standard part of the industry's leading UNIX(R) operating system, UNIX System V Release 4 from AT&T. Since OPEN LOOK toolkits will be available for a range of platforms, developers can standardize on a single graphical interface. Toolkits from Sun and other vendors are available now or will be offered within three months for UNIX workstations from Digital Equipment Corp., Hewlett-Packard and IBM, for VAX/VMS systems from Digital. Availability OpenWindows source code will be available January 1, 1991 on magnetic tape for $995 (which includes the cost of media and documentation) through Sun distributors. The source license is included at no cost. There are no royalties for distributing applications developed with OpenWindows. Hardware vendors will pay nominal royalties for systems they resell that run the OpenWindows environment. Sun Microsystems, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a leading worldwide supplier of network-based distributed computing systems, including professional workstations, servers and UNIX operating system and productivity software. ### OpenWindows, XView, X11/NeWS, OpenFonts and TypeScaler are trademarks and NeWS is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. OPEN LOOK and UNIX are registered trademarks of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc. All other products or services mentioned in this document are identified by the trademarks or service marks of their respective companies or organizations. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Cathleen Beall Garfield (415) 336-6536 Diana Murray OpenWindows Licensing Manager (415) 336-1567 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -------------------------------------------------------------------- David J Dawkins | Please reply to adp@uk.ac.reading.cs.csug OR Reading University | adp%uk.ac.reading.cs.csug@uk.ac.nfsnet-relay --------------------------------------------------------------------