CLAUSS1@applelink.apple.com (Clauss, Chris) (01/23/91)
Hi Folks,
Here are a couple of press releases which I think you might be interested
in. Yes, I know there are other places for press releases but these are good
ones for this group. What does this new Apple/AT&T specification mean for the
future of CAP?
Chris Clauss
Apple Computer, Inc.
Clauss1@AppleLink.Apple.Com
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GO Licenses AppleTalk Networking Software
for its new Operating System
Cupertino, California--January 22, 1991--Apple Computer, Inc. and GO
Corporation today announced that AppleTalk has been licensed by GO for its new
pen-based operating system, PenPoint, also announced today. The AppleTalk
networking software was licensed from Apple under the AppleTalk Licensing
Program.
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JOINT RELEASE: MOVED OVER BUSINESS WIRE AT 8:24 AM, EST, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22,
1991.
Contact:
Brooke Cohan
Apple Computer, Inc.
(408) 974-3019
Curtis Panasuk
Regis McKenna Inc.
(408) 974-3886
Don Ferenci
AT&T Computer Systems
(201) 898-3748
AT&T and Apple Announce a Specification for Accessing AppleTalk from UNIX
UNIFORUM, Dallas, Texas--January 22, 1991--AT&T Computer Systems and Apple
Computer, Inc. today announced they have developed a specification that will
standardize the access of AppleTalk networking protocols from AT&T's UNIX
System V Release 4 operating system.
Using the specification, software developers will be able to create
AppleTalk networking application programs that run on UNIX systems and perform
file sharing, printer sharing, electronic mail, or client-server applications.
Application programs written according to the new specification can easily be
ported by a developer from one vendor's UNIX system to another vendor's UNIX
system.
According to Randy Battat, Apple's vice president of worldwide product
marketing, "This AppleTalk specification is important to both Macintosh users,
as well as users and vendors of UNIX systems. The specification will promote
the development of AppleTalk application programs, which will allow Apple's
customers to access information on UNIX systems in the same consistent manner
in which they access information on servers in other environments."
AT&T has already implemented the AppleTalk application programming
interfaces (APIs) described in the new specification in its StarGROUP Server
for Macintosh Clients, which is part of AT&T's StarGROUP LAN Manager Server
system. The StarGROUP Server for Macintosh Clients will begin shipping in
February, 1991.
Bill O'Shea, AT&T Computer Systems', vice president of systems marketing
and development said, "We worked with Apple to develop these APIs because they
are another essential step toward meeting the customer's need for
interoperability. Our commitment to open, standards-based networked computing,
gives the customer freedom on the desktop."
O'Shea continued, "For example, by using our StarGROUP LAN Manager Server,
a Macintosh user can transparently share files, peripherals and mail with other
computer users running DOS, UNIX, or OS/2 operating systems -- without
sacrificing their personal preference for Macintosh."
Apple will implement the AppleTalk APIs in their next release of the
Portable AppleTalk source code, which Apple licenses to developers under the
AppleTalk Licensing Program. Existing AppleTalk source code licensees will
automatically receive the updated source code. The AppleTalk Licensing
Program, established in June, 1990, is part of Apple's goal to extend AppleTalk
to all major computing environments. The AppleTalk Licensing Program makes it
easier for mainframe and minicomputer manufacturers, as well as networking
companies, to offer a comprehensive set of network services that are compatible
with the millions of Macintosh personal computers networked today.
Pacer Software, Inc. is an AppleTalk networking software developer that
has completed ports of the AppleTalk protocols to several UNIX systems
including those from Hewlett-Packard, Digital Equipment Corp., Sun
Microsystems, and Santa Cruz Operations. Pacer's first release of the new UNIX
System V Release 4 AppleTalk APIs will be offered on the NCR System 3000.
Pacer also develops and licenses AppleShare-compatible file and print servers
for UNIX systems.
Garth Conboy, president of Pacer Software, stated, "We are committed to
the new APIs because they make it so much easier for networking applications to
be supported across various UNIX platforms. Our current System V Release 4
development incorporates these APIs and will result in common portable
AppleTalk software that will be available from both Pacer and Apple."
AT&T and Apple will continue to work together on enhancing the APIs
described in the specification while ensuring their consistency.
The AppleTalk specification will be distributed by both companies
beginning in second quarter of 1991.
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Apple, AppleTalk and the Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer,
Inc.
UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories Inc.
OS/2 is a registered trademark of IBM.
StarGROUP is a registered trademark of AT&T.
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Apple Press Releases
PR Express
1/22/91
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