avolio@decuac.DEC.COM (Frederick M. Avolio) (04/09/90)
Sorry if this is sort of too markety for this news group but I think this
announcement is important enough to sift through. Also, I noticed no one
publically got on George's case for posting the fact sheets last week on
our April 3 announcements, so I am posting this. I'd be interested in
knowing -- is this a valid use of this news group? I don't want to make
anyone angry (well anyone else :-)) so let us know if you don't want such
product and strategy announcements.
Fred
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THIS RELEASE IS FROM DIGITAL
Editorial Contacts:
Dave Price
(603) 881-0496
Judy Finman
(603) 881-2934
DIGITAL'S ULTRIX PRODUCTS TO BE BASED ON OSF/1
MAYNARD, MASSACHUSETTS, 9 APRIL 1990 -- Digital Equipment
Corporation today announced that the next major release of its
ULTRIX software -- Digital's implementation of the UNIX operating
system -- will be based on the Open Software Foundation's OSF/1
operating system. Digital just announced ULTRIX Version 4.0 on 3
April 1990; the next version is targeted for 1991.
Digital has already adopted OSF's Motif graphical user interface
as a strategic component of Digital's workstation family. Motif
and the early releases of OSF/1 have clearly demonstrated to
Digital the strength of OSF's technology and their ability to
deliver products on schedule. As further evidence of its
continuing commitment to the Open Software Foundation, Digital
also announced that it is providing additional funding for OSF.
According to Jack Smith, senior vice president of operations,
"Announcement of Digital's strong, continuing commitment to OSF
should be no surprise. Digital has moved aggressively to support
and implement OSF's breakthrough technology on Digital
platforms, and we will move the ULTRIX environment to an OSF/1
base.
"Our users can be assured of a smooth, seamless path between
ULTRIX and OSF/1, which provides the best technology for
delivering open system capabilities. These capabilities include
the important industry standards such as POSIX, X/Open, and
Motif; as well as Xenix, Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD),
and System V interfaces. Additionally, Digital plans to
incorporate its OSF/1-based products into its Network
Application Support architecture."
Referring to the recently terminated merger discussions between
OSF, AT&T, and UNIX International, Smith commented, "We are very
disappointed in the failure of this industry unity initiative,
but it is our firm conviction that future implementations of
UNIX operating systems must be developed using a truly open
process."
Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard,
Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked
computer systems and services. Digital offers a full range of
computing solutions and systems integration for the entire
enterprise -- from the desktop to the data center.
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Note to Editors:
ULTRIX is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation.
OSF, OSF/1, and Motif are trademarks of the Open Software
Foundation.
UNIX is a registered trademark of American Telephone and
Telegraph.
X/Open is a trademark of X/Open Company, Ltd.
Xenix is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
CORP/90/833lyndon@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Lyndon Nerenberg) (04/11/90)
In article <2989@decuac.DEC.COM> avolio@decuac.DEC.COM (Frederick M. Avolio) writes:
Sorry if this is sort of too markety for this news group but I think this
announcement is important enough to sift through. Also, I noticed no one
publically got on George's case for posting the fact sheets last week on
our April 3 announcements, so I am posting this. I'd be interested in
knowing -- is this a valid use of this news group? I don't want to make
anyone angry (well anyone else :-)) so let us know if you don't want such
product and strategy announcements.
Wouldn't it make more sense to use the biz.dec groups that Brian
Reid created a few weeks back?
--
Lyndon Nerenberg CF6BBM / Computing Services / Athabasca University
{alberta,decwrl}!atha!lyndon || lyndon@cs.AthabascaU.CAmoss@cs.umass.edu (Eliot Moss) (04/12/90)
We don't get biz, so biz.dec is not a good idea from our standpoint. I think DEC product announcements are suitable for DEC-specific news groups .... Eliot -- J. Eliot B. Moss, Assistant Professor Department of Computer and Information Science Lederle Graduate Research Center University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 (413) 545-4206; Moss@cs.umass.edu