andy@88opensi.UUCP (Andy Silverman) (10/12/90)
In article <1827@hulda.erbe.se> prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson) writes: >* BCS Networking Supplement Release 1.0, September 1989 >* OCS Networking Supplement Release 1.0, September 1989 >* OCS X Window System Supplement Release 1.0, September 1989 The current versions of these documents are: * BCS Networking Supplement, Release 1.1, June 1990 * OCS Networling Supplement, Release 1.1, June 1990 * 88open Compatibility Standards X Window System Supplements, Release 1.1, June 1990 The Release 1.1 supplements for Networking differ in many details from the Release 1.0 ones which are considered obsolete. The new X supplements still reference X11R3 but have substantially more detail than the Release 1.0 document. BTW, there are also Release 1.1 versions of the BCS and OCS themselves which were published in April of this year. >Great. Now, who actually implements these parts? The current list of Platforms compliant to the 88open standards is as follows. All the vendors listed (as well as others including Encore, Unisys, and Thomson CETiA) have committed to the standards and are implmenting compliance to them on an on-going basis. - BCS: Data General, Dolphin Server Tech, Harris, Sanyo/Icon, Motorola, Opus, Tektronix - BCS Networking Supplement: Data General, Sanyo/Icon, Motorola, Opus - BCS X Supplement: Data General, Motorola, Opus - OCS: Sanyo/Icon, Motorola, Opus - OCS Networking Supplement: Motorola, Icon, Opus - OCS X Supplement: The validation suite for this standard was only recently released. As the standard is essentially just X11R3, most of the vendors are compliant pending the need to fix a few inherent X11R3 bugs that were found in testing. >And does anybody know if there is an upgraded X Window interface that covers X11R4 on the way? An X,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&,&