timr@sco.COM (Tim Ruckle) (06/07/91)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Zee Zaballos
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
408 425-7222
Fax: 408 427-5448
Xhibition '91
Booth #908
RISC VERSION OF SCO OPEN DESKTOP PREVIEWED AT XHIBITION '91
Prototype Advanced Computing Environment (ACE) UNIX operating
system presages SCO Open Desktop for Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) Systems
SAN JOSE, CA, Xhibition, (June 5, 1991) -- The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
(SCO) today demonstrated for the first time a prototype version of SCO Open
Desktop for RISC systems. The demonstration provided conference participants
with a preview of the Advanced Computing RISC (ARC) version of SCO Open
Desktop, the standard UNIX System for the new Advanced Computing Environment
(ACE).
Twenty-one leading hardware and software vendors launched the ACE initiative
in April, 1991 to define open system standards that will enable organizations
to link desktop computers, departmental servers, and mainframes in distributed
computing environments. ACE specifies two hardware standards: the Intel -
based PC (x86) platform and the MIPS -based ARC platform. The ACE
participants selected SCO Open Desktop as the standard, integrated, graphical
UNIX System to support both of these platforms.
SCO Open Desktop, already a leading software solution for x86-based systems,
is a powerful, advanced, 32-bit operating environment that fully integrates
the UNIX System, graphical user interface, data management, distributed
networking and other services. It provides multiuser, multitasking, security,
symmetrical multiprocessing and integrated networked windowing capabilities,
and supports applications compliant with all major open software standards.
``SCO Open Desktop is already setting a new standard for desktop computing
with x86-based systems, and is supported by all of the system vendors backing
the ACE initiative,'' said Scott McGregor, vice president and general manager
of SCO's Distributed Corporate Computing Unit. ``This demonstration shows
that the ACE vision of a truly open environment for distributed computing that
offers the same operating environments on both PC-based and RISC-based
platforms is fast becoming a reality, with SCO Open Desktop leading the way.''
Running on a MIPS-based DECstation 3100 TM , the prototype version of SCO Open
Desktop for RISC systems demonstrated several of its client utilities, as well
as the X Window System TM Version 11 Release 4, and the OSF/Motif TM 1.1
graphical user interface. SCO also demonstrated the prototype's ability to
interoperate with x86-based systems via its built-in TCP/IP and NFS TM
networking protocols. Like the current version of SCO Open Desktop for x86
systems, the prototype for RISC systems complies fully with key open system
standards such as IEEE POSIX TM and X/Open XPG3.
SCO expects a Developer's Kit for SCO Open Desktop for RISC systems to be
available later in 1991. The first commercial release of the system is scheduled
for mid-1992.
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. is a privately held company recognized
internationally as the worldwide leader in open system software solutions for
industry-standard hardware platforms. SCO offers a wide range of UNIX System
software solutions, including the SCO Open Desktop and SCO UNIX System V
operating systems, as well as comprehensive training and support services. To
date, SCO has shipped over 435,000 UNIX Systems -- more than any other vendor
and fields one of the largest UNIX System technical teams in the world.
Founded in 1979, SCO maintains regional headquarters in Santa Cruz,
California, Washington, D.C., Toronto, London, and Tokyo.
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SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, the SCO logo, and Open Desktop are registered
trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. in the U.S.A. and other
countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc.
in the U.S.A. and other countries. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel
Corporation. OSF/Motif is a trademark of The Open Software Foundation, Inc..
X/Open is a registered trademark of X/Open Company Limited. X Window System
is a trademark of The Massachussetts Institute of Technology. POSIX is a
trademark of IEEE. NFS is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.. MIPS is a
registered trademark of MIPS Computer Corporation.
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