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DIGITAL, AT&T BATTLE OVER STANDARD CONTROL OF UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM SEEN AS THREAT TO COMPUTER MAKERS
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Digital Equipment Corp. and a handful of other major
computer makers are readying an assault on American Telephone &
Telegraph Co.'s computer strategy.
Industry sources say the group has drawn plans for a
multimillion-dollar effort to wrest control of a strategic software
standard from AT&T and its California ally, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Digital, joined by Hewlett-Packard Co. and others, plans to
back development of a version of the widely used UNIX operating
system that w...
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DIGITAL, AT&T BATTLE OVER STANDARD CONTROL OF UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM SEEN AS THREAT TO COMPUTER MAKERS
The Boston Globe
; Digital Equipment Corp. and a handful of other major computer makers are readying an assault on American Telephone & Telegraph Co.'s computer strategy. Industry sources say the group has drawn plans for a multimillion-dollar effort to wrest control of a strategic software standard from AT&T and its
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PHOENIX, AT&T SIGN DEAL
The Boston Globe
; Phoenix Technologies Ltd. of Norwood said it has signed a licensing agreement with AT & T under which Phoenix will provide implementations of UNIX version 3 to run on a variety of computer hardware systems. Terms were not disclosed. IMURPH;06/23 LDRISC;02/27,17:02 BIZROU
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UNIX version of OVID search software completed. (from CD Plus Technologies Inc., OVID 3.0 software) (Brief Article)
Information Today
; CD PLUS Technologies, Inc. has completed a UNIX version of new OVID search software and is developing a Z39.50-compatible UNIX version for beta testing by year end. The Johns Hopkins, Penn State, and Northwestern universities, in addition to the University of Tokyo, are among sites where the new
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EOSi Releases UNIX Version of Q Series.
Computers in Libraries
; Electronic Online Systems (EOS) International has recently released a UNIX version of its client/server library information management system, the Q Series. This version is now available on Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s Solaris operating environment and on a range of Sun Enterprise servers and Sun
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CCC/Manager helps JPL manage ground data. (the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's use of Softool Corp.'s CCC/Manager change and version control program) (Product Pilot) (Brief Article)
Software Magazine
; A ground data system that helps track unmanned spacecraft is one of the responsibilities of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. It helps with command processing, monitors the spacecraft and also includes tools for analysis, and image and photo processing, said Dorothy Huffman,
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Novell sells Unix business to Santa Cruz Operation for stock and future revenues.
Software Industry Report
; ... Under the deal, Novell will receive 6.1 million shares of SCO common stock, resulting in an ownership position of 17 percent. News reports say that part of the deal is worth between $59 million and $79 million. SCO will also license Novell's NetWare Directory ...
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 "T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education)")
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Yale's psych lab boasts Mac-UNIX connectivity. (use of White Pine Software Inc.'s eXodus server software in psychology laboratory at Yale University)
T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education)
; Universities have long been a stronghold for UNIX workstations; their local and Internet networking capabilities, computing power and high price/performance ratios have made workstation clusters natural replacements for central campus mainframes. But how can the many Macintoshes and DOS machines
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Leading word processor tailored for Unix.
Software Industry Report
; Novell Inc., Orem, Utah, introduced a Unix version of its popular WordPerfect word processor designed especially for character-based Unix environments. WordPerfect 5.2+ will be available for eight major character versions of Unix, and will retail for $495. Upgrades are $129. The software automates
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DataChannel Plans XML Database Product.(XStore application development software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Internet World
; DataChannel announced XStore, an XML database product designed to run large-scale Internet apps based on XML. Built in collaboration with Software AG, XStore works in conjunction with DataChannel's Rio 3.2 XML server. The Windows NT version will be released in June, a Unix version later in the year.
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'Cyberleaf' introduced as ideal tool for publishing on the Internet. (Interleaf Inc.) (Product Announcement)
Software Industry Report
; Interleaf Inc. has pulled the wraps off Cyberleaf, its new software for publishing information on the Internet's World Wide Web. The UNIX version available this month is priced at $795. The Windows version due in early 1995 is priced at $495. The Waltham, Mass., company says Cyberleaf includes
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