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OSF Electronic Bulletin - April '94
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Search for these topics inside this issue:
* Executive Summary
- key highlights from this month's Bulletin
* OSF in the Press
- 3 recent press releases from OSF
* Technology news nuggets:
- Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
- DCE Beta Program Release 1.1
- DCE Certification Program
- Revised DCE Product Catalogue
- I-FEST Program Announcement
- Washington Area DCE Users Group Meeting
- Distributed Management Environment (DME)
- DME at Uniforum, demo descriptions
- Interop - NMO Pricing Announcement and More
- New DME Collateral
- Telecommunications Workshop at OSF Member Meeting
- OSF/1
- release of OSF/1 v 1.2.2
- OSF/Motif graphical user interface
- Third Motif Release 2.0 Snapshot to ship in May
- Motif Release 1.2.4 shipped in April
- Next UEC SIG meeting May 10-11
- Motif at Uniforum/XWorld/OSF Member Meeting
* - OSF Meeting & Industry Events Previews
- OSF at Networld+Interop 94 Las Vegas
- OSF Member Meeting, May '94 Brussels
- OSF Standards Coordinating Committee meeting 5/18
* OSF End User Forum news
* SIG news:News from OSF's Special Interest Groups
* OSF Customer Services
* Other OSF News
* OSF Job Fair Announcement
* OSF Calendar of Events
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OSF Electronic Bulletin
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A monthly electronic mail news update for OSF Members
from the Open Software Foundation.
Vol 5, Issue 4. April, 1994
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Executive Summary
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* Leading vendors unify to accelerate open systems
On March 23, OSF announced a progressive new business and
operating model which includes new technology processes and
provides increased opportunities for both end user and vendor
participation. Major systems vendors have joined together in
endorsing the new organizational structure and business model
as the focal point for promoting and accelerating the
delivery of open systems enabling technologies. Complete
press release follows in Bulletin.
* DCE Beta Program Release 1.1
The Open Software Foundation has announced the Source Code
Beta Test Program for the next release of the Distributed
Computing Environment (DCE), Release 1.1. The objective of
the Source Code Beta Test Program is to offer OSF DCE
licensees early access to the DCE 1.1 code. This allows beta
program participants an early beginning to their
productization efforts for the next version of DCE,
expediting rapid availability of products to the marketplace.
* DCE Certification Program
OSF has announced a new certification program for
OSF's Distributed Computing Environment (DCE). The
goal of the program is to demonstrate clearly that
certified DCE-based products are compliant with OSF
specifications and have achieved applications
portability, interoperability and consistency across
multi-vendor platforms.
* Join the community of OSF members in the evolution of
the work of the Open Software Foundation at its twelfth
Member Meeting in Brussels. This is an opportunity for
both new and existing members to learn about their new
roles in the revitalized Open Software Foundation.
The new executive sponsors will sit in a special
open microphone panel session designed to clarify the
recent changes and updates in OSF's operational model
and technology processes. Details of keynote speakers and
special events follow. Registration deadline: May 2.
* The OSF End User Forum, comprised of over 100 commercial
and government user organizations internationally, continues
its close partnership with OSF management during the
evolution of the organization and its open process. The
Forum, with leadership provided by a steering committee of 18
companies, will have considerable presence in the agenda of
the upcoming OSF member meeting in Brussels.
* OSF is hosting its second Interoperability Festival (I-FEST
'94) from April 11th through the 22nd. Nine companies are
participating in I-FEST '94 with fourteen DCE
implementations, covering nine architectures and fourteen
operating systems.
* The OSF DCE Showcase at Uniforum, San Francisco was one
of the largest DCE applications showcases ever. DCE
applications/tools and implementations were demonstrated
by 13 companies. Watch for continued showcasing of DCE
applications at Networld+Interop, Las Vegas, May 2-6.
* New DCE Product Catalogue now available.
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OSF in the Press
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OSF Announces Progressive New Business Model
Broader Industry Participation Accelerates
Open Systems Delivery
The Open Software Foundation has announced a progressive
new business and operating model which includes new
technology processes and provides increased
opportunities for both end user and vendor
participation. Major systems vendors have joined
together in endorsing the new organizational structure
and business model as the focal point for promoting and
accelerating the delivery of open systems enabling
technologies.
In the newly-defined organization, emphasis shifts to a
more project-oriented operating model. Technology
projects will be separately funded and individually
managed multi-company development initiatives. This will
enable more concurrent technology projects, addressing
more customer-specific technology issues and
requirements on a much more timely basis.
"We are creating a new organizational model to enable
the widest possible industry support and participation,"
explained David Tory, OSF president and CEO. "Our goal
is to create the most efficient and cost-effective
vehicle for the accelerated delivery of open system
technology. We are delighted that our new structure and
development processes have already attracted many
influential and key industry players interested in
sponsoring the organization."
The new model's development process introduces the Pre-
Structured Technology, or PST, process. The PST process
is the successor to what has been widely known as the
"cose" process, taking the best elements of that process
and formalizing them within the OSF infrastructure.
Moving the "cose" process into an organizational
framework is a crucial step forward in uniting the
industry around a focal point for open systems.
A PST process project begins as an industry initiative
in which multiple companies collaborate in defining a
specific technology project, identifying an outside
third party to act as the prime engineering contractor,
and enlisting project sponsors to fund the project.
Once this pre-packaged project is proposed to and
approved by the OSF Board of Directors, the project is
launched.
The engineering for all future technology projects (both
RFTs and PSTs) will be performed by a designated third
party Prime Contractor, who may elect to subcontract
portions of work to other vendors or ISVs, but who will
be responsible for the technology delivery. Projects
will be managed through a Project Steering Committee,
consisting of OSF staff, a representative from each
project sponsor, and one representative selected by the
End User Steering Committee.
"This shift to an out-sourcing development model
capitalizes on existing pools of technical expertise,
eliminating costly and time-consuming ramp-up periods
and redundant engineering efforts," added Tory. "This
promotes more collaborative development efforts by
encouraging more companies to be directly involved with
technology projects. Another clear benefit, of course,
is faster time to market for more open systems products
at lower cost."
All constituencies represented in the OSF membership,
including end users and ISVs, will have the opportunity
to participate significantly in the technology evolution
process. Members participate by assisting in
requirements gathering and by influencing the future
directions and priorities for open systems technologies.
An Architecture Planning Council will be formed,
comprised of OSF staff, representatives from each of the
sponsor companies, and a representative of the end user
community selected by the End User Steering Committee.
The Council will maintain the technology roadmap, review
technology project proposals and make recommendations to
the Board. PST projects are approved on the basis of
their consistency with the open systems architectural
vision, and their support for interoperability,
portability and scalability.
In addition to a source code implementation, each
technology project will produce a specification which
will be made freely and publicly available. The
specification, along with test suites, will be submitted
to X/open, and other relevant industry standards bodies,
as appropriate.
Future enhancements to OSF's existing technologies,
including the OSF/Motif graphical user interface, the
OSF/1 open operating system, and the Distributed
Computing and Distributed Management Environments (DCE
and DME), will be transitioned to the new per-project
funding model upon completion of their current release
cycles. Projects are already "under construction" to
address the next releases of Motif and DCE and as well
as the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) work begun under
the auspices of the "cose" initiative.
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OSF Announces New Certification Program For DCE
The Open Software Foundation announced a new
certification program for OSF's Distributed
Computing Environment (DCE). The goal of the program
is to demonstrate clearly that certified DCE-based
products are compliant with OSF specifications and
have achieved applications portability,
interoperability and consistency across multi-vendor
platforms.
"This program will allow users to specify and
purchase OSF DCE-based products with the confidence
that certified products have successfully completed
a series of rigorous tests to ensure
interoperability in a heterogeneous environment,"
said Joe Maloney, recently appointed OSF DCE
Business Area Manager.
To achieve the DCE certification seal, a product
must conform to the DCE APIs and protocols as well
as successfully perform practical interoperability
testing. The certification tests are based on the
DCE Validation Test Suite (VTS), a set of
interoperability tests and applications that
exercise the critical components of the DCE core
services - remote procedure call (RPC), Security,
Threads, and Directory and Time services.
As a first step toward DCE certification, a vendor
must acquire, port, and execute the DCE Validation
Test Suite and submit the results to OSF. The second
step is to participate in the OSF Interoperability
Festival (I-FEST 94), on April 11 to April 22. I-
FEST is a continuation of the program begun last
year in conjunction with Challenge '93. This year's
I-FEST, a pre-requisite for DCE certification,
includes a set of enhanced and expanded tests for
DCE interoperability. During the I-FEST testing
period, all participants will be required to test
their implementations bilaterally against each of
the other participants' platforms. The testing must
include a machine of an Endian type different from
the platform being certified, should demonstrate
interoperability across different platforms and
architectures, and should include UNIX and non-UNIX
platforms. Vendors participating in the DCE
Certification program include AT&T Global
Information Solutions, Digital, Hewlett-Packard,
Hitachi, IBM, SCO, and Transarc.
Vendors successfully completing the certification
program will take part in OSF DCE Showcase
Exhibitions around the world. The DCE Showcase is a
multi-vendor interoperability demonstration
featuring certified DCE-based platforms, development
tools, and applications. It is held in conjunction
with the various Networld+Interop 94 Exhibitions to
be held in Las Vegas, Berlin, Paris, and Tokyo
throughout 1994.
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OSF Announces New DCE Beta Test Program
New Source Code Beta Program To Expedite Time To
Market
The Open Software Foundation has announced the
Source Code Beta Test Program for the next release
of the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE),
Release 1.1.
The objective of the Source Code Beta Test Program
is to offer OSF DCE licensees early access to the
DCE 1.1 code. This allows beta program participants
an early beginning to their productization efforts
for the next version of DCE, expediting rapid
availability of products to the marketplace.
Participation in the beta program is open to all
licensees of the current version of DCE, Release
1.0.who are also DCE support subscribers.
A further benefit of the beta program will come
from the opportunity for OSF and the licensees to
work together to review and improve the quality of
the release before final shipment. Participants are
expected to make a commitment to active involvement
in achieving the objectives of the program.
"The Source Code Beta Test Program is not intended
to be merely an early look at the technology," said
Joe Maloney, newly appointed Business Area Manager
for DCE. "Through participation in the source code
beta program, those working with the DCE beta
source code can provide feedback on the quality of
the code, tests, and documentation," continued
Maloney. "The feedback received during this phase
of the development project will help OSF to ensure
the quality of the final release."
The DCE Source Code Beta Test Program will start in
mid-May and continue three months. Final shipment
of DCE Release 1.1 is scheduled for end of 1994.
There are no special fees required to participate
in the beta program except those necessary to meet
the requirements of being a DCE 1.0 licensee with
full support.
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Technology News Nuggets
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Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) Technology
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I-FEST '94 Announcement
OSF is hosting its second Interoperability Festival (I-
FEST '94) from April 11th through the 22nd. Nine
companies are participating in I-FEST '94 with fourteen
DCE implementations, covering nine diverse architectures
and fourteen operating systems. The participants are:
AT&T Global Information Solutions,
Digital Equipment Corporation,
Gradient Technologies,
Hewlett Packard,
Hitachi Computer Products (America),
International Business Machines,
Santa Cruz Operation,
Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems,
Transarc Corporation
During the first week of this event, participants will
be testing their DCE implementations bilaterally, in a
heterogeneous environment, against each of the other
participants' platforms. During the second week, they
will do additional testing of the secure core (i.e.
split and replicated servers), as well as testing their
DFS and GDS products.
Ten of the implementations that are being tested are
applying for OSF DCE Certification. OSF will be
certifying OSF DCE secure core (Threads, RCP, CDS, SEC,
DTS) implementations at this I-FEST event, and plans to
certify the DFS and GDS components are in place for an
I-FEST event scheduled for this Fall.
The first step in achieving DCE certification is to
aquire, port, and execute the OSF DCE RPC VTS on the
platform being certified, and submit the results to OSF.
The second step is to attend the next I-FEST event with
the platform being certified, and successfully achieve
the testing requirements, in the applicable client and
server configurations, for that I-FEST event.
The OSF DCE certification program, and its participants,
will be promoted at the Networld-Interop trade show
events this year.
DCE at Uniforum
The OSF DCE Showcase at Uniforum, San Francisco was one
othe largest DCE applications showcases ever. DCE
applications/tools and implementations were demonstrated
by:
Atrium Technologies, Inc.
Digital Equipment Corporation
Ellery Systems, Inc.
Bull Worldwide Information Systems
HaL
IBM
Intraco Systems
Hewlett-Packard Company
Open Environment Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Pyramid Technology
Santa Cruz Operation (SCO)
Transarc Corporation
DCE Showcase at Interop+Networld Las Vegas
At InterOp+Networld Las Vegas show May 2-6, OSF will take
this one step further. The show will be the kick-off for
OSF's participation in the worldwide InterOp+Networld
series. OSF is coordinating the booth at InterOp Las
Vegas in conjunction with InterOp show management, which
will provide an opportunity to reach over 65,000
individuals. The major focus of the showcase will be DCE-
based tools and applications and the OSF DCE
Certification program. If you are interested in
participating or would like more information, contact
Courtney Grey 617-621-8870, fax-617-225-2782.
New DCE Product Catalog
The DCE Product Catalog has proven to be quite valuable
as a tool for making DCE acquisitions. It is the single
source for information on which vendors are offering DCE
products, applications, and services. Today, it contains
over 70 mainframe, desktop and workstation offerings, as
well as relational databases, OLTP systems, and
development tools.
The new revision, sheduled for May this year will
indicate the momentum behind the DCE technology. It will
focus heavily on applications and tools which round out
the DCE solution. The product catalog will also reflect
a major milestone in the DCE lifecycle -- the
availability of "DCE Certified" systems that OSF will
highlight in the catalog and demonstrate at the upcoming
Interop events starting with Las Vegas.
If you would like to add a DCE application, service, or
product to the catalog, please send the following
information via email or fax to Courtney Grey,
grey@osf.org - 617-225-2782 fax. Please list "DCE
Product Catalog" in the subject line to ensure proper
handling.
Product/service name
Availability date
Supported platforms
Company name/address
Contact numbers
Description
Washington Area DCE Users Group (WADCUG) Meeting
Those interested in the use of the Distributed Computing
Environment (DCE) from the Open Software Foundation are
invited to a meeting of the WADCUG to be held May 20,
1994 at 10 am at the Hughes Applied Information Systems
facility in Landover, MD. The purpose of WADCUG is to
facilitate information exchange related to the planning,
deployment, and operation of distributed computing
environments. Membership in the Washington Area DCE
Users Group is open to representatives of government and
business in the Baltimore-Washington area.
There will be a presentation by an end user who
delivered a distributed application built utilizing an
object oriented development environment called SNAP,
from Template Software. Template has announced that this
tool will be DCE-enabled. If you have any questions,
contact Penny Sullivan at 703-758-6708,
(penny@opnsys.com) or Bob Goldschneider of the Open
Software Foundation at 617-621-8778 (bobg@osf.org).
Directions: Exit the Capital Beltway (195/495) at exit
17A going east on Landover Road. Turn right at McCormick
Drive, then right into Hechinger Building parking lot.
Follow signs to visitors parking in the rear lot. Enter
the north entrance and you will be directed to the
meeting room.
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Distributed Management Environment (DME) Technology
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DME at Uniforum
DME was featured in two panel sessions and was
demonstrated as part of OSF's Interoperability Showcase
at UniForum '94, held March 23-25 in San Francisco.
There were three separate demonstrations which
highlighted both the DME Services and the DME NMO, each
of which generated a great deal of interest:
Hewlett-Packard's NMO Demo
The HP demo featured the NMO in DME. The NMO technology
is a central part of HP's OpenView Distributed
Management Platform, which uses the NMO as an important
part of its communication infrastructure to access
standard industry protocols such as CMIP and SNMP.
The Groupe Bull DME NMO Demo
Bull Worldwide Information Systems demonstrated its
Integrated System Management (ISM) platform using DME's
NMO. In ISM, applications see network management
information described as ISO/OSI objects. NMO is the
central portion of the ISM/Manager platform architecture
and provides the switching functions and communications
paths between the various components.
OSF Services Demo
This OSF demonstration was a series of DME applications
which highlighted the key functionality provided by the
services in this technology, including: software
installation (SDS), subsystem startup and shutdown
(SMS), software license management (LMS), and event
management (EVS).
InterOp -- NMO Pricing Announcement and More
OSF will announce the pricing for DME NMO 1.0 at InterOp
Las Vegas, May 4 - 6. This announcement precedes the
General Availability announcement scheduled for May 24
during the OSF Member Meeting in Brussels.
Also, look for DME demonstrations at the OSF Interop
booth as well as a Birds of a Feather session on May 5,
concerning developing with X/Open's Management Protocol
(XMP), an important component of the DME Network
Management Option (NMO).
DME Collateral Materials
There are new DME collateral materials available now
from OSF:
- DME Overview (revised)
- DME Services Data Sheets (revised)
- DME Network Management Option (NMO) Data Sheet
- DME and DCE white paper
For copies, please contact OSF Direct at 617-621-7300 or
by email at direct@osf.org.
Telecommunications Workshop at Member Meeting
OSF would like to remind members of the
telecommunications industry to sign up for the
Telecommunications Workshop session at the Member
Meeting in Brussels, Belgium. Scheduled for Wednesday,
May 25, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Hotel
Conrad, the workshop is one of the diversified program
offerings that OSF is presenting at this year's meeting.
This workshop, outlined below, promises to be highly
informative for attendees.
* Welcome & Introduction
* The Network Management Option -- Learn about the
features and functionality of this new technology, the
benefits it offers the telecom industry, and how it
relates to standards.
* NMO Question & Answer
* Panel Discussion -- Includes participation by telecom
service and equipment providers, and system vendors.
* Closing Comments
Attendees are also invited to stay after the workshop
concludes to develop a working group forum, and discuss
future technologies needed by the industry.
Since seating is limited, we encourage you to pre-
register for the Telecommunications Workshop as soon as
possible through your company's primary OSF contact.
Please remember, the registration deadline to attend all
Member Meeting sessions, including the workshop, is May
2, 1994.
For more information about the workshop or arrangements
and content of any meeting sessions, please contact
Sharlene Hemp, at 617-621-8776; email hemp@osf.org; fax
617-621-0631.
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OSF/Motif Highlights - User Environment Technology
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Third OSF/Motif Release 2.0 Shapshot to Ship in May
This May, OSF will ship its third snapshot of OSF/Motif
R 2.0. If you have not already submitted your snapshot
license, you can still sign up for the snapshot program.
This snapshot includes new features and documentation,
as well as code corrections and bug fixes made since the
OSF/Motif 1.2 release. The focus of this snapshot is on
the CDE compatibility features and performance
enhancements, plus bug fixes resulting from the last two
snapshots and the External Test Program. Release 2.0
enhancements include extensibility that allows one to
write new widgets without access to source code, new
widgets, workspace management, virtual screen support in
mwm, single API for Cut*Paste, Drag&Drop and primary
transfer. This snapshot will build and run on three
OSF/Motif reference machines: HP 9000/700 running HP UX
9.01, using shared libraries; Sun Sparcstation 2 running
Sun OS 4.1.2, and an Intel 486 architecture system
running OSF/1 1.2.
New PSTs Underway for OSF/Motif & CDE
A number of OSF sponsors are preparing to sponsor the
coordinated evolution of the Common Desktop Environment
(CDE) and OSF/Motif(R) using the new Pre-Structured
Technology (PST) process of the Open Software
Foundation. This process allows OSF to evaluate and
accept various proposals from the industry for the
inclusion of new or follow-up releases of OSF
technologies.
The OSF/Motif 2.0 release will be completed this summer
as planned. After the release of OSF/Motif 2.0,
additional releases of OSF/Motif are expected to be
funded under the new PST project sponsor model.
These and related topics will be covered at the upcoming
UEC SIG and Member meetings
OSF Ships OSF/Motif Release 1.2.4
OSF shipped its patch release 1.2.4 of OSF/Motif on
April 1. If you are currently a support customer and
have not received your copy of the release, please
contact direct@osf.org. If you are not an OSF/Motif
Support customer and wish to obtain information on OSF's
support programs, you are invited to send email to
direct@osf.org.
OSF/Motif Release 1.2.4 contains source code addressing
bugs reported against versions through 1.2.3. All
together, approximately 240 bug fixes for Motif 1.2 are
included which resolves about 330 CRs. As with all patch
releases, files are included which define all of the CRs
closed, bug fixes and outstanding CRs at the time of
productization.
OSF/Motif 1.2.4 has been made 64-bit clean using the DEC
Alpha OSF/1 V 1.3 as the text platform. Reference
platforms for R 1.2.4 include the HP 9000/720 running
HP/UX 9.01 and an Intel 486 workstation running OSF/1 R
1.2. Since this is a general availability product
release, it has undergone the full quality assurance
cycle at OSF. This patch release requires one to already
have an existing OSF/Motif 1.2 source tree, updated with
the Motif 1.2.1, 1.2.2 and 1.2.3 patch releases.
OSF UEC SIG Meeting in Boston, May 10-11
(See SIG Update)
OSF/Motif at Uniforum
Last month in San Francisco, OSF hosted two booths, one
dedicated to the OSF DCE Showcase, and the other for the
OSF/1 and OSF/Motif showcase. OSF made several
announcements at the show regarding its new corporate
changes, additions of new sponsors, and the "PST"
(Prestructured Technology) process which will allow OSF
to broaden its ability in providing technologies under a
collaborative development process with OSF members and
contractors. The next releases of OSF/Motif and the CDE
are prime candidates for the PST process in 1994
following the completion of Motif 2.0. In fact, a PSTs
is in construction for these technologies with several
letters-of-intent already signed. If you'd like to know
more about the OSF/Motif and CDE PST, please send email
to betz@osf.org.
The show was well attended and many "conventioneers"
dropped by to see several OSF "guests" who were
demonstrating their OSF/Motif based product. IXI from
England demonstrated Wintif, which gives Motif
applications running on UNIX the appearance and behavior
of Microsoft Windows. AGE Logic exhibited Xofthost for
Windows NT. XoftHost for Windows NT is an OSF/Motif and
X Window System standard development environment for the
Microssoft Windows NT operating system that simplify
porting and developing X/Motif applications on Intel-
based PCs running Windows NT. Alsys demonstrated TeleUSE
Release 3.0 which provides an array of development tools
for interactively designing and building object-oriented
OSF/Motif GUI applications.
OSF/MOTIF At XWORLD
At the XWorld Conference in the Jacob Javits Center
(NYC), on April 25th and 26th, several OSFers will
preview the next release of OSF/Motif and the future
User Interface technology. Ellis Cohen, Principal
Architect for User Interface Technology, will be the
keynote speaker on Tuesday, April 26, from 11:00 to
12:00 and his presentation is entitled, "Future User
Interface Technology." On April 25th at 2:00 p.m., Jim
Fournier, Motif Development Manager for User Interface
Technology, and Darrell Crow, Technology Manager for
User Environment Technologies, will provide a preview
of the next release of OSF/Motif. Darrell will provide
the overall high-level view of OSF/Motif Rel 2.0 and Jim
will provide the technical details and how one can
exploit the best of Motif 2.0 for their applications. On
Tuesday, April 26, Kamesh Ramarkrishna, Architect for
the OSF/Motif GUI Toolkit, will speak on "Advanced
Development Topics With OSF/Motif 2.0." OSF will also be
presenting at the June Xhibition '94 Conference in San
Jose, CA.
OSF/Motif at May Member Meeting in Brussels
As you make your plans to attend the May Member Meeting,
be sure to attend the OSF/Motif Track on Wed., May 25.
Sessions include:
11:15 - 12:30 User Environment Futures, Cathy Betz
1:30 - 3:00 Preview of OSF/Motif 2.0, Darrell Crow,
Jim Fournier
3:30 - 4:30 Taking Advantage of /OSFMotif in CDE
Environment
Vania Joloboff, Jim Fournier
4:30 - 5:30 OSF/Motif Licensing FOCUS Group, Cathy Betz.
MOTIF Calendar of Events
XWorld Apr 25-28 New York City, NY
OSF/Motif SIG Meeting May 10-11 Boston, MA
OSF Member Meeting May 24-26 Brussels, Belgium
XHibition June 22-24 San Jose, CA
OSF Super Sig Week Nov. 7-11 Boston, MA
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OSF/1 Highlights
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The Systems Engineering Group of the Open Software
Foundation is pleased to announce the release of OSF/1 v
1.2.2, a collection of defect repairs made against the
OSF/1 v 1.2 integrated kernal code base.
This release contains over 150 repairs to defects
reported against 1.2 or found and repaired in the micro-
kernal based version 1.3. Thirty six of these repairs
were made to the kernel itself, including resolution
NFS, UFS and process locking issues.
The release also includes significant I18N improvements,
for better XPG4 conformance, regular expression
evaluation, and improved locale support.
OSF/1 v 1.2.1 has passed XPG4, the I18N tests, SVVS,
PCTS, VSE and PTS to the same level or better as the
original 1.2 release.
This release is available to all OSF/1 Software Support
customer as of April 5. It is available electronically,
through AFS, or by tape on request.
If you are not an OSF/1 support customer and wish to
obtain information on OSF's support programs, please
contact OSF Direct @ 617-621-7300 or send email to
direct@osf.org.
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OSF Meeting and Events Previews
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Member Meeting--May 24-26, Brussels, Belgium
Join the community of OSF members in the evolution of
the work of the Open Software Foundation at its twelfth
Member Meeting in Brussels. This is an opportunity for
both new members and existing members to learn about
your role in the revitalized Open Software Foundation.
You'll also hear from the new executive sponsors in a
special open mic panel session designed to clarify the
recent changes and updates in OSF's operational model
and technology processes.
This year's Member Meeting offers a rich and diversified
program that will help you capitalize on the progressive
technology strategies being adopted by future-thinking
organizations. You will hear from world-renowned experts
experienced in implementing distributed open computing
environments.
Guest Speakers:
-Mr. Michael J. Earl, author of the recent bestseller
Management Strategies for Information Technology, and
Professor at the London Business School, is widely
regarded as Europe's leading authority on the problems
of planning and managing business-led information
systems.
-Mr. Walter De Backer--Senior Advisor-DG Xlll,
Commission of the European Communities, will discuss how
distributed open systems have evolved and the role they
should play in the future of IT.
Sessions of Special Interest
-The New OSF--an interactive discussion with the OSF
Board of Directors, on the most recent evolution in
OSF's business and technology strategies.
-End User Forum--this strong user coalition continues to
work in close partnership with OSF management. The Forum
Chair will address members in a general session.
Interactive sessions during the member meeting will
continue the work of the User Forum
-The OSF Research Institute will discuss recent progress
on Esprit GLUE project, DEPLOY, DRA and Mosaic.
- Leading in an era of change - a panel of leading
industry organizations will help you understand the
significance of current projects underway to promote
open systems and computer interoperability, and a vision
of how they will be deployed for productivity and
profitability in distributed organizations.
- Telecommunications workshop - an opportunity for
telecom members to discuss their requirements and to
gain insight into the DME Network Management Option.
Over 35 sessions provide three full days of interactive
discussions on business and technology updates. Make and
renew acquaintance with industry colleagues and
contribute a significant role to the OSF OPEN PROCESS.
REGISTRATION:
**Registration packages were sent to all OSF primary,
technical and business contacts. Please contact your
primary OSF contact to coordinate your attendance and
use of the reserved registration slots. If you have
questions about your organization's status on the
reserved registrant policy, or to receive a registration
package, please contact Sharlene Hemp at 617-621-8776,
hemp@osf.org
**DEADLINE FOR MEMBER MEETING REGISTRATION IS MAY 2,
1994**
Make your hotel reservations directly with the Conrad
hotel, by calling +32 2 542 4800 or via fax: +32 2 542
4200. The nightly room rate is BEF 8500. This is one of
Brussels' most popular hotels. We suggest you reserve
early to ensure space.
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Networld+Interop Las Vegas
At Networld+Interop 94 in Las Vegas May 4-6, OSF will
showcase products that have achieved DCE certification
as well as platforms that are still completing the
certification process. The DCE Certification seal will
help users identify those DCE products that have been
proven to interoperate. Users will look for the seal to
be assured that they specify products that meet OSF's
criteria for system interoperability.
The OSF Showcase (Booth #632 in North Hall) is our
largest ever, 40'x50', with demonstrations of OSF DCE
and DME Services and DME NMO. There will be over 20
demonstrations of DCE applications and tools in the
showcase on a variety of platforms from different
vendors, including:
AT&T GIS
Digital Equipment Corp.
Gradient Corp.
Groupe Bull
HaL Computer Systems
Hewlett-Packard
Kapsch
Open Environment Corp.
Oracle Corp.
Pyramid Technology
SCO
Transarc Corp.
Stop by the OSF Showcase and see these exciting
demonstrations. If you would like to receive a free pass
to the Networld+Interop exhibits and keynote sessions,
compliments of OSF, please contact OSF Direct at
direct@osf.org or 617-621-7300.
Don't miss the special session, Testing for DCE
Interoperability, given by Ram Kumar, DCE Business Area
Manager on Thursday, May 5, 12:15pm - 1:15pm at the Las
Vegas Hilton in Pavilion 4.
OSF will also be hosting a BOF session on May 5th for
XMP users to discuss issues with using CMP and ideas for
improving tools and services for use with XMP. XMP is
the X/Open Common Management API and it provides a
standard programming interface for accessing SNMP and
CMIP protocol stacks.
See DCE/MAN SIG news for notice of mini-SIG meeting at
Interop.
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OSF Standards Coordinating Committee (SCC)
The next meeting of the OSF Standards Coordinating
Committee will be 18 May 1994 at OSF in Cambridge, Mass.
in the Board Room on the 4th floor. The meeting will
start at 9 am with coffee and pastries from 8:30 to 9.
The main topic for the meeting will be Convergence
(between the Internet and OSI protocol suites). Richard
des Jardin of NASA and a member of the Federal
Internetworking Requirements Panel (FIRP) will discuss
the significance of Convergence with us. A draft agenda
for the meeting will be sent out in advance of the
meeting.
Please RSVP so we can provide adequate seating and food.
For those members requiring overnight accommodation, the
Cambridge Marriott is the closest hotel. Their OSF rate
is $130 (single or double) per night. A block of rooms
has been set aside and will be held until 26 April. Call
them at (617) 494-6600 for reservations (refer to OSF to
get this rate).
If you have any questions about the meeting, how to get
here, or where to stay, please call Henry Lowe, SCC
Chair at (617) 621-8783 or send e-mail to lowe@osf.org.
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End User Forum Activity
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In March, the End User Steering Committee hosted a
regional end user meeting in San Francisco with OSF
restructuring and object oriented frameworks the two
major topics. Also in March, the OSF Board of Directors
elected Joseph de Feo, CIO of Barclay's Bank, the end
user board representative. Joseph will replace Mike
Johnson, who retired as CIO of Unilever last year and
will be officially retiring from the OSF Board at the
next meeting of the Board in May.
The member meeting is our next major event. Preceeding
the member meeting, End User Steering Committee will
hold a strategic planning session. Details of this
planning session will be reported to the membership at
the member meeting.
More details on the end user activities during the
member meeting will be distributed shortly. The end user
sessions will focus on OSF's restructured processes,
feeding in end user requirements, and user
representation on the architecture planning council and
project steering committees.
If you would like more information about OSF end user
activities, contact Ted Hanss, Chair, OSF End User
Steering Committee, via email: ted@umich.edu, voice: +1
313 763-6185, or fax: +1 313 763-4434.
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New Member Highlight
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NIPPON STEEL Co. Ltd. joins OSF
Nippon Steel, the leading steel manufacturer in Japan,
has been taking full advantage of information technology
with a large number of computers installed internally.
Since 1987, Nippon Steel has provided its IT capability
to users outside of the company as a systems integrator
withsome 5,000 software engineers. The company maintains
a close relationship with various vendors such as IBM,
Hitachi, SUN and Oracle.
Nippon Steel's strong wish to be an advanced integrator
based on open system technology led it to join OSF. The
company will seek vendor-neutral solutions in a
distributed systems area as an active member of the
organization.
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OSF SIG News
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DCE/MAN SIG:
The DCE and MAN SIGs, recently combined, have newly
elected Peter Oleinick of Transarc as the Chair. The SIG
met in Santa Cruz on March 21-22.The next meeting of the
DCE/MAN SIG has tentatively been scheduled for July
14/15 at OSF, Cambridge.
There will be a mini-meeting of the DCE/MAN SIG at the
Networld/Interop Conference in Las Vegas on May 4, 1994
from 2:00 - 5:00.
Richard Wilke, a representative from the DCE PSC, will
present an overview of how the Project Steering
Committee (PSC) works, its responsibilities, and who is
on the PSC. In addition, a who, what and when preview of
the proposed contents for the 1.2 release of DCE will be
presented. This meeting is on short notice so that we
may provide input into this project.
Following the PSC presentation at Las Vegas, meeting
notes will be posted to the sig-dce@osf bboard for
general discussion. Companies who wish to provide more
complete input to the PSC may do so in the form of a
short memo. David Lounsbury of OSF has agreed to be the
collection point for these memos to the PSC.Please send
memos directly to him at:
David Lounsbury,Open Software Foundation,11 Cambridge
Center,Cambridge, MA 02141,davel@osf.org,617-621-8791,
617-621-0631 fax.
Peter Oleinick
Transarc Corporation
Chair, DCE/DME SIG
pno@transarc.com
Security SIG:
OSF Security SIG Meeting -- April 5-7, 1994 -- The
following is an 'Executive Summary' of the OSF Security
SIG meeting at Hewlett-Packard in Cupertino, California.
Over 55 people attended the meeting representing OSF,
vendors, end-users, and invited guests.
This was the first Security SIG to be attended by more
end-users than vendors and/or suppliers. This trend was
applauded as a growing understanding of the importance
of information security in today's business environment.
Companies and organizations attending included:
OpenVision, Bellcore, J.P. Morgan, Tandem, Secure
Computing Corp, Lawrence Livermore Labs, OSF, Penn State
Univ, Queensland University (Australia), 4th Dimension
Software, Hughes, DEC, Barclays Bank, The ASK Group,
Intel, Pyramid, Charles Schwab, Bell Northern Research,
Security Dynamics, Citicorp, EDS, SCO, AT&T, CERT,
Pacific Bell, Oracle, Informix, NCR, Bull, IBM, and
Hewlett-Packard.
The major items of discussion during the OSF Security
SIG meeting included:
1) Clarification of the RFC 8.1 security requirements
that voting indicated were not well understood along
with definition of a new voting procedure to help
prioritize all of the RFC 8.1 requirements.
2) An update on the IETF work on GSS-API.
3) Integration of token cards and smart cards into the
DCE authentication process.
4) Development of a set of applications that require the
use of public key cryptographic technologies and
requirement for integration of public key technologies
into DCE.
5) Development of guidelines for integrating DCE login
into the login provided by a hosts native operating
system.
6) The OSF restructuring and its impact on the OSF
business and development model.
7) Review of the Object Management Group's (OMG)
security whitepaper on security in the CORBA
architecture.
8) Review of CERT's current activities and future
directions.
9) End user security requirements presentations from
Pacific Bell and J. P. Morgan.
10) Discussions on the integration of DCE security into
DBMSs.
Detailed minutes of the meeting are available upon
request.
The next Security SIG meeting will be in August and will
be held in Europe. The exact dates and location have not
been finalized.
We are pleased with the growing interest in Information
Security. If you are interested in Information Security
you are welcome to attend any of the OSF Security SIG
meetings. The only requirement is that your company/
organization is a member of OSF. We look forward to
seeing you at the next OSF Security SIG meeting!
Let us know if you have any questions, comments, or
suggestions.
Jim Schindler Charles Blauner
Hewlett-Packard Bellcore
CO-CHAIRS
OSF Security SIG
UEC SIG
Please plan to attend a User Environment Component
Special Interest Group meeting May 10-11 at the Open
Software Foundation in Cambridge, MA. Meetings will
begin each day at 8:30 am. Reply via e-mail, fax, or
phone to acknowledge your attendance. We are expecting a
significant number of attendees, so please assist us by
responding with your attendance plans to Darrell Crow.
Also, indicate which of the working groups you'd like to
attend on Wednesday, May 11. If you wish an agenda,
please send email to burrage@osf.org
Topics to be covered.
Motif Rel 2.0 Status
CDE Impact
Rel. 2.0 Beta progress
New OSF Business Model
Implications of the new business model to the UEC The
PST (Pre-structured technology) process CDE and Motif
Evolution input from membership Future Charter for UEC
SIG
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OSF Customer Services
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CUSTOMER SERVICE information - Education, Professional
Services, Documentation, and Engineering Services - is
now featured in a separate electronic delivery: The
Customer Service NewsLetter. This newsletter will be
sent to you electronically on Tuesday, April 26th. If
you have any Customer Service questions in the meantime,
please feel free to contact Natalie Tarbet. Phone 617-
8762 or Email: tarbet@osf.org.
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Other OSF News
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Job Fair Announcement
OSF members are specially invited to participate in an
exciting new program that would enable you to add OSF
expertise to your internal staff.
As you may have seen in recent industry press articles,
OSF has begun a program of changes to expand its
industry participation and update its business model.
Our efforts to expand industry participation have
already paid off, with our sponsorship having increased
considerably and further growth anticipated. Almost all
of the major open systems vendors are now OSF sponsors.
To increase our operational efficiency and enable a
greater number of concurrent technology projects, we are
moving to a project-oriented, out-sourcing business
model. This is a gradual transition in which each of our
existing technologies will transition to the new model
upon reaching its next major milestone point. The
transition will be completed by year end.
As we move to the new out-sourcing model, many talented
and highly skilled OSF engineering, operations and
administrative staff will be freed up and available for
new opportunities in the industry. Among those that will
become available over the next six months are
experienced technology architects and developers;
quality assurance, documentation, release and
integration engineers; marketers and writers
with expertise in OSF/Motif, OSF/1, DCE and DME.
To facilitate their ability to identify and move on to
new positions, OSF is hosting a series of Outplacement
Job Fairs at the OSF headquarters in Cambridge. As a
member of OSF, we are inviting you to participate in the
Job Fairs program, beginning on April 28, 1994. This is
an *excellent* opportunity for you to take advantage of
this pool of available talent and expertise to augment
your existing staff.
The Job Fairs program should be viewed as analogous to a
traditional college recruiting effort with delayed
availability, since the majority of our employees are
committed to completing current projects. Projects are
scheduled for completion in the June-July, September,
and December timeframes. As a condition of accepting our
invitation to participate, we must ask that you respect
our commitment to completing these projects. Each
employee is already aware of his/her availability date,
and will work with you on that
basis.
We are planning a series of Job Fair events, however,
space is limited. Therefore, we will follow the
following guidelines:
1. All sponsors and members of OSF are invited to
participate in any or all of the events.
2. Scheduled event dates will be announced via e-mail,
with the first being April 28, 1994. Interested
participants should respond to etchings@osf.org. Please
include an e-mail address to which employees may forward
resumes prior to the event.
3. We can accommodate 15 companies per event.
Reservations will be awarded on a first-come, first-
served basis.
4. Once the 15 participants are identified, we will
publish the appropriate contact information internally
to the OSF staff. Employees will act independently to
forward resumes and schedule meetings during the on-site
activities.
Additional information concerning the specifics of the
April 28 event will be published as soon as possible. If
you have any questions regarding the format or require
additional support, please feel free to contact Phil
Sheerin at (617)-621-8788, or FAX to (617)-621-8781, or
e-mail to sheerin@osf.org.
We greatly appreciate your support, and encourage your
participation in this unique and exciting Job Fairs
program.
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OSF Calendar of 1994 Major Events
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Members interested in learning more about OSF
technologies should check the OSF Calendar for
local events featuring OSF presentations. Below is a
listing of events, activities, and presentations where
you can hear more about OSF.
1994
April
April 11-22 OSF I-Fest
Interoperability certification
event, Cambridge, MA
April 18 OSF Developers Symposium
Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
April 19-21 Distributed Computing World/
Client/Server Developers Conference
Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
April 19-21 Unix Reseller Show & Conference
Dallas, Texas
April 19-21 Networks Expo
San Francisco, CA
DME
April 21-22 Spring OSF Research Institute Symposium
Cambridge Marriott
April 25-27 X World
New York
Motif
May
May 2-6 Networld + Interop 94
Las Vegas Convention Center
May 2-5 Supercomm ICC '94
Ernest N. Morial Conv. Ctr.
New Orleans, LA
May 4 Mini-meeting of DCE/MAN SIG
at Interop, Las Vegas
May 5 BoF Session, Interop, Las Vegas
re: XMP (see bottom page 9)
May 9-13 DECUS
New Orleans, LA
4 DCE sessions
May 10-11 UEC SIG
OSF Cambridge, MA
May 17-20 Business Show (JAPAN)
OSF DCE demo showcase
May 18 OSF Standards Coordination Committee
OSF Cambridge, MA
May 20 WADCUG Meeting
Landover, MD
May 23-26 COMDEX Spring
Atlanta, GA
May 24-26 OSF Member Meeting
Brussels, Belgium
May 22-26 ICA ComNet Dallas
May 30 - AIC Conference
June 1 Singapore
June 6-10 NetWorld + Interop 94 - Berlin
June 8-10 Enterprise
Boston, MA
June 8-10 Focus '94
Copenhagen, Denmark
June 15-17 Supercomputing Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
June 20-24 Xhibition
San Jose, CA
June 27-28 SDNE
Prague
June 30 OSF Japan Symposium
Tokyo
July
July 14-15 DCE/MAN SIG at OSF, Cambridge-tentative
July 27-29 Networld+Interop Japan
OSF DCE demo showcase
September
September 7-14 AIIA and AUUG
Australia
The Open Software Foundation is a not-for-profit research
and development organization headquartered in Cambridge,
Massachusetts with more than 400 members worldwide.
Copyright 1994, Open Software Foundation, Inc. All
rights reserved. OSF, OSF/1, OSF/Motif, Motif and Open
Software Foundation are trademarks of Open Software
Foundation, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX
Systems Laboratories in the United States and other
countries. X Window System is a trademark of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIPS is a
registered trademark of MIPS Computer Systems. Intel
80386 is a trademark of Intel Corporation. MS-DOS is a
registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Marcie Becker, Editor OSF Electronic Bulletin
Open Software Foundation email: newsnug@osf.org
11 Cambridge Center phone: 617-621-8700
Cambridge, MA 02142 USA fax: 617-621-0631
Send comments to the editor to:
newsnug@osf.org
The OSF Electronic Bulletin is sent monthly to the OSF
primary, technical, public relations, business, SIG
participants and other member contacts for whom we have
e-mail addresses on file. Members who wish to be
included on the electronic mailing list, and contacts who
want to change or update their email address on the OSF
Electronic Bulletin mailing list, should contact:
bulletin-request@osf.org
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