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OSF Electronic Bulletin
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Search for these topics inside this issue:
* Executive Summary
- key highlights from this month's Bulletin
* OSF in the Press
- DME Network Management Option (NMO) Pricing
- General Availability of the DME NMO 1.0
- General Availability of OSF/1 1.3
* OSF End User Forum news
* Technology news nuggets:
- Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
- Novell Announces Plans for DCE Support
- DCE Developers Conference in Boston, August 29-31
- Washington Area DCE Users Group (WADCUG)
- Distributed Management Environment (DME)
- DME Network Management Option (NMO) 1.0 General
Availability (GA)
- Telecommunications Workshop
- Telecommunications PST Meeting
- OSF/Motif graphical user interface
- Motif 2.0 GA (includes pricing)
- 3rd Motif Release 2.0 Snapshot Shipped
- Motif Calendar of Events
- OSF/1
- OSF/1 Release 1.3 Available
- Update on the Calvin Project
- Possible Future PSTs
* OSF Research Institute Advanced Development:
- Microkernel
- OSF Research Institute (RI) to Develop
Microkernel Test Suite
- OSF Research Institute Advances Microkernel
Performance Characteristics
- High Performance Computing Contracts
- Architecture Neutral Distribution Format (ANDF)
- ANDF Academic Research Distribution Contract
- ANDF Research Kit
- ANDF Information and Documentation
- Internet Computing Program
* OSF Meeting and Events
- Member Meeting Presentation Materials
- Motif 2.0 Preview at Xhibition
* SIG news nuggets: News from OSF's Special Interest
Groups
- DCE/MAN
- Security
- Internationalization
- UEC
* Customer Services
* OSF Calendar of 1994 Major 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 5. June, 1994
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Executive Summary
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* OSF held its twelfth Members Meeting on May 24 - 26,
1994. This meeting marked several "firsts" for OSF: this
was our first Members Meeting held in Brussels, and also
the first Members Meeting since the expansion of OSF's
sponsor ranks and the introduction of OSF's new
organizational structure and business model, as
announced this past March.
In fact, the new organizational structure, business
model and technology processes were a primary focus of
the meeting. The first day's plenary agenda featured a
panel in which OSF CEO David Tory and Larry Weber of
SunSoft explained OSF's new operational structure, and,
with representatives of OSF's End User Forum Steering
Committee and OSF's executive sponsors, including AT&T
Global Information Solutions, Digital, Fujitsu, Hewlett
Packard, Hitachi, IBM, and Novell, answered members'
questions about the changes being implemented at OSF.
Some other areas of keen interest among attending
members were the progress of DCE, relative to both
product availability and deployment, and the activities
of the international End User Forum. These topics
were addressed in a variety of updates and well-
attended, interactive discussion sessions during the
three days of the meeting.
Over 60 member organizations from more than a dozen
countries worldwide were represented by the 240+ meeting
attendees. A sizeable percentage of the attendees came
from Europe, and many attendees were participating in
an OSF member meeting for the first time. Response to
the meeting from member attendees was very positive.
Member companies who were not able to participate in the
Brussels meeting will be receiving a full kit of the
meeting hand-out materials within the next few weeks. We
encourage all members to distribute member meeting
materials freely within your own organizations.
Many thanks to all of you who participated for helping
to make this a very successful meeting. We hope to see
all of you, as well as those of you who weren't able to
join us this year, at the next Annual OSF Members
Meeting!
* The End User Forum and Steering Committee had
considerable visibility at the recent Brussels member
meeting, and formalized the evolving role of the user
constituency in the new organization and process of OSF,
including representation on development and review
committees and interaction with the Board of Directors
and OSF management.
* DME NMO Release 1.0 Available for Licensing
In May, OSF Announced the pricing and packaging along
with the general availability of the DME NMO. The NMO
is the second component of DME and provides a common,
vendor-neutral platform for developing network
management applications that can access information
using standard network management protocols. The
underlying technologies that were selected by OSF come
from Bull S.A., Hewlett-Packard, and Siemens Nixdorf
Informationssysteme. Press releases in their entirety
follow.
* OSF/1 Release 1.3 Available for Licensing
On June 15, 1994, OSF announced the general availability
of Release 1.3 of the OSF/1 Operating System. This
release is based on MACH 3.0 Micro-kernel and the OSF
Research Institutes work on Micro-kernel technology.
This release is conformant with the current draft of
Specification 1170, which is being considered for
standardization in X/Open's Fast Track process. New
features in this release include: a Data Capture
Interface (DCI), Common Data Link Interface (CDLI),
support of ISO 10646 and 64 -bit support.
* Motif Release 2.0 to be Announced at Xhibition
On June 21, 1994, OSF will announce the general
availability of Motif 2.0. This release, the most
extensive offering of features since Motif 1.0 was
introduced five years ago. Pricing for OSF/Motif
remains the same as Motif 1.2 with some additional cost-
saving options available.
* In a Computerworld article, dated May 23, 1994: Bill
Mason, Senior Manager of Business Development, was
quoted as saying that Novell intends "to provide DCE
support for UnixWare by the end of this year and for
NetWare 4.1 by the end of 1995."
* OSF DCE Developers Conference will be held in Boston,
MA on August 29-31 that will address the needs of
developers of DCE. The conference will include guest
speakers, special one-day seminars and a solutions
showcase which features hands-on demonstrations of DCE-
based products. To register, please call 1-800-767-
2336. For international requests, please call 508-474-
9258 and for exhibitor information please call 508-470-
3870.
* The Second International World-Wide Web (WWW)
Conference '94: Mosaic and the Web will be held at the
Ramada-Congress Hotel, Chicago, IL, on October 17-20.
For information, please contact, Barbara A. Kucera
(bkucera@void.ncsa.uiuc.edu) at 217-244-0131. Please
direct any inquiries about registration to Sandy
Caldwell (well@osf.org) at (617) 621-7439.
* Member Survey Summary Available Now
The comprehensive summary of results of the 1993
Technology and Services Survey is now available to
members. The Summary was distributed at the Member
Meeting in Brussels on May 24-26 and will also be mailed
to primary contacts who were not able to attend the
meeting. If you would like a copy of the Summary, please
send email to direct@osf.org or call 617-621-7300.
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OSF in the Press
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OSF Announces DME Network Management Option Pricing --
Pricing options set to encourage widespread adoption
LAS VEGAS, NV May 4, 1994 Q The Open Software Foundation
today announced the pricing for the OSF Distributed
Management Environment's (DME) Network Management Option
(NMO). The NMO is the second component of DME. DME
Services were shipped late last year.
DME NMO provides a common, vendor-neutral platform for
developing network management applications that can
access information using standard network management
protocols. It incorporates technology developed by
Groupe Bull, Hewlett-Packard and Siemens Nixdorf
Information Systems.
X/Open's Management Protocol (XMP) is provided as a
standard, portable application programming interface
(API) to access industry protocols, such as the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and the Common
Management Information Protocol (CMIP) for network
management. The NMO technology can be easily integrated
into existing network management frameworks to provide
interoperable and consistent implementations of XMP,
SNMP, and CMIP. NMO is not a replacement for existing
frameworks, but a technology that can be used to enhance
these frameworks.
"Our pricing structure is created to encourage
widespread adoption of the technology by accommodating a
variety of vendors from the largest system suppliers to
the small software vendors," said Peter Shaw, Director
of Business Development at OSF. "The NMO is a key
technology that meets a very real user need for managing
distributed environments."
The pricing and packaging for the NMO adheres to the
existing DME Services and Distributed Computing
Environment (DCE) technology pricing models. The
options and fees are listed below.
% Source code distribution is available in two forms:
Full distribution license allows use of DME NMO
source code for productization for commercial
shipment of binary (object code executable) copies
Limited distribution license allows use of DME NMO
for in-house development.
Software Source Code Fees Commercial Educational
for DME NMO Licenses Licenses
Full Distribution Rights:
Initial CPU Source License
(3 copies) $120,000 NA
Addtl. CPU Source License
(royalty copy) $2,000 NA
Addtl. CPU Source License
(royalty copy/OSF ships) $3,000 NA
Limited Distribution Rights:
Initial CPU Source License $12,000 NA
Addtl. CPU Source License
(royalty copy) $2,000 NA
Addtl. CPU Source License
(royalty copy/OSF ships) $3,000 NA
Upgrade to Full Distribution
Rights $120,000 NA
University Site License: NA $2,500
Upgrade to Commercial
Site License: $40,000 NA
% Object code pricing and packaging offers the
following options: Manager and Agent Applications
and an Annual Buyout Fee per Operating System.
Object Code Fees Options:
OSF DME NMO Manager and Agent Applications
Price
Manager Application* $150.00
Agent Application $1.50
* Manager Applications are responsible for: (i)
receiving and displaying status information regarding
hardware and software; (ii) directing agent applications
to perform a particular task; and (iii) monitoring the
status of the software and hardware in the network. All
others, including proxy agents, are considered Agent
Applications.
Annual Object Code Buyout Fee Per Operating System --
Full Distribution Rights Licensees Only
Price
Unlimited Copies per year for DME NMO 1.0
on a Single Operating System* $60,000.00
* This option applies to DME NMO 1.0, Option A, for the
Manager and Agent Applications, when shipped along with
a "Single Operating System" as defined in the attached
price list under Option C .
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OSF Announces General Availability
of DME Network Management Option 1.0
The Open Software Foundation has announced the general
availability of its Distributed Management Environment
(DME) Network Management Option (NMO) 1.0 technology.
The second component of DME, the NMO provides a common,
vendor-neutral platform to access network management
services.
The NMO provides technology for applications that need
to access the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
and the Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) to
manage network devices. It consists of the XMP
application programming interface (API) which has been
standardized by X/Open, as well as other communication
tools. The NMO is a valuable enhancement to existing
network management frameworks and can be easily
integrated.
"We congratulate OSF on delivery of the NMO," stated
Bruce Murrill, Technical Director of the Network
Management Forum. "The NMO code will help product
developers implement an OMNIPoint Communications
Platform and give users a greater likelihood of
interoperability between systems, and portability of
applications."
The underlying technologies that were selected by OSF
come from Bull S.A. (Bull), Hewlett-Packard (HP), and
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme (SNI). Bull, a
major technology provider, was chosen as the prime
integrator for NMO and also supplied the XMP technology.
According to Integrated System Management (ISM) Product
Line Director, Jean-Marie Leduc, "Bull fully supports
the OSF announcement as NMO will speed up the
development of portable, interoperable management
solutions. Our ISM already includes the necessary
capabilities to enable the smooth integration of NMO."
"The technology found in the NMO is used in the OpenView
Distributed Management Platform Version 4.0 and is a
high priority with many OpenView customers, particularly
those in the telecommunications industry," said Robert
Hoog, general manager of HP's Network and System
Management Division. "We applaud OSF's success in
delivering this crucial enabling technology."
SNI did the engineering work necessary to integrate the
CMIP support with the OSI upper layers and the X.500
Naming Service from OSF's Distributed Computing
Environment (DCE). "SNI understands the need for a
common management capability across vendor platforms and
supports OSF in the introduction of the NMO technology
designed to address this need," said Dr. Joerg
Gonschorek, Director of SNI's department for Network and
Systems Management.
The DME NMO 1.0 source code may be licensed for
$120,000, which allows full distribution for binary
products. There is also a limited distribution license
option which is intended for internal use only,
available for $12,000.
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OSF Announces the Availability of
Micro-kernel Based OSF/1 Operating System
CAMBRIDGE, MA June 15, 1994 -- The Open Software
Foundation today announced the availability of Release
1.3 of the OSF/1 Operating System, the next generation
of standards-based micro-kernel operating system
technology. This release is conformant with the current
draft of Specification 1170, which is being considered
for standardization in X/Open's Fast Track process.
"This is a major step forward in the evolution of
commercially available, open operating system
technology," according to Susan Kegel, Director of OSF/1
Technology. "The advantage of the micro-kernel design
is that the operating system is more scalable, flexible,
portable, and maintainable than traditional integrated
kernel operating systems."
For the past several years, OSF has been working,
together with its Research Institute, on advanced
research and development of the micro-kernel technology,
isolating the essential core components of the kernel
and placing them in the most privileged state of the
computer. The remainder of the system, also known as the
operating system 'personality', now runs as an
application in non-privileged user space.
Ira Goldstein, Vice President of the OSF Research
Institute, points out that, "As the industry evolves to
more sophisticated hardware designs, the micro-kernel
technology provides simplicity and cost efficiencies
for manufacturers to develop scalable, standards-based,
open operating systems."
"With this in mind, the OSF Research Institute is
working on the evolution of the micro-kernel to address
massively parallel systems, cluster technology, real-
time environments, trusted computing, and multiple
operating system personalities," continued Goldstein.
The micro-kernel based system retains approximately 97%
of the code comprising the OSF/1 commands and libraries
and the traditional UNIX services. In addition, OSF/1
Release 1.3 retains its strong adherence to industry
standards such as X/Open, POSIX and ANSI.
New features added in OSF/1 Release 1.3 include a Data
Capture Interface (DCI), Common Data Link Interface
(CDLI) and 64-bit support.
The Data Capture Interface is an enabling technology
which provides a framework for gathering information on
system performance. This framework can be used by
applications and tools that use system performance
information for system tuning, capacity planning, and
system management. System vendors and ISVs need only
develop front end applications to use DCI, which is also
under consideration for standardization by X/Open.
CDLI is a kernel interface for network device drivers,
the system level code that manages and controls the
system's interaction with it's devices, such as disk
drives, printers, and CD-ROMs. CDLI allows for
device and resource sharing, code commonalty and code
and device driver porting, and has received the
unanimous endorsement of the OSF networking special
interest group.
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End User Forum Activity
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The End User Forum Steering Committee met in a strategy
planning session for the two days prior to the Members
Meeting to discuss the current state of the OSF
restructuring and action plans for 1994. We will
distribute minutes from that session shortly. Topics
covered in the strategy session included how to recruit
end user representation on the new Project Steering
Committees for each OSF technology, how to provide a
more structured requirements gathering process for the
Project Steering Committees and the new Architecture
Planning Council, and how to increase communication both
within the end user membership and with other OSF
constituencies.
The Member Meeting itself was seen as the launch of the
restructured OSF processes. A survey distributed by the
Steering Committee at the meeting indicated positive
feedback about the announced changes. End users
responded that they feel the changes should bring about
greater industry cooperation and deliver business
benefit. One of the high points of the meeting was the
end user presentations on implementing DCE. End Users
have certainly moved from the "what is it?" phase to
"here's how it works for us". The content and
interactions in those sessions were valued highly.
Upcoming plans include a Regional End User Forum on the
30th of June in Tokyo, discussions with X/Open's User
Council on jointly sponsored activities, a communication
campaign to articulate open systems imperatives to end
users and vendors alike, and interaction with the new
vendor board members to get a better understanding of
their planned involvement in the restructured OSF.
To strengthen the communication between end users and
the OSF Board of Directors, Ted Hanss was elected at the
last OSF Board meeting to be the alternate At-large
Director. Ted joins the At-large Director, Joseph De
Feo, CIO of Barclays Bank, in representing the end user
voice at OSF board meetings.
Any comments or questions should be directed to Ted
Hanss, Chair, End User Forum Steering Committee at
ted@umich.edu (phone: +1 313 763-6185, FAX: +1 313 763-
4434).
Reminder: Please register your email address with Jane
Smeloff (jane@osf.org) in order to get mailings to the
end user membership. We want to get that mailing list to
a critical mass so we can begin to use it more
effectively.
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Technology News Nuggets
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Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) Technology
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Novell States their Intentions for DCE Support
In a Computerworld article, dated May 23, 1994: Bill
Mason, Senior Manager of Business Development, was
quoted as saying that Novell intends "to provide DCE
support for UnixWare by the end of this year and for
NetWare 4.1 by the end of 1995." Novell's decision,
according to Mason, is in response to strong customer
requests.
Bill Mason went on to say the compliance plans are in
the works to allow the following:
"- applications on Novell servers to communicate with
other applications via DCE RPCs
- companies will be able to implement a single
authentication system across Novell and other DCE-
Compliant platforms based on OSF's Kerberos-based
security specification
- applications and users will be able to access
resources transparently across NetWare Directory
Services (NDS) as in DCE version of X.500."
DCE Developers Conference Scheduled for August 29 - 31
in Boston
OSF announces a new conference to address the needs of
developers of DCE. The OSF DCE Developers Conference,
organized by DCI, will be held in Boston, MA on August
29-31, 1994. Whether you are a new or experienced DCE
user, developer or vendor, this skill-building event is
one you and members of your organization should not
miss.
Featured Speakers Include:
- Roger Gourd, OSF
- John Rymer, Patricia Seybold Group
- Alfred Spector, Transarc
- Jonathan Chinitz, IntelliSoft
- Art Olbert, IBM
The conference includes:
* One Day Special Seminars:
- Introduction to Developing Distributed
Applications Using OSF DCE
- OSF DCE Features and Functionality
- The Strategic Advantage of DCE
- Writing and ACL Manager
* A Solutions Showcase which features hands-on
demonstrations of DCE-based products. Participating
companies will display their products' capabilities to
interoperate over a wide rang of diverse computing
environments. The Solutions Showcase will feature:
- AT&T Global Information Solutions
- Bull Information Systems
- Digital Equipment Corp.
- Gradient Technologies, Inc.
- HaL Computer Systems
- Hewlett-Packard
- IBM Corporation
- Open Environment Corp
- SunSoft Corp.
- Transarc Corp.
* The Main Event: three day conference tracks for DCE
Technology, DCE Deployment, DCE Success Stories, and
DCE Product/Tools.
The conference includes a FREE book offer to all
attendees, OSF DCE: Guide to Developing Distributed
Applications, signed by the author, Harold W. Lockhart,
Jr. Register and make payment by July 15, 1994 and you
will receive the book prior to the conference so that
you can be better prepared for your continuing education
on the DCE.
How to Register
Please contact DCI for a brochure, which covers the full
three day conference and contains registration
information. Make your responses to Compuserve Account
Number: 74511.1606@compuserve.com. Use the priority
code DHCQMOO in your subject line for best service.
DCI will send this brochure via USMail, so be sure to
include your conventional mailing address. Please
include your telephone and fax number, to be kept up to
date about last minute speaker additions as well as a
free reception that will take place during the
conference.
To register or receive more information, call 1-800-767-
2336. International requests, please call 508-474-9258.
Exhibitor Information please call 508-470-3870.
Washington Area DCE Users Group (WADCUG) Meeting
The third meeting of the Washington Area Distributed
Computing Users Group is scheduled for the last week in
June. The purpose of the 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 who are using
or exploring distributed computing technology.
The upcoming meeting will be held on Thursday, June 30,
1994 at the USPS Headquarters. USPS Headquarters is
located at 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC in the
Ben Franklin Room (11th Floor, South End of Building).
The meeting will consist of a panel of four
organizations (listed below) who will give brief
presentations on their OSF DCE deployment plans and
status. There will also be time allotted for questions
from the audience during the open discussion session.
OSF will also make a brief presentation on the next
release of DCE (DCE 1.1).
If possible, advanced registration is requested to
facilitate getting attendees through security. But,
it's not necessary. People who wish to register in
advance should leave voice mail messages on Susan
Smoterus phone 202-268-5448, or respond by email to
<ssmoter@email.usps.gov>. Susan will prepare the list
of pre-registered attendees for the security guards.
If you are interested in receiving information about
this users group or interested in being on the mailing
list, please contact Bob Goldschneider at OSF: bobg@osf
or by phone at 617-621-8778.
The current agenda follows:
o Welcome - OSF Representative
(on behalf of WADCEUG) - 5 min
o Introduction of Speaker Panel - 5 min
o Hughes Applied Information Systems - 15 min
o DoD Fort Meade - 15 min
o National Institutes of Health - 15 min
o Grumman Data Systems - 15 min
o OSF Summarizes DCE 1.1 (Next Release) - 20 min
o Open Discussion and Questions - 30 min
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Distributed Management Environment (DME) Technology
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DME NMO 1.0 General Availability
OSF recently announced the general availability (GA) of
the DME Network Management Option (NMO) 1.0 technology
at its Member Meeting in Brussels, Belgium on May 24,
1994. The NMO is the second phase of DME technology to
be released. The first phase, the DME Services 1.0, were
shipped late last year.
The NMO provides a common, vendor-neutral platform to
access network management services. XMP, X/Open's
Management Protocol, is provided as a standard portable
application programming interface (API) to access
industry protocols, such as the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) and Common Management
Information Protocol (CMIP) for network management.
DME NMO incorporates technology developed by Groupe
Bull, who also served as the prime integrator, Hewlett-
Packard (HP), OSF and Siemens Nixdorf
Informationssysteme (SNI).
If you would like more information or to receive a DME
Licensing Kit, please contact OSF Direct at 617-621-
7300.
Telecommunications Workshop, May 25
The Telecommunications workshop at the Brussels Member
Meeting was a very full day, starting with Bruce
Murrill's (NMF) overview of how NMO fit into the
OMNIpoint framework, continuing with Bill Pope's (OSF)
overview of NMO, and finishing with the duel panel of
Telecom service providers and vendors: Tony Richardson,
British Telecom; Marco Dughera, CSELT-SIP; Akihiro
Takagi, NTT; Kari-Matti Varanki, Nokia; Paul Miller,
Bull; Larry Robinson, HP; Steve Bateman, IBM.
There were over 60 people in attendance from over 30
companies, and 54 signed up to receive the additional
presentation materials from the panelists. The question
and answer session was very lively, and it showed a
great deal of interest from all parts of the industry in
the NMO technology. In addition to questions specific to
NMO, there were a number of general DME questions
concerning the initial scope of DME and how the offering
had changed over the years. The afternoon service
provider/ vendor panel raised important concerns and
requirements for discussion. The group was interested in
follow-on communication, which will take place in the
DCE/Management SIG.
Telecommunications Pre-Structured Technology (PST)
Meeting, May 25
Directly following the Telecom Workshop was a meeting to
discuss possible ways in which the Telecom community
could participate in the Management PST activities.
Elizabeth Connelly (OSF) gave an overview of the PST
process and the roles of OSF, sponsors, and members in
this process. She mentioned that the first meeting of
the Architecture Planning Council was scheduled for June
14th and 15th at OSF, which would take the first steps
to arrive at a Roadmap for PSTs, a shared architectural
vision for the IT community to reference in creating
PSTs.
Doug Johnson, of HP, gave a brief overview of the
"former COSE" group and their work in the system
management area, stating that there will be more to
report when the group completes its negotiations at the
end of the summer.
As for network management, the areas discussed for a
possible PST were additions to NMO version 1.0,
including an XMP Common Application Environment, SNMP
v2, additional event processing, general defect fixing,
performance tuning, and code cleanup, as well as
improving the XMP and GDMO development environments with
items such as an XMP convenience API, a MIB browser, and
debugging tools. Telecommunications companies were urged
to consider banding together as associate sponsors,
which would enable them to participate in Management PST
development and execution.
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OSF/Motif Highlights - User Environment Technology
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OSF Announces Availability of OSF/Motif 2.0
On June 21, 1994, OSF announces the general availability
of OSF/Motif Release 2.0 at the Xhibition Trade Show in
San Jose, CA. This release, the most extensive offering
of features since Motif 1.0 was introduced five years
ago, brings together the most requested features from
the applications development community along with those
to make Motif even easier to use.
OSF/Motif 2.0 features an extensibility framework that
significantly reduces the complexity for applications
developers in creating custom widgets and also allows
them to develop widgets in either C or C++. Supporting
desktop infrastructures, the Motif Window Manager
includes support for Virtual Screen as well as Workspace
Management protocols. Motif 2.0 continues the
convergence work with PC styles Windows and CUA that was
begun in Motif 1.2. This includes seven new widgets as
well as improvements additions and completions to the
toolkit. A new Style Guide has been developed to
reflect the continued convergence of Windows, CUA, CDE
and Motif styles. Motif 2.0 also includes numerous
improvements in the toolkit far too extensive to include
here, but includes a simplified data transfer mechanism
called the Uniform Transfer Model (UTM). UIL has been
improved to support 64-bit architectures, platform
independence and the extensibility framework.
Pricing for OSF/Motif 2.0 remains the same as Motif 1.2
with some additional cost-saving options available.
Responding to the development community request for the
ability to ship shared libraries with applications at a
reduced price, pricing for OSF/Motif now includes a
Developer's Rights Source license. This option allows
the licensee to ship an OSF/Motif Executive Object Code
consisting of only libXm or libMrm with or without
header files in shared library or DLL form. Additional
options include reduced royalty pricing for Motif
shipped on either single user systems or embedded
systems, low MWM on Single User Systems, and low-cost
upgrades from 1.2 source and object code licenses.
A Summary of OSF/Motif's pricing follows:
OSF/Motif Release 2.0 Source Code Pricing:
Full Distribution Rights License $15,000
Developer Rights License $ 7,500
Limited Rights License $ 2,000
University Site License $ 1,000
OSF/Motif Release 2.0 Object Code Pricing:
OSF/Motif $40.00
OSF/Motif on Single User System $21.00
OSF/Motif on Embedded Systems $12.00
OSF/Motif Executive $24.00
OSF/Motif Executive on Single
User System $12.00
OSF/Motif Window Manager on
X Terminals $ 3.00
OSF/Motif Window Manager on
Single User System $ 3.00
Discount schedules are available for both OSF/Motif and
OSF/Motif Executives. The MWM is non-discountable. An
annual buyout for mwm on X Terminals will also be
announced.
Shipments of OSF/Motif 2.0 will begin in the middle of
August. Existing OSF/Motif licensees will shortly be
receiving licensing and upgrade information and should
review this information carefully. Complete technical
and licensing information can be obtained by contacting
OSF/Direct at either direct@osf.org or 617-621-7300, or
Darrell Crow at crow@osf.org.
Third Motif Release 2.0 SNAPSHOT SHIPPED
This past May, while most of us were at the OSF Member
Meeting in Brussels, OSF shipped its third snapshot of
OSF/Motif R 2.0. This snapshot included new features
and documentation as well as code corrections and bug
fixes made since the OSF/Motif 1.2 release. The
primary theme of this snapshot was the CDE compatibility
features and performance enhancements, plus bug fixes as
the result of the last two snapshots and the External
Test Program. If you are a participant of the OSF/Motif
2.0 snapshot program and have not received your copy of
the snapshot please contact direct@osf.org immediately.
MOTIF CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Xhibition June 20-24
San Jose, CA
EXug Oct. 27-28
Edinberg, Scotland
OSF Super Sig Week Nov. 1-4 (tentative dates)
Boston, MA
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OSF/1 Highlights
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OSF Announces the Availability of OSF/1 Release 1.3
The Open Software Foundation announces the availability
of Release 1.3 of the OSF/1 Operating System. This
release is based on MACH 3.0 Micro-kernel and the OSF
Research Institutes work on Micro-kernel technology.
This release is conformant with the current draft of
Specification 1170, which is being considered for
standardization in X/Open's Fast Track process. In
addition, the OSF/1 Release 1.3 retains its strong
adherence to industry standards such as X/Open, POSIX
and ANSI.
New features added in OSF/1 Release 1.3 include a Data
Capture Interface (DCI), Common Data Link Interface
(CDLI), support of ISO 10646 and 64-bit support.
For more information on features or pricing for OSF/1
Release 1.3, please contact OSF Direct Channels at 617-
621-7300 or direct@osf.org.
Update on the Calvin Project
The Calvin team delivered on June 10 baseline 9 which
contained approximately 6,000 assertions. In addition,
XCUT delivered the Alpha release to X/Open to be
distributed to its membership. XCUT is 3 times
the assertions of PCTS and twice the assertions of
X/Open's VSX test suite. The majority of XCUT code was
delivered by the Calvin project. Congratulations are in
order to the Calvin team for reaching this milestone.
If you are interested in sponsoring a testing PST, send
e-mail to Calvin-mgmt@osf.org or call Greg Depp at 617-
621-7304.
Possible Future PSTs
In order to continue the evolution of the success that
OSF has had to date, we must look to possible future
PSTs that can enhance the OSF/1 technology. Some member
companies have suggested the following as possible
future PSTs:
- Complete code base for Specification 1170 and
future evolution of this specification.
- Common code base for cmds/libs
- Test projects
- Calvin test project
- generalized test framework
- MACH interface test suite
- MACH interface specification
completion and evolution
If you are interested in sponsoring or need further
clarification of these possible future PSTs, please
contact Ellen Patton at 617-621-8834 or ellen@osf.org.
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OSF RI to Develop Microkernel Test Suite
The OSF Research Institute has received a contract award
that allows the RI to collaborate with Computational
Logic Inc. (CLI) to develop technology for testing the
Mach microkernel for compliance with a formal
specification. CLI is developing a formal specification
of the Mach microkernel interface for the U.S.
government. The Research Institute will work to develop
cost-effective techniques for testing microkernel
compliance with the specification. The goal is to assure
that the formally proved properties of the specification
accurately describe the behavior of the implemented
system.
Under this contract, the RI will do research to develop
a methodology for testing code against formal
specifications. The research will include a comparison
of the costs of testing code against formal
specifications vs. testing through full formal proofs.
It will also compare the effectiveness of testing based
on mathematically precise specifications vs. testing not
based on mathematically precise specifications. The RI
will deliver a test suite to CLI for use in testing the
OSF Mach microkernel implementation against CLI's formal
specification.
OSF Research Institute Advances Microkernel
Performance Characteristics
The Research Institute has been involved in a very
focused program to close the gap between microkernel
based system and integrated kernels. Microkernel
technology has many highly desirable characteristics
that result in improved OS software engineering
through modularity, support for multiple OS
personalities, and network transparency. However, this
has not come without some cost in overall system
performance.
The RI announced at its April 1994 Symposium had
significantly reduced the performance penalty of
microkernel based system through the use of a minor
optimizations and a short circuited RPC service
when user space programs are collocated into the kernel
address space. This architectural change preserves the
microkernel architectural benefits while imposing
minimal performance impact. The RI noted that their
preliminary performance data was within a few
percent of a comparable integrated kernel. Additional
work continues with the objective of further reduction.
Additional details are available in the RI paper,
"Microkernel Modularity with Integrated Kernel
Performance".
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Contracts
ARPA has recently notified the RI that two additional
proposals submitted under ARPA BAA 94-03 and BAA 94-08
will be funded later this year. One thrust focuses on
applying distributed High Performance Computing (HPC)
technology to embedded systems. OSF RI will develop a
configurable kernel that can be specialized to provide
just the required services needed on computing elements
with specialized function. Within this program, the RI
will work jointly with Honeywell Space Systems of
Clearwater, FL, to develop a highly configurable, OSF/1
AD compatible operating system for the Embedded
Touchstone, which is a militarized version of Intel's
massively parallel Paragon supercomputer.
The second area is fault-tolerance within mission-
critical HPC systems. The RI will continue its
development of fundamental fault tolerant mechanisms.
Particular tasks include making remote messaging (IPC
and RPC) robust in the presence of various failures and
anomalies, and developing a checkpoint/restart mechanism
applicable to embedded and other computing environments.
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Architecture Neutral Distribution Format (ANDF)
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ANDF Academic Research Distribution Contract
The OSF RI has been selected by DRA (Defense Research
Agency) to serve as the distribution channel for the TDF
(aka ANDF) technology to the international research and
academic communities. The RI will provide both
distribution and support service, in order to enable
full and independent assessment of the attributes and
capabilities of DRA's TDF software technology. The OSF
RI is also investigating the inclusion of other ANDF-
related technologies which would complement the TDF
technology.
ANDF Research Kit
The ANDF Research Kit contains both the TDF technology
from DRA and the GANDF technology developed by the OSF
RI. The GANDF technology is a family of ANDF installers
which utilize the GCC code generators. The original
GANDF implementation utilized DRA-supplied technology to
transform the ANDF file format into an in-memory
representation. The new GANDF implementation has been
re-engineered so that it does not contain any DRA
proprietary code. In addition, much of the new
implementation is automatically generated from an
abstract description of ANDF, based on the
specification, so it should be a straightforward
process to upgrade GANDF to the latest ANDF
specification when it is approved (it is currently a
working draft).
The purpose of the ANDF Research kit is to understand
the use of the ANDF technology: a. for software
distribution (the original ANDF objective) b. for
developing and testing portable software (the ANDF
technology requires conformance to API specifications,
so it also serves as a good portability checker)
c. as a compiler kit (a baseline for developing a
compiler family).
Hewlett Packard has provided supplemental funding to the
DRA contract to help in the creation and dissemination
of the ANDF Research Kit, including the GANDF
technology.
Due to the proprietary nature of this software, an ANDF
Cooperative Research Agreement must be signed prior to
receiving the software.
The ANDF Research Kit pricing is based on the type of
organization. The Kit is for non-commercial usage only.
The pricing is as follows:
OSF Members: $ 500.00
Non-Members: $1000.00
Universities: $ 200.00
These fees are principally to offset the cost of
preparation and distribution of the kit materials, plus
the administration of the ANDF Cooperative Research
Agreements.
ANDF Information and Documentation
There is now an ANDF home page located on the OSF RI
World Wide Web server
(http://riwww.osf.org:8001/ri/andf.papers/ANDF_intro.htm
l). Here you will find a brief overview of ANDF, along
with pointers to a collection of ANDF-related papers
which may be either viewed on-line or printed. All of
the papers from the "ANDF Technology Collected Papers"
series (currently four volumes) are contained on the
server.
For those who are not Mosaic users, the ANDF papers may
also be obtained from the OSF RI anonymous FTP server
(ftp:riftp.osf.org) in the directory
pub/andf_coll_papers. Requests for ANDF information may
be sent to andf-tech-request@osf.org.
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Internet Computing Program
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Conference on Mosaic and the Web and a Call for Papers
The Second International WWW Conference '94: Mosaic and
the Web will be held at the Ramada-Congress Hotel, 520
South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, on October 17-
20.
The conference is being organized by representatives
from NCSA, OSF Research Institute, CERN, NSF, University
of Illinois, CNIDR, Spyglass, National Library of
Medicine, SoftQuad, CCSO, The Internet Society, EIT,
NRC, UniForum, Fujitsu, and the University of Colorado.
Sponsors include the University of Illinois, the
National Center for Supercomputing Applications, the
Open Software Foundation Research Institute, and the
National Science Foundation.
The conference will bring together people from all
backgrounds who are excited about Mosaic--academicians,
government officials and business people--to provide
them with an opportunity to discuss their Mosaic/WWW
activities and tangible results.
Mosaic and the Web are introducing the instrumentality
for a major transformation in how knowledge is being
expressed and communicated around the world. This
conference will not be about a single piece of code; it
will be about an evolution as significant as that
engendered by the printing press. The conference will
contain sessions on information discovery, HTML,
information security, server administration, and much
more. Participation is encouraged from the academic,
business, and government communities. A Call for Papers,
Panels, and Presentations has been released. Responses
are due July 10, 1994. To participate, submit by July
10,1994 to Barbara Kucera (see address below).
1. a 250-word abstract of your proposal for a paper,
panel discussion, or presentation, and
2. a one-page vita
Now is your chance to help determine the topics for that
conference. Please take a look at the topics listed
below and tell us which ones would be of interest. Also
list any other topics that you think would be of use to
a number of people. We are interested in hearing all of
your suggestions.
Please direct all responses to:
Barbara A. Kucera (bkucera@void.ncsa.uiuc.edu) WWW
Mosaic Conference Coordinator, Software Development
Group National Center for Supercomputing Applications
(NCSA) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 217-
244-0131; FAX 217-244-1987
We would like your input. Please pass this request on to
others who may be interested.
Topics under consideration:
Future outlooks:
1. Where we stand now - current status.
2. What is the future of Mosaic?
3. What is the future of the network?
4. What is the future of cyberspace?
5. What should be encouraged in WWW development?
6. Who are the communities we should be hearing more
from?
7. What is the future of CIT at NCSA?
Interesting applications. Mosaic, other Web browsers,
and WWW use:
1. in libraries
2. in education
3. in medicine
4. in business
5. in government
6. in science
7. in arts and humanities
8. in ...
Tutorials:
1. HTML - building documents, advanced users.
2. Introduction to Mosaic.
3. Advanced features of Mosaic.
4. How to move information between
Gopher/Web/FTP/WAIS...databases, other
information sources.
5. System administration of Web servers.
6. Management of content on Web servers.
Special sessions on Mac, MS Windows and X Mosaic users
and uses. Day preceding or following the main conference
for developer discussions.
The OSF RI is handling all registration-related matters.
Please direct any inquiries about registration to
Sandy Caldwell (well@osf.org)
OSF Research Institute
One Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142
617-621-7339; FAX 617-621-8696
Updates will be posted to the RI's web server
(http://riwww.osf.org:8001/).
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OSF Meeting and Events Previews
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OSF Member Meeting Presentation Materials
For commercial or non-profit members unable to send a
representative to the OSF member meeting, May 24-26, in
Brussels, the primary contact from your organization
will be sent a compete set of the OSF member meeting
presentation materials, including a copy of the most
recent OSF member survey results.
Members may order additional sets of the May '94 member
meeting presentation material. Cost for the binder set
is U.S.$45.00.
To order the OSF member meeting presentation materials
send a fax to Kathy Moriconi at 617-621-0631.
Special Preview of Motif 2.0 at Xhibition
On Tuesday, June 21st at Xhibition, Motif Release 2.0
will be announced. During the show, the OSF/Motif team
will have a special hospitality suite at the San Jose,
Hilton that will be open to the public on Tuesday, June
21st from 12-7pm to view Motif 2.0. Please check the
hotel reader board for exact suite location.
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OSF SIG News
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DCE/MAN SIG:
The next meeting of the DCE/MAN SIG will be on
Wednesday, July 20th and Thursday, July 21st in
Cambridge at OSF. The tentative agenda is as follows:
Wednesday a.m. - OSF business and technical updates
- DCE PSC updates
Thursday a.m. - Session #1 of Subgroup
meetings Jul. 21 a.m.
Thursday p.m. - Session #2 of Subgroup
meetings
- Session #3 of Subgroup
meetings
Peter Oleinick
Transarc Corporation
Chair, DCE/DME SIG
pno@transarc.com
Security SIG:
The OSF Security SIG meets 3 or 4 times a year to
discuss topics relevant to the security of all OSF
technologies. The next scheduled Security SIG meeting
is August 16 - 18, 1994 at IBM's facilities in
Ruschlikon Switzerland, just outside of Zurich.
The agenda is still being formed, but some key items
for the August meeting include:
- Completion of RFC 8.1 prioritization; RFC 8.X is
the definition of the current state of DCE security
requirements.
- DCE / Kerberos Integration
- Public Key Cryptography
- EC View of Cryptography (Laws and Policies)
- New SESAME Cryptographic API Proposal
- Chair Elections
As noted, elections will be held for the two co-chair
positions at the August meeting. Nominations are open
and can be sent to Charles Blauner at
chazx@ctt.bellcore.com.
Future meetings dates for the SIG include:
November 1994: Boston Area (Super SIG Week?)
February 28 - March 2, 1995: Queensland University,
Brisbane Australia
For more information on the OSF Security SIG contact
either
Charles Blauner Jim Schindler
Bellcore or Hewlett Packard
chazx@ctt.bellcore.com js@cup.hp.com
Internationalization:
The I18N SIG will not hold a summer meeting, but instead
will schedule a fall meeting for October or November. An
official announcement of the meeting will be made as the
time grows closer.
For more information on the OSF Internationalization SIG
contact:
Jon Bale (HP)
408-447-6022
408-447-0801 Fax
jon_bale@hpg200.desk.hp.com
or
Terry Rowan (IBM)
512-838-1002
512-838-3050 Fax
terry@nlsarch.austin.ibm.com
or
Seita Iida (IBM-Japan)
iida@ymt101.yamato.ibm.co.jp
(I18N Japanese Local SIG Chair)
UEC-SIG:
The User Environment Component Special Interest Group
(UEC-SIG) held its Spring meeting, May 10-11, 1994 at
the Open Software Foundation in Cambridge, MA. The
meeting covered progress to date on Motif 2.0, the
Release 2.0 External Test Program results, OSF's recent
restructuring, opportunities for member input, an
overview of the new PST process at OSF and a review of
the CDE/Motif PST which is currently under construction.
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. Opportunities for input, need for
communication and requirements for this PST were
discussed. A CDE primer was also presented during lunch
the first day.
For more information, please contact Ed Lee, the UEC SIG
Chair at elee@ics.com or by phone at 503-752-7901.
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OSF Customer Services
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CUSTOMER SERVICES information - Education, Professional
Services, Documentation, and Engineering Services - is
featured in a separate electronic delivery: The Customer
Service NewsLetter. This newsletter will be sent to you
on Friday, June 24. 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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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
June
June 20-24 Xhibition
San Jose, CA
June 27-28 SDNE
Prague
June 28-30 Client/Server and Database World
Boston, MA
June 28-30 PC Expo
New York, NY
June 30 OSF Japan Symposium
Tokyo
June 30 Washington Area DCE Users Group (WADCUG)
Washington, DC
July
July 20-21 DCE/MAN SIG at OSF
Cambridge, MA
July 25-29 SIGGRAPH
Orlando, FL
July 27-29 Networld+Interop Japan
OSF DCE demo showcase
July 27-29 Object World
San Francisco, CA
August
August 7-12 SHARE
Boston, MA
August 16-18 Security SIG at IBM facility
Ruschlilkon, Switzerland
August 29-31 DCE Developers Conference
Boston, MA
September
September 7-14 AIIA and AUUG
Australia
September 8-10 ETRE
Barcelona, Spain
September 12-16 Networld+Interop
Atlanta, GA
September 19-22 Interex
Denver, CO
October
October 4-6 UNIX Expo
New York, NY
October 17-20 WWW Conference F'94
Chicago, IL
October 18-20 Enterprise IS
London, UK
October 19-21 PC Expo
Chicago, IL
October 21-24 Object World
Tokyo, Japan
October 24-28 Networld+Interop
Paris, France
October 27-28 EXug
Edinberg, Scotland
November
November 1-4 SUPER SIG Week
Boston, MA
November 14-18 Comdex
Las Vegas, NV
November 14-18 DECUS
Anaheim, CA
November 28-3 Fed UNIX
Washington, DC
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