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OSF Electronic Bulletin - Oct '94
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NOTICE: Long copy follows (Approximately 25 pages)
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Search for these topics inside this issue:
* Executive Summary
- key highlights from this month's Bulletin
Let us know what you think. Send
your comments to: newsnug@osf.org)
* End User and ISV Forum Activities
- European End User Forum Sept. 22-23 meeting report
- Upcoming USER and ISV Forum activities
* Technology news nuggets:
- Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
- OSF Strengthens DCE Security In Next Release
- AES Distributed Computing, RPC Volume available
- DCE R1.0.3 planned for support customers
- OSF/1 operating system
- OSF/1 Sabbatical opportunity to work with
microkernel architecture
- First Microkernel-based OSF/1 Snapshot
- OSF Agrees to Deliver New Test Framework To X/Open
- OSF/1 V1.2.2 Available for Distribution
- OSF/1 was demonstrated at UNIX Expo
- OSF/Motif graphical user interface
- Motif Annual Buyout Option Available
- Motif Release 1.2.3 Now Available
- OSF/Motif Release 2.0 Snapshot Licensing Now
Available
- Motif Events
* Fax-On-Demand Subscription Service offered to
Non-Members
* Super*SIG*Week, November 1-5, Boston
* SIG news nuggets: News from OSF's Special Interest
Groups
* Educational Services
* OSF Sabbatical Opportunities
* 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 4, Issue 8. October 8, 1993
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Executive Summary
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- OSF released the first snapshot of the the OSF/1(R)
operating system Release 1.3. This is the first of
three snapshots planned for Release 1.3, leading to
general availability of the technology in 1994.
Snapshot enables OSF members to preview commercial
quality microkernel technology
- OSF and PTR Prentice Hall announced the publication
of the Application Environment Specification,
Distributed Computing, Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Volume. All of the services, application programming
interfaces (APIs) and protocols specified in this first
volume are actually in use today in the DCE based
products that are currently shipping from various system
vendors and ISVs.
- OSF now offers a new fax-on-demand information
service. This service allows instant access to OSF's
comprehensive library of open systems and technology
information, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For more
details, please contact OSF Direct at 617- 621-7300.
- Super*SIG*Week, November 1-5, Boston, is designed to
give OSF members the opportunity to participate in
multiple group's activities while maximizing the busy
schedules of members who want to participate more fully
in SIG and Forum activities. Deadline for meeting
registration is November 22. Details later in this
bulletin.
- The OSF Research Institute's (RI) annual symposium will
take place October 26 and 27 at the Cambridge Marriott,
Cambridge, MA.
- OSF has scheduled a series of Regional Executive Briefings
for member companies, their regional or local employees, and
their developer or user customers. In October and November,
meetings are scheduled in Taiwan (Oct. 13), Santa Clara, CA
(Oct. 12), and Los Angeles (Oct. 14) and London (November
11). Details later in this bulletin.
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End User and ISV Forum Activities
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European End User Forum - Dortmund, Germany
A rigorous and productive meeting of European End User
members took place September 22 - 23 in Dortmund,
Germany. The meeting was chaired by Uwe Richter,
Software Industry Support Center in Dortmund's
Technology park. The agenda was planned by the
International End User Forum Steering Committee.
The event included participants from Daimler Benz,
Deutsche Telekom, DuPont, France Gas & Electric,
Ericsson, European Telecomm, Hitachi Data Systems, POSC,
Rabobank, SIA, Shell International, S/I/S/Z, Sweden Post
and Sycomore. Two industry consortia were represented
(petroleum and telecommunications).
Senior OSF staff, including David Tory, President & CEO,
and Dick Wood, X/Open Director of User Group Relations,
participated in this interactive two day meeting.
Key issues and actions:
1. Results of End User Forum Steering Committee Strategy
Session (August,Gloucester, MA) were presented. The
drafted Process Proposal was reviewed and positively
received. Further review and presentation to the user
membership at large is planned.
2. Presentations by several key software vendors
solidified user resolve to lobby critical vendors to
provide standards compliant open systems products.
Letter campaigns to key vendors will be undertaken by
the users to increase the collective voice expressing
user requirements directly, and to accelerate the
delivery of products once technology is available from
OSF. General commitment to drive vendor awareness
directly was expressed by participants.
3. The roles of X/Open and OSF were discussed, with the
objective of collaborating in important areas of open
systems work. Continued discussion is planned.
Significant commitment from key European users in the
work of the End User Forum exists. The steering
committee will keep members informed and continue to
coordinate the events occurring in Europe and the US and
the planning of End User activity to reflect an
international user membership.
Upcoming USER and ISV Forum activities:
Joint ISV/End User Forum event, Wednesday, October 13
Santa Clara, CA
Planned and hosted by the steering committees of the ISV
and End User Forums, this event is tailored specifically
to the interests of these members. This program will
provide opportunity for interaction between users and
developers, as well as information of mutual interest,
including presentations by vendors providing product
updates.
This event, planned to enable easy attendance by west
coast organizations, is an opportunity to encourage
interested staff in your organization to participate and
experience direct access to this information. As a
membership organization, we count on your participation
as a vital part of our open process.
Available to members at no charge, registration for
these programs is on a space available basis.
Both the End User and ISV Forums will host sessions at
the upcoming November Super*SIG*Week in Boston. Planning
for these sessions is currently being coordinated
through the Forum Chairs.
For more information, please contact Marcie Becker or
Debi Cerqueira, OSF Membership Services, at 617-621-7240
or becker@osf.org or debi@osf.org.
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Technology News Nuggets
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Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) Technology Update
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OSF Strengthens DCE Security In Next Release
OSF will enhance its Distributed Computing Environment
(DCE) by adding a DCE Audit subsystem which it has
licensed from IBM. The Audit subsystem strengthens the
security of DCE as a distributed system, which is
critical for security conscious customers.
Audit has been identified as a key requirement by the
Security Work Group of the DCE Special Interest Group
(SIG). An Audit subsystem enables logging of security
relevant events and the resulting audit trail may be
used to expose possible access violations and tampering
in a distributed environment.
The Audit subsystem was developed by the IBM Programming
Systems Laboratory in Toronto, Canada, and will be
included by OSF in the next release of DCE, Release 1.1.
"Over the years IBM has developed significant skills and
experience through developing mission-critical systems,"
said Peter Hunt, DCE Product Manager, IBM Canada
Laboratory. "Audit shows how IBM is applying those
skills in the open distributed environment to solve an
important need of IBM customers. We're very proud that
OSF has chosen IBM technology to enhance DCE security,"
continued Hunt.
This announcement demonstrates OSF's commitment to
position DCE as the pre-eminent distributed computing
architecture in the commercial environment. IBM is one
of the founding members of OSF, and this announcement
demonstrates IBM's continuing commitment to OSF and to
OSF's DCE as a key, strategic technology.
AES Distributed Computing, RPC Volume available
In September, the Open Software Foundation and PTR
Prentice Hall announced the publication of the
Application Environment Specification, Distributed
Computing, Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Volume. In
keeping with OSF's long-standing policy, organizations
that create their own implementations based solely on
the specifications in the AES DCE published by PTR
Prentice Hall may do so on a royalty free basis.
All of the services, application programming interfaces
(APIs) and protocols specified in this first volume are
actually in use today in the DCE based products that are
currently shipping from various system vendors and ISVs.
The AES specification for Remote Procedure Calls is also
included in the DCE specification submitted to the
X/Open Fast Track process and is currently under review
for adoption into the next release of XPG.
This new volume specifies protocols, services, and APIs,
and provides a portability guide for RPC application
programs and a conformance specification for RPC
implementations. RPC application programmers and
developers of DCE implementations will find important
specifications for Remote Procedure Call services,
interfaces, protocols, encoding rules, and the Interface
Definition Language in this new volume.
Future volumes will specify other distributed services
such as the Distributed Time Service, Directory
Services, Security Services, Threads Services, and the
Distributed File System. Together, the volumes of the
AES DCE will provide a comprehensive portability and
interoperability specification for distributed
computing.
DCE R1.0.3 planned for support customers
We will offer a DCE 1.0.3 release to customers with
support contracts. This release includes changed files
for defect fixes, new platform support, and some
incremental functionality. The DCE R1.0.3 release will
be delivered automatically to those with active support
contracts. The code will be covered under the existing
license and price list. We are currently planning to
release the core in December and DFS in January.
Enhancements in 1.0.3 include a new IDL compiler,
completion of threadsafe XDS work, addition of CMIP
protocol requirements to the OSI upper layers to
facilitate DME OSI support, performance enhancements to
DFS read and write system calls,estimated to improve
performance 10-15% using the NFS connectathon tests as
benchmark, some enhancements to dce_config, such as
unconfiguring a client machine and logging the
configuration process to a file, and core component
system tests updated to run via the TET test scaffold.
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OSF/1 Highlights
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OSF/1 Sabbatical will work with microkernel architecture
Sabbatical openings exist on the OSF/1 team for
engineers with experience in UNIX/Mach internals and
UNIX commands and libraries. We are working on release
1.3, which includes a new microkernel architecture and
some additional UNIX features. Working alongside OSF
engineers as a sabbatical is a great way for a licensee
to get an early start on understanding and adopting this
new technology. For more information, contact Susan
Kegel at 617-621-8956 or kegel@osf.org.
OSF Announces Availability of First Microkernel-based
OSF/1 Snapshot
The first snapshot of the OSF/1 operating system Release
1.3 is available from the Open Software Foundation.
This is the first of three snapshots planned for Release
1.3, leading to general availability of the technology
in 1994. OSF/1 Release 1.3 will maintain full backwards
compatibility with OSF/1 Release 1.2.
The first snapshot provides an early look for OSF
members at the microkernel-based OSF/1 Release 1.3
source code. In addition to the new architecture, the
snapshot includes an updated OSF/1 threads
implementation designed for greater operating system
independence. A new loader which implements system V.4
style shared libraries also is provided. The OSF/1
Release 1.3 development plans also will incorporate
the recently proposed common interface specification for
UNIX based operating systems.
If you would like to license this technology, please
contact OSF Direct at direct@osf.org or 617-621-7300 to
obtain the proper licensing application.
OSF Agrees to Deliver New Test Framework To X/Open
The Open Software Foundation announced it has formalized
arrangements to deliver its Project CALVIN testing
framework to X/Open. This new framework, with its large
number of test cases, will form the major part of the
X/Open Commands and Utilities Test Suite (XCUTS).
This test suite will augment the present VSX4 system
interfaces and headers test suite with new tests for
XPG4 and POSIX commands and utilities.
The Project CALVIN test framework development effort has
been spearheaded by OSF and involved a team of
developers from IBM, Digital and Hitachi. OSF and its
sponsor partners offered the CALVIN test suite to X/Open
as part of the continuing commitment to standardization
for open operating systems. These tests are the basis
for what eventually will be a comprehensive test suite
for systems being developed using the OSF/1 operating
system, as well as a general-purpose testing framework
suitable for a wide-range of testing needs, including
the new unified UNIX specification announced September
1.
OSF/1 V1.2.2 Available for Distribution
The OSF/1 V1.2.2 integrated kernel maintenance release is
currently available. If you would like more information
on OSF/1 V1.2.2, please contact support for more
information at 617-621-8900 or support admin@osf.org.
OSF/1 was demonstrated at UNIX Expo
IBM and Digital demonstrated their implementations of
the OSF/1 operating system at UNIX Expo in the OSF
booth. IBM was demonstrated a Mach V3.0 microkernel
implementation with the OSF/1 environment running
on a PS/2. Digital demonstrated their 64-bit
implementation of the OSF/1 operating system on an Alpha
platform. Both of these demonstration were well
received by the attendees at UNIX Expo, generating many
requests for follow on information about the OSF/1
technology.
The OSF/1 and Network SIG will meet during Super*SIG*Week
The next meeting of the OSF/1 and Networking SIG will be
held on November 2 and 3 in Boston. Please register
early for this event. We look forward to seeing you at
both these meetings.
To join either of these SIGs, send email to sig-osf1-
request@osf.org for the OSF/1 SIG, and sig-net-
request@osf.org for the Networking SIG. For general
OSF/1 SIG questions or comments, contact Gerri Mastin at
603-881-0650 or mastin@decvax.dec.com. For general
Networking SIG questions or comments, contact Kay
Chang at chang@chang.austin.ibm.com.
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OSF/Motif Highlights - User Environment Technology
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Motif Annual Buyout Option Available
This option allows full distribution licensees to pay a
fixed annual fee of $1,000,000 per operating system for
use or distribution of an unlimited number of copies of
Motif in binary (executable object code) form. The
annual buyout covers Motif 1.2.x binary copies used or
distributed in a single twelve-month ordering period for
a single operating system. If you're in current
ordering period, elected Option B and have already met
your volume commitment requirements, you may want to
explore the annual buyout option. This option
allows use or distribution of Motif on different
hardware platforms as long as they employ the same
operating system. Organizations expecting to use or
re-distribute in excess of 45,000 copies per year should
explore the value of the buyout. No other changes have
been made to the pricing of Motif Rel 1.2.
Motif Release 1.2.3 Now Available
Shipped in September, this third maintenance release is
available without cost to all full support licensees.
If you would like a copy of this release, contact OSF
Direct at (617) 621-7300.
OSF/Motif Release 2.0 Snapshot Licensing Now Available
The next Release 2.0 Snapshot is due out the end of the
4Q93. Now is an excellent time to join the Motif
snapshot program. You'll receive the first
Release 2.0 Snapshot which was shipped on July 30, and
be primed for all future snapshot releases. The
snapshot license includes a distribution option for
companies who wish to distribute pre-release Motif 2.0
software. Interested member companies can still join
the Snapshot program by contacting OSF Direct Channels,
tel: 617-621-7300 or email: direct@osf.org.
1993 Events of Interest to OSF/Motif Licensees
OSF Super SIG Week Cambridge, MA
November 1-5
Motif '93 Washington, DC
December 2-3
Please see the UEC SIG update in the OSF SIG NEWS
section later in this bulletin.
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OSF Regional Briefing Meetings
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To provide an overview of the issues involved in
migrating to open systems and a distributed computing
environment, OSF has scheduled a series of Regional
Executive Briefings for member companies, their regional
or local employees, and their developer or user
customers.
Participants will learn how other companies are
successfully making the transition to open computing
environments and client/server technology. Speakers
will address such topics as planning for client/servers
systems, strategies for implementing open systems, and
protecting current computing investments while adopting
new technology.
OSF will hold these full-day meeting in various cities
worldwide. Upcoming meetings are scheduled for:
Taiwan October 13
Santa Clara, CA October 13
Los Angeles, CA October 14
London, England November 11
To register for a regional briefing meeting or for more
information about inviting your developer and end user
guests, in the U.S., contact OSF Direct, 617-621-7300,
Fax, 617-621-0631, or email: direct@osf.org. To
register for a briefing (OSF Day Symposium) in Europe,
contact Mark Laureys at 32-2-772-88-88, Fax: 32-2772-92-
28, e-mail: laureys@osf.org. In the Pacific, contact
Naomi Yatsuka at tel: +813-3479-4740 or fax: +813-3479-
4760.
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Fax-On-Demand Subscription Service For Non-Members
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The Open Software Foundation announced the availability
of a new fax-on-demand information service. This service
allows instant access to OSF's comprehensive library of
open systems and technology information, 24 hours a day,
7 days a week.
As a new benefit of membership, this service is available
to OSF members at no additional fee and will be available
as a yearly subscription service to non-members. This
new information service was created to satisfy the
increasing demand for information about OSF's technology
programs. A subscription to fax-on-demand will entitle
you to the following valuable information:
* OSF white papers which explain in plain language the
technology making open systems computing possible.
* The OSF quarterly newsletter, Open Line, which covers
recent OSF developments and events. Open Line also
includes the column "An end user's view," written by
end users deeply involved in creating open systems
computing environments for their organizations.
* The OSF educational services schedule to help you
locate the time and place for classroom education on
using OSF technology and on open systems concepts.
* Monthly updates on the status of OSF technologies.
* A calendar of open systems industry events.
Some of these resources were formerly available only for
OSF members. Now they are more affordable than ever.
Fax-on-demand subscribers (in the U.S.) pay only $1,500
per year, per user, for a wealth of useful information.
Fees for subscribers outside the U.S. will be determined
based on subscription volumes.
Additional enhancements to this service will be brought
on line throughout the year. Fax service subscribers can
expect to see new white papers, OSF case studies,
standards activity updates, procurement specifications
for DCE, new product announcements from open systems
vendors, and more.
For more details on this new service, please contact OSF
Direct at 617- 621-7300.
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OSF Super*SIG*Week, November 1-5, Boston, MA
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Because OSF Special Interest Groups (SIGs), the OSF End
User Forum, and the ISV Forum tend to meet and work
autonomously, many members do not get a chance to
participate in as many SIG or Forum activities as they
might like. Super*SIG*Week is designed to give OSF
members the opportunity to participate in multiple
group's activities and will maximize the busy schedules
of members who want to participate more fully in SIG and
Forum activities.
Each active OSF SIG, several SIG working groups, and the
OSF End User and ISV Forums plan to hold meetings during
the week of November 1-5 in Boston, MA. As plans are
finalized, SIG and Forum chairs will send meeting agendas
directly to email lists of regular participants. Meeting
registration and hotel reservation information was sent
earlier this week to members as part of an OSF Flash
Bulletin.
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The deadline for meeting registration is Friday, October
22. Special discount rates at the following hotels are in
effect until October 14. Please reserve your rooms
directly with the hotel.
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Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers
Phone: 617-426-2000
Rate: $120 per night
Le Meridien Hotel
Phone: 617-451-1900
Rate: $170 per night
Omni Parker House Hotel
Phone: 617-227-8600
Rate: $120 per night
Swissotel Boston (Formerly the Lafayette)
Phone: 617-451-2600
Rate: $129 per night
To register for the meeting, send your name, company
name, email address and phone number, along with the
name(s) of the sessions you plan to attend to:
supersig@osf.org or fax to 617-621-0631.
- DCE SIG, November 1-2, World Trade Center, Boston
- Documentation SIG, November 3-4, World Trade
Center, Boston
- OSF End User Forum, November 1, World Trade
Center, Boston
- Internationalization (I18N) SIG, Nov. 4-5,
World Trade Center, Boston
- Localization (L10N) Working Group, Nov. 3,
World Trade Center, Boston
- ISV Forum, November 2, OSF headquarters, Cambridge
- Management (DME) SIG, November 4-5, World Trade
Center, Boston
- Networking SIG, November 3, World Trade Center,
Boston
- OSF/1 SIG, November 2, OSF headquarters, Cambridge
- Security SIG, November 2-4,
November 2 - Security SIG Working Group
OSF headquarters,Cambridge
November 3-4 Security SIG
World Trade Center
- UEC SIG (Motif), November 2-3. World Trade Center,
Boston
- OSF General Session and Reception, November 3,
World Trade Center, Boston
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Correction Notice
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Incorrect contact information for the ISV Forum Chair
was listed in the OSF Flash Bulletin on Super*SIG*WEEK.
To contact the ISV Forum Chairperson, the correct
information is:
Paul Hill (Open Systems Associates)
Email: paul@opnsys.com
Tel: 703-758-6708
Fax: 703-758-6709
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OSF SIG News
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DCE SIG:
The last DCE SIG meeting was June 24-25. There were
presentations by OSF about the current status of the DCE
program, an update from the Security SIG, a proposal for
a new Quality working group, and a presentation from
Project Pilgrim on its experience with DCE.
The next DCE SIG meeting is currently planned for the
"Super*SIG*Week" (Nov 1-5). The DCE SIG will meet on
Nov 1 and 2. A formal agenda will go out as soon as
this is finalized. The next work for the SIG will be to
create and distribute a survey of priorities for DCE
work over the next few years.
To join the DCE SIG and SIG distribution list, send mail
to sig-dce-request@osf.org. For general SIG questions
or comments, contact Sumner Blount at 508-486-5966
or blount@tuxedo.enet.dec.com.
Internationalization (I18N) SIG
The Internationalization (I18N) SIG and the Localization
Focus Group will meet during OSF's Super*SIG*Week. The
main SIG meeting will take place at the World Trade
Center in Boston on November 4 and 5. The Localization
(L10N) Focus Group will meet on November 3. SIG members
are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to
attend other events and meetings during the week.
Information on the full week's meetings, registration,
and accommodations was contained in an "OSF Electronic
Flash" sent out October 5. Please register for the
I18N SIG meeting and any others you plan to attend, as
explained in that message.
For information on (or input into) the agenda of the
I18N SIG meeting, please refer to the preliminary
agenda sent to the SIG distribution list by Veronica
Bonebrake (bonebr@ausvm1.vnet.ibm.com) on September 28,
or contact SIG Co-chair Jon Bale
(jon_bale@hpg200.desk.hp.com).
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Please note: The L10N Focus Group Meeting scheduled for
November 3, 8:30 am to 12:00 am, was inadvertently left
off the registration form for Super*SIG*Week. If you
plan to attend this session, please send a note to
<supersig@osf.org> and include your name and company
name, phone number and email address.
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Management SIG
The next meeting of the Management SIG has been
***changed to November 4-5*** to coincide with
Super*SIG*Week, planned for November 1-5, in Cambridge,
MA. We are excited about multiple SIGs getting together
over the same time period, and encourage SIG
participants to take advantage of this opportunity to
network with a large number of technical people who will
be together in one place.
An agenda will be sent to the Management SIG mailing
list prior to the Super*SIG*Week meeting. To join the
Management SIG mailing list, send email to sig-man-
request@osf.org. For additional questions about the
Management SIG, contact Brian Handspicker (DEC) SIG
chair, 508-486-6894, or email bd@vines.enet.dec.com
NETSIG:
The next NETSIG will be held November 3, during OSF's
Super*SIG*Week. If you are interested in participating
in this meeting, please contact Kay Chang, either by
mail: chang@chang.austin.ibm.com or phone: 512-838-
3542.
Last NETSIG activity was working on CDLI (Common Data
Link Interface) which provide framework neutral
interface for communication device drivers.
The next NETSIG meeting is to discuss and to position
network structure in OSF/1 1.3 release which
Microkernel and Unix will be separated. Other issues,
such as COSE, BSD 4.4, X/Open, and POSIX changes
impacting OSF network code can be discussed if desired.
To suggest additional topics for the next meeting,
please send a e-mail to Kay Chang:
chang@chang.austin.ibm.com.
Super UEC - Super SIG - Super Meeting in November:
The next UEC SIG meeting will be during OSF's
Super*SIG*Week, November 1-5. Announcement and
registration information, hotel reservation information
and the SIG Agenda have already been sent out.
Interested parties should contact us now if you're
planning to participate in this meeting. Contact one
of the following individuals, Cathy Betz, Business Area
Manager for User Environment (betz@osf.org), Darrell
Crow, Technology Manager for User Environment
(crow@osf.org) or Ed Lee, UEC SIG Chair (elee@ics.com)
for more information and/or a copy of the agenda.
SIG participation:
SIG activities updates are provided monthly in the OSF
Electronic Bulletin. Members may subscribe by sending
an email request to bulletin-request@osf.org.
If you are interested in joining and actively
participating in a SIG, email your name, company
name, email address, fax number, and phone number to:
sig-(listname)-request@osf.org.
SIG list names:
sig-dce = DCE SIG
sig-doc = Documentation SIG
sig-international = Internationalization (I18N)
sig-man = Management SIG (DME)
sig-net = Networking SIG
sig-osf1 = OSF/1 operating system SIG
sig-security = Security SIG
sig-uec = User Environment Component
(Motif) SIG
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OSF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
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Interested in becoming an OSF Business Partner? We have
Partnerships available. As a Business Partner your
company or organization would act as a provider of
vendor-neutral education (and/or consulting) related to
OSF technologies. Partners have early access to OSF
technologies, skills and educational materials that help
set them apart as an industry leader in providing vendor
independent, open systems service and solutions!
Partners work closely with OSF staff to obtain first-hand
knowledge and experience on our technologies. Call for
more information on this business opportunity.
Joyce Maguire - Phone: 617-621-8848 Fax: 617-621-8781
DME Educational Update:
At the first DME Implementor's Workshop held last June,
OSF Educational Services delivered a beta version of the
new DME Distributed Services Course. The two-day course
covered the internal architecture of the DME Services.
This course is scheduled to be released in the late fall
of this year.
The following is a list of DME courses planned for 1993-
1994:
* DME Distributed Services: Application Programming
Series
* DME Framework: Application Programming
* DME Internals
For more information on DME course development plans,
scheduling of on-site training at your company, or course
license information, call Joyce Maguire at 617-621-8848
Hit the ground running in the new year by getting the
training you need now! OSF Educational Services can
provide targeted training at your facility in any of our
technologies. If you are interested in an "on-site" (as
we call such classes) please contact:
OSF/1 Classes: Susan Stowe 617-621-7287
DCE/DME Classes: Joyce Maguire 617-621-8848
Motif Classes: Lisa Goldstein 617-621-8978
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OSF Public Training Schedule
October 1993 to December 1993
The Business Case for Open Systems
Rome, Italy Oct 18
Warrington, UK Oct 25
Tokyo, Japan Oct 27
Brussels, Belgium Dec 13
Open Systems Implementation for Technology Managers
Tokyo, Japan Oct 28-29
Warrington, UK Nov 15-16
OSF/Motif 1.2 Programming
Warrington, UK Oct 18-22
Tyngsboro, MA Nov 1-5
Maidenhead, UK Nov 22-26
Santa Clara, CA Dec 13-17
User Interface Design with OSF/Motif 1.2
Rome, Italy Oct 28
OSF/1 1.1 Internals Architecture
Grenoble, France Nov 15-19
OSF/1 1.1 Source Code Internals Architecture
Cambridge, MA Nov 8-11
Santa Clara, CA Dec 13-17
OSF DCE Features and Functionality
Warrington, UK Oct 4
Maidenhead, UK Oct 6
Ann Arbor, MI Oct 6
Rome, Italy Oct 26
Ann Arbor, MI Nov 9
Ann Arbor, MI Dec 8
Brussels, Belgium Dec 14
OSF DCE Application Programming
Brussels, Belgium Oct 18-22 (5 Days with Labs)
Cambridge, MA Oct 5-7
Warrington, UK Nov 1-5 (5 Days with Labs)
Brussels, Belgium Nov 29-Dec 3 (5 Days with Labs)
OSF DCE System Administration
Grenoble, France Oct 25-29
Cambridge, MA Nov 8-12
Tokyo, Japan Nov 15-17
Maidenhead, UK Dec 6-10
OSF DCE Internals Architecture
Brussels, Belgium Dec 6-10
Cambridge, MA Dec 6-10
OSF DME Features and Functionality
Warrington, UK Oct 14
Rome, Italy Oct 27
Ann Arbor, MI Nov 10
Maidenhead, UK Dec 1
Brussels, Belgium Dec 15
OSF DCE/DME Overview
Ann Arbor, MI Oct 27
Ann Arbor, MI Dec 7
Writing Secure Distributed Applications
Tokyo, Japan Nov 18-19
To receive detailed course descriptions or to register,
contact:
United States - Lisa Goldstein, phone: 617-621-8978
fax: 617-621-8781, email: <goldi@osf.org>.
(Michigan classes - please note: OSF training courses
held in Ann Arbor, Michigan are delivered by the
University of Michigan, OSF's Business Partner. To
register, phone: 313-764-5440).
Europe - Christine Mambourg, phone: +32 2 772 8888
fax: +32 2 772 9228, or email: <mambourg@osf.org>.
(UK classes - please note: OSF training courses held in
the United Kingdom are delivered by Protek, OSF's
Business Partner. For details and registration in the UK
only, please contact: Sue Wiggins of Protek, phone: +44
628 75959, fax: +44 628 73013, email:
<swiggins@protek.co.uk>)
(Italy classes - please note: OSF training courses held
in Italy are delivered by Tecsiel, OSF's Business Partner
and will be given in Italian. For details and
registration in Italy only, please contact: Valerio
Romano of Tecsiel, phone: +39 81 7611900, fax: +39 81
668335, email: <romano@tecsiel.it>)
Pacific Rim - Jim Curtin, phone: +813-3479-4740
fax: +813-3479-4760, email: <jim@osf.org>
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OSF Sabbatical Opportunities
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Sabbatical assignments are available in many OSF
technology areas. To be considered, please submit a
detailed resume describing your education and experiences
to help us determine the most effective assignment. We
try to personalize each assignment to achieve the maximum
benefit for you, your organization and OSF. OSF managers
from the specific technologies will thoroughly and
promptly evaluate your background.
Assignments are available in the following areas:
Engineering-Cambridge, MA
-Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
- Architecture
- Development
- Software quality assurance
- Documentation Engineering
-Distributed Management Environment (DME)
- Architecture
- Software quality assurance
- Development
- Documentation Engineering
-Graphical User Interface (Motif)
- Development
-Software quality assurance
- Documentation Engineering
Cambridge, MA
-Graphical user interface (Motif)
- Product management (Marketing)
Research Institute-Cambridge and Grenoble, France
-Mach microkernel development
- Real time applications
- Device interface
- Networking
- Development
-OSF/1 Advanced Development
- Microkernel development
- Filesystem and process development
- Performance measurement
- Documentation Engineering
To be considered for an assignment, please contact Phil
Sheerin, Sabbatical Programs Manager, OSF Cambridge at
617-621-8788, by fax at 617-621-8781, or by email to
sheerin@osf.org.
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OSF Calendar of 1993- 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.
1993
September 14 OSF Regional Executive Briefing
Dallas, TX
September 16 Telecom Networks
Paris, France
DCE
September 19-23 Interex HP Users Group Conference
San Francisco, CA
DCE, DME, UEC, Business case for
open systems
September 20-21 AIIA '93
Australian Information Industry Association
Australia
September 21-24 ISEI '93
UK
OSF Keynote
September 21-23 Unix Expo
NYC
DME, ANDF, OSF DCE Showcase
September 21-24 ISEI '93
UK
Keynote
September 22-23 OSF European End User Forum Meeting
Dortmund, Germany
September 27-28 OSF Regional Executive Briefing
Milan, Italy
September 28-30 AUUG '93
Australian Unix User Group
Australia
Keynote
September 29 OSF Regional Executive Briefing
Southfield, MI
September 30 Oracle Users Group
Orlando, FL
DCE, DME
October 4 OSF Regional Executive Briefing
(week of) Hong Kong
October 5-7 Networld
Dallas, TX
DME Panel, Multi. Protocol, Interoper.
October 5 Solutions & Technologies
Paris, France
DCE
October 6-7 NMF Conference
London, UK
DME
October 7 German Software Day
Munich, Germany
OSF overview
October 7-8 DCE Workshop
Karlsruhe, Germany
DCE
October 12 OSF Regional Executive Briefing
Santa Clara, CA
October 13 OSF End User Forum
Santa Clara
October 13 OSF Symposium
Taipei, Taiwan
October 14 OSF Regional Executive Briefing
Los Angeles, CA
October 15 Object World
London, UK
October 19-21 CaseWorld
Boston, MA
Keynote
October 21-22 Object World '93
Tokyo, Japan
October 25-29 Interop Europe
Paris
DCE showcase, DCE session
October 26-27 OSF Research Institute (RI) Symposium
Cambridge Marriott
Cambridge, MA
October 27 SHARE
The Hague, Netherlands
DCE
November 2-4 EuroComNet/Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
November 1-2 DCE SIG Meeting
November 1 OSF End User Forum Meeting
November 2 OSF/1 SIG Meeting
November 2 OSF ISV Forum Meeting
November 2-3 User Environment Component (UEC) SIG Meeting
November 2-4 Security SIG Meeting
November 3 Networking SIG Meeting
November 3-4 Documentation SIG Meeting
November 3-5 Internationalization SIG Meeting
and L10N working group
November 4-5 Management SIG
November 4-5 JUS Technical Symposium
Osaka
November 9 OSF Financial Services Workshop
Frankfurt
November 9 CP2I Conference
Paris, France
DCE/DME
November 11 OSF Regional Executive Briefing
UK
November 9-11 AutoFact
McCormick Place
Chicago, Illinois
November UniForum Scandinavia
Stockholm
November 15-19 Comdex/Fall
Las Vegas, Nevada
November 17 Offene Systeme
Vienna, Austria
OSF overview
November 18 Boston Computer Society
Boston, MA
DCE
November 25-26 GUIDE, Europe
Frankfurt, Germany
DCE
November 29- X/Open World Congress of Open Sys. Users
December 3 Washington, DC
November 30 - Motif '93 and Xtra Fed Open Sys. Conf
December 1 Washington Hilton and Towers
Washington, DC
Motif, UEC update
December 4-10 DECUS
San Francisco, CA
DCE, OSF/1
December 6 OSF Financial Services Workshop
(week of) Tokyo, Japan
December 6-10 X/Open World Congress of Open Sys. Users
London, UK
Keynote - Dec. 7
December 8-10 JUS Fair
Tokyo, Japan
January 1994
January 11-13 Object World Boston
Hynes Convention Center
January 17-24 USENIX Winter Technical Conference
San Francisco, CA
January 24-27 ComNet '93
Washington Convention Center
Washington, DC
January 31- OOP '94/C++World
February 4 Munich, Germany
February
(to determine) Gartner Group 12th Annual Information
Conference
February 7-11 Workstation Expo '94 Conf & Expo
(HP/Apollo workstation environment)
San Jose Convention Ctr
San Jose, CA
February 15-17 Client-Server Workshop (DCI)
Sheraton Park Central, Dallas
February 15-17 Networks Expo (Formerly NetWorld)
Hynes Convention Center
Boston, MA
February 16-18 Government Technology Conference
Southwestern Region
February 22-24 Nikkei Open Systems Expo
Tokyo, Japan
February 28 to Groupware '94 - Boston
March 3
March
March 9-11 Software World/Client-Server World
Toronto, Canada
Metro Toronto Convention Center
March 14-18 Software Development
San Jose
March 16-23 CeBIT
Hannover, Germany
March 21-24 FOSE
Washington, D.C.
March 22-25 Patricia Seybold's Marathon Week
Boston, MA
March 23-25 UniForum
San Francisco
April
April ? Lotus World '94
Boston MA
April 5-7 Rightsizing Expo
Tokyo, Japan
April 5-8 Enterprise Expo
Orlando, Florida
April 6-8 Open Systems & Client/Server Computing
Toronto, Ontario
April 19-21 Unix Reseller Show & Conference
Dallas, Texas
April 25-27 X World
New York
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 11-13 DECUS
New Orleans, LA
May 23-26 COMDEX Spring
Atlanta, GA
May 24-26 OSF Member Meeting
(Tentative) Brussels
May 22-26 ICA ComNet Dallas
The Open Software Foundation is a not-for-profit research
and development organization headquartered in Cambridge,
Massachusetts with more than 360 members worldwide.
Copyright 1993, 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.
Donna Esterling, 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
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