------------------------------------------------------------ UniNews The Biweekly Newsletter For UniForum Members ------------------------------------------------------------ Issue Date: January 24, 1996 Volume X, Number 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ UniNews is written and published by UniForum's publications department. For information on articles in this issue or to contribute news to future issues, contact Richard Cole, (512) 292-1561, fax: (512) 292-1566, or email at 76402.1503@compuserve.com. Copyright 1995 by UniForum. All rights reserved. UNIX is a registered trademark, licensed exclusively by X/Open Co., Ltd. UniForum is a trademark of UniForum. Printed in USA. UniNews (ISSN 1069-0395) is published biweekly for $12 per year (membership dues) by UniForum, 2901 Tasman Dr., Suite 205, Santa Clara, CA 95054. 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Point your WWW client to http://www.uniforum.org. ------------------------------------------------------------ Table of Contents: o Open Systems Year in Review o History of Computing Exhibit at UniForum '96 o Top 100 Women in Computing Honored for 1996 o Security Seminar Series Reveals Differing Points of View o UniForum Plenary Speaker Change o Tim O'Reilly: at the Leading Edge of the Web o Marshall to Play a Key Role in UniForum's Professional Training Department o UniForum '96 Preview: Data Warehouse Plenary Session o UniNews Recruitment and Positions Wanted o To register for the UniForum '96 Conference and Exposition o Announcing: One Great City. Two Great Events. *Ad* o Special WGS Linux Pro Offer for UniForum Members *Ad* o UniForum Member Benefits ------------------------------------------------------------ Open Systems Year in Review --------------------------- Panelists and UniForum Members Pick the Best and Worst of 1995 The open-systems special interest group sponsored by the UniForum Association and the Software Forum gathered on Jan. 19 at Amdahl, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA, to review the highlights of open systems technology for 1995. This special, year-end meeting featured a panel made up of Andrew Binstock, editor-in-chief of Unix Review, of San Mateo, CA; Angela Hey, client/server program manager at Input Software in Santa Clara, CA; Philip Johnson, director of advanced operating environments at International Data Corp. in Mountain View, CA; and Steve Liebes, director of marketing and business development for UniForum. A series of questions presented by George Bosworth, the moderator, formed the basis for a round-robin discussion by the panelists. E-mail responses to these questions received from UniForum members were also shared at the meeting. "I enjoyed it," said Hey. "It was especially interesting seeing what the other panelists said." Below are the questions and responses gathered from the meeting participants and from the member survey. *** What are your favorite two open systems products released in 1995? This question elicited the broadest range of opinions. Over 44 percent of the member responses were for Java and Netscape products. Interestingly, Redmond, WA was the source of many nominees, with Microsoft's Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.51 mentioned by several respondents. One respondent suggested that Windows 95 might be a candidate for the best "open" product simply because of the volume sold. In addition to Java, other Sun products were mentioned, including Sun Solstice Network Manager, release 2.5 of the Solaris operating system and Sun's new Ultra family of high-end workstations. The Linux operating system was also popular, being mentioned several times in the number-one rank. Other favorites included the latest release of the e-mail application Eudora, Nextstep operating system products, Tcl/Tk language and toolkit, IBM's AIX 4.1 operating system, TriTeal's Common Desktop Environment (CDE) and The Santa Cruz Operation's (SCO) TermVision. *** Who did the most for open systems in 1995? Who did the least? For who did the most, candidates included Netscape, Unix system vendors in general, the Linux community, Sun Microsystems (for Java), Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Digital Equipment Corp. One respondent from Corte Madera, CA, nominated Novell as who did the most for selling UnixWare and the Unix source code to SCO, and the least for their track record with Unix before they sold it. According to most respondents, the answer for who did the least was an easy one: Microsoft. *** What will the Internet become in two to four years? Most respondents said it would be a much more technically mature place, where nontechnical people who need information can find it easily. Many predicted that online banking will take off if costs can be kept on a par with bank-by-phone services. Corporations might use the Internet as a wide-area network for client/server systems. Electronic commerce will grow, both for business-to-consumer and business-to-business markets--assuming the security problems are worked out. Everyone agreed that the Internet would continue to be a major force, becoming the most important change in media since television and radio. As Johnson said of Silicon Valley, "If you don't have an Internet address at this point, you don't live in the Valley." Some UniForum members felt that after the initial introduction to the Internet, many users might find "a fair amount of what goes on to be boring." Other members, as well as some panelists, mentioned the growing costs of maintaining the Internet and questioned whether the government would or could continue to subsidize its operation. *** How successfully and how soon will Windows NT bite into the high-end, Unix/RDMS server business? Some panelists (such as Binstock) said that Microsoft might take over parts of the server market, but the process would be a slow one. Many members were even less sure about Microsoft's prospects. Many pointed out that Microsoft has always been successful in the high-volume, low end of the marketplace, and they were unsure whether Microsoft was ready and able to develop mission-critical applications. As always, there were other respondents who took the opposite view, declaring that Microsoft's domination of this market was already taking place. They pointed out that Unix is still perceived as being more for "system gurus" and that Unix standards still haven't been finalized. *** How do you feel about Unix standardization? Members and panelists were frustrated that Unix standardization was still a work-in-progress. However, they felt that if the Common Document Task Force of X/Open is successful, it may be a big step toward Unix standardization. *** What opportunities stand out for open systems product development? What is missing? Respondents mentioned that they would like to see better network management tools that connect Unix and Windows NT platforms. Also mentioned were more database development tools and more support for Linux-based products. *** What is the situation with Unix System V, now that it has moved from AT&T to Novell to SCO (and HP)? One member said that the move weakened an already poorly accepted standard. "As a systems administrator, I have always found System V to be less usable than the Berkeley derivatives." Other members pointed out that Motorola has moved from System V to AIX and Windows NT for their system products, while IBM, DEC and HP have never showed much interest in System V. As a final note, one member replied: "Operating systems will be less important in the new computation environment... What kind of network support, what kind of distributed object standards and what kind of graphical user interface environment are the things people will see and use." End Article ------------------------------------------------------------ History of Computing Exhibit at UniForum '96 -------------------------------------------- A special exhibit on the history of computing, sponsored by Data General, Intel and the Boston Computing Museum, will be featured in booth 2416 at UniForum '96, Feb. 14-16, in San Francisco, CA. Entitled "Generations," the exhibit will trace the development of computers and computing machines from the beginnings of the industry to the present. The collection will feature a mix of actual hardware and photography chronicling the history of computing. The exhibit includes biographical information about some of the industry giants who have helped determine the course of computer technology as it evolved from transistors to integrated circuits to microprocessors. The computers highlighted will include the IBM 360, MTS Altair 8800, Osborne 1, Apple II, the PDP-8 and VAX 11/780 from Digital Equipment Corp., NOVA from Data General, the first Compaq portable computer and early Sun systems. End Article ------------------------------------------------------------ Top 100 Women in Computing Honored for 1996 ------------------------------------------- Many Have Open Systems Backgrounds The McGraw-Hill Companies in San Mateo, CA, recently announced the "Top 100 Women in Computing" award for 1996. Inaugurated last year, the award recognizes those women in the computing industry who have shown outstanding technical expertise and management achievement. They have been nominated by their peers, including last year's Top 100 Women in Computing. The selection process emphasizes not only technology and management background but also other accomplishments outside and inside their organizations. This year, most of the women selected are managers of information systems (IS) departments, although some are prominent in the areas of research and consulting. "We are recognizing the Top 100 Women in Computing... because of the immense contribution of these women in leveraging technology to enhance business while facing organizational challenges in this male-dominated field," said Michela O'Connor Abrams, vice president and group publisher at The McGraw-Hill Companies. A number of honorees this year share a background in open systems, and five women have especially close ties with the UniForum Association. Jeanne Baccash, assistant vice president of enterprise network and systems management at AT&T GIS in Lincroft, NJ, is currently on the UniForum Board of Directors, and chairs the Technical Steering Committee. Baccash has played a leading role in developing Spec 1170, the suite of application programming interfaces for Unix. Another honoree, Judith Hurwitz, is the head of Hurwitz Consulting Group and the publisher of Client/Server Tool Watch in Newton, MA. Over the years, Hurwitz has established herself as an important Unix analyst and commentator on the Unix industry. She has hosted numerous UniForum conference sessions and now serves as an advisor to UniForum. Hurwitz admitted that she has felt "like a pioneer" as a woman in the computer industry. Oftentimes, she still finds herself to be the only woman at meetings, and she points out that women are still not found in the number-one positions in corporations. "Being a woman, you sometimes have to open a lot of the doors yourself, and sometimes it takes longer to prove yourself," she said. She added, however, "I've always gone on the premise that if I were smart and worked hard and proved myself, that things would work out for me." She also emphasized that "women have a responsibility to go beyond expectations. It may be hard, but if you're good at what you do and can prove yourself, there are many exciting opportunities." Donna Van Fleet, vice president of AIX systems development for IBM, shares much of Hurwitz's optimism. Van Fleet is currently head of AIX development at the company's Austin, TX, facility. She also serves on the UniForum board. When asked what the recognition means to her, Van Fleet replied, "I'm pleased that others think that I've made good use of the many advantages that I've been given. If I've been able to do something good for the industry, it's a reflection of what IBM has given to me." Van Fleet attributed her success to the company she keeps. An IBM veteran of 27 years, Van Fleet said that it is IBM--which has been the pioneer in promoting women to upper management. "I've been blessed with working with a company where each person has been given the opportunity to excel to the level of his or her capabilities. I've never felt like a pioneer because IBM has created an environment where IBM has been the pioneer." Another perspective is provided by Clarice Marie Burch, director of conferences at Softbank Comdex of Needham, MA. Softbank Comdex is a producer of information technology trade shows and events, including the annual UniForum Conference and Exposition. Burch is a past UniForum board member, having served two terms as chief financial officer and executive vice president. "It's a tremendous honor and recognition," Burch said. "I've been in the industry 30 years, and I think the award is a good example for younger women coming up. It's also a good example of the computer industry leading the way in recognizing women's talents. If this recognition continues, within five years there shouldn't be any need for an award of just the top 100 women. Women will be equally represented in the top 100 achievers, and such a list [for women only] won't be necessary." She added, "I just want to see more women utilizing their talents and receiving more recognition." Pamela Gray is president of The Winta Group in Mill Valley, CA, a consulting group that currently focuses on data warehousing. Gray has been at the center of UniForum and open systems development for more than a decade. She has been president of UniForum twice, and she founded UniForum in England in 1982. "The award was quite a surprise," she said. "I feel pleased because the nomination is from industry people, so it says something about the support one has in the industry." Gray was candid in describing the current state of the industry. When asked if there is still a glass ceiling for women, she replied "absolutely." Gray also said that being an independent entrepreneur like herself is almost the only way for a woman to be her own boss. "Many women get to senior positions. They might be number three or number two. But they aren't number one." She pointed out that the industry has made strides in promoting women, but in most corporations, women still only reach a certain rank, usually at the department level, and usually only in certain departments such as internal IS, human resources or marketing communications. At the very top, the industry is still run by businessmen. "When it gets to the board level and the business partners who control the money," she said, "you don't find the women." This situation will change, she believes, but not in the immediate future. In the meantime, she said, women will simply have to "keep working" to prove themselves. End Article ------------------------------------------------------------ Security Seminar Series Reveals Differing Points of View -------------------------------------------------------- Various perspectives were aired by the distinguished panel of speakers at the second session in UniForum's Security Seminar Series, held on Jan. 11 at the Westin Hotel in Santa Clara, CA. The well-attended session addressed the issue "Encryption: Is This The Key to Data Security?" and was chaired by Dr. Bob Baldwin of RSA Data Security of Redwood City, CA. It examined the range of different applications made possible by cryptography. The panel presented a number of well-informed opinions. Taher El Gamal, chief scientist for Netscape of Mountain View, CA, spoke on "Security Issues and Internet Applications," focusing on the current status of commerce on the net and what the near future may hold. Chini Krishnan, product marketing manager with Terisa Systems in Menlo Park, CA, gave an overview of what Internet security really means and what can be done to achieve it. Peter Williams, chief architect at VeriSign, explained digital certificates and IDs. John Gilmore of the Electronic Frontier Foundation presented an outline of the practical and political aspects of export controls on cryptography. Dr. Whit Diffie, distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems of Mountain View, CA, discussed the social implications of encryption technology. The lively session revealed the paucity of easy answers to the security dilemma, as well as the tremendous interest in the subject on the part of the industry. The third session in UniForum's Security Seminar Series, "Firewalls, the Internet and the Web: How Vulnerable Are We When We Communicate Electronically?" is scheduled for Jan. 25 at the same location, and also promises to be a spirited forum on the subject of information security. End Article ------------------------------------------------------------ UniForum Plenary Speaker Change ------------------------------- Dr. Eric Schmidt to Chair 21st Century Technology Session at UniForum '96 Eric Schmidt, chief technical officer at Sun Microsystems, will take over for his colleague Bill Joy, in presenting the Thursday, Feb. 15th plenary session at UniForum '96. The Plenary, entitled "21st Century Technologies", will focus in on how existing technologies will adapt and evolve for enterprise computing in the Year 2000 and beyond. Given his role as chief technologist at Sun there is probably no better qualified speaker than Dr. Schmidt to handle this Plenary, which is free to all UniForum registrants. Dr. Schmidt is responsible for coordinating all aspects of Sun's core and emerging technologies, including Sparc microprocessors, the Solaris operating environment and networking products such as the Java technology that is so much in the news today. Dr. Schmidt joined Sun in 1983, became a vice president in 1988 and assumed his present position in 1994. He has an engineering degree from Princeton University and earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. End Article ------------------------------------------------------------ Tim O'Reilly: at the Leading Edge of the Web -------------------------------------------- Online publisher surveys the future of information by Richard Cole "The Internet is probably the ultimate open system." Present Position: Founder and president, O'Reilly & Associates Years in the Industry: 17 Years as an Employee: none Sales for O'Reilly & Associates in 1994: $16.8 million Age: 41 Car He Drives: "A beat-up 1990 Toyota pickup" Place of Birth: Ireland, moving to the U.S. as an infant Children: two daughters Latest Book Read: The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett, set in Scotland during the reign of Mary Queen of Scots. ("Among other things, it describes the beginning of business from medieval times. Very interesting.") Future of Open Systems: "In a way, I see operating systems as mattering less and less. At the same time, the concept of open systems has clearly demonstrated a lot of power. When you look at the shape of computing in the 1990s and select the most interesting pieces of software out there, most have been developed through an open, collaborative process. The Internet itself wasn't developed by any one individual or company but by thousands of people. That's where the future lies--with open platforms that will allow people to build rapidly on the shoulders of others." "I consider Tim O'Reilly to be a hero of the Internet," says Eric Schmidt, chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems. Most industry leaders would certainly agree. As president of O'Reilly & Associates, Tim has become a leading publisher of books about Unix, the X Window System and the Internet. When he published Ed Krol's Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog, the book became an instant bestseller and remains a classic in the field. Tim's Global Network Navigator, an online guide to the World Wide Web, was recently sold to America Online for $11 million. Tim has been cited as a model for entrepreneurs who hope to make their name--and fortune--with high technology. As Schmidt says, "Here's a guy who built his own company from scratch with the objective of making it a great place to work and to create a long-term technical publishing brand. He saw the Internet coming, and his books have been as important as Mosaic in establishing the Internet as the future of computing." You might assume that Tim's path to high-tech publishing began with some sort of technical degree. Actually, he was a classics major at Harvard. This was a natural choice at the time, considering his background. He grew up in a family that stressed reading and a "strong intellectual life." His father, a neurologist, read translations of Homer to the children at night. Tim was also the product of Catholic schooling, studying Latin and Greek for years before he went to Harvard. *** Technical Writing Tim received a bachelor's degree cum laude from Harvard and married at 21. Initially, he wasn't sure of what career direction to take. His new father-in-law, a "born-again businessman," was terrified that he might become an academic. As he looked around the Boston area for work, he found an opportunity through his wife Susan, who was teaching communication workshops. One of her students, a computer programmer, had taken on a technical writing project. The only problem was that the programmer didn't know how to write. "I thought I was a writer at the time," says Tim, who had just finished a book on the science fiction author Frank Herbert, "so I helped him out." Their collaboration led to a tech writing and consulting company that lasted for five years. Ironically, his background in the classics came in handy as he trained himself to be a tech writer and editor. As he explains, the study of classical languages requires close reading: picking a sentence apart word by word to understand its grammar and logic. Technical writing can be approached in the same way. "I didn't know much about computers," he says, "so I'd talk to engineers, read the specifications and still couldn't make heads or tails out of it. Then I'd read it again, then again, and slowly see the patterns, and the terms would start to stick. Then I'd read it again and go 'Aha! Now I understand how this fits together!'" Apparently, studying actual Greek was good preparation for wrestling with technical descriptions that "look like Greek" to the uninitiated. In 1985, Tim, now with his own company, started publishing books. At first a sideline, the publishing projects became so successful that he eventually phased out the original technical writing/consulting side of the business. In 1989, he moved back to California where he had spent much of his childhood. *** "Cyberspace Is People" Tim's position as head of O'Reilly & Associates gives him a unique and far-ranging perspective on the world of information. Although he doesn't quite share the gee-whiz optimism of a Bill Gates in describing the computerized world of tomorrow, he does feel that information technology will eventually help us all. "Cyberspace is people," he says, "and in the future, more people will be empowered to access and manage information." The proof, he argues, is apparent from the gradual separation of hardware from software and software from information products. In the 1960s and early 1970s, software was inseparable from hardware: applications were developed only for certain boxes. Then, with the development of standardized PC platforms and open systems, software could be written independently of a specific computer. At the same time, however, information products--the actual user applications--were still inseparable from software; that is, they could only be developed by trained software programmers. Even only five years ago, says Tim, publishers were "wringing their hands," wondering how to enter the Internet and develop online publishing without actually hiring a staff of programmers. Should they become software companies? Contract software companies? No one could envision developing online information products without being able to write software programs. Today, we are witnessing the next "separation point" as technology is beginning to allow nontechnical users to develop multimedia products without being programmers. According to Tim, the World Wide Web will become, in effect, the next open software platform, one on which "a new generation of information companies will take off." *** Java and the Web Tim is especially interested in technology that helps nontechnical users develop their own information products. That's why he has mixed feelings about innovations such as [Sun Microsystems'] Java, the new Internet technology and development language. "Java is really promising," he says, "but it pushes things back in the direction of programmer space. To the extent that it supports canned components that nontechnical people can use, that's great. But I really want to see software that makes the Internet more of a user environment and less of a programmer environment." According to Tim, the Internet and the Web are ideally suited to becoming fully developed "user environments." For one thing, they offer tremendous potential as a communications tool. "Once you've gotten on e-mail," he says, "it's hard to live without it." For another thing, the Web is a "universal information sharing tool." Online publishing will become a fairly large part of this information sharing. Tim points out that the publishing industry as it already exists is very similar to the Web. Each year, over 50,000 titles are published in the United States, many for relatively small audiences. In the same way, the Web offers thousands of sites that are also highly focused in content. "I can put up an agenda for fifty people, or I can create the Global Network Navigator which is getting 20 million hits a week," says Tim. "There's a wide range, and that what makes the Web most interesting." *** Information Interfaces Tim doesn't see the value of information technology as simply making more information accessible to more people. "Information is useless, for the most part," he says. "What's going to happen is that people are going to find the right level and right place for information." This process will be aided by, among other things, new products that serve as information interfaces. A simple example of these interfaces is a hardcopy magazine which serves as a user interface to the news. A more sophisticated example might be the creation of online publications that allow users to access additional information by clicking on specific words or graphics. Tim cites Encarta, Microsoft's general-purpose encyclopedia, as embodying current ideas about online multimedia "books." Users can scroll through various articles watching pictures and listening to sounds. However, Tim points out that Encarta is inherently limited in the content it can deliver: "You can read about tigers, but you'll never click on a real tiger." In contrast, Microsoft's Cinemania product represents the next step in information interfaces. "It's fundamentally a digital world: you read the description of movies. Then you can actually download the movie. The book becomes not an end in itself but an interface to some larger body of information." Tim suggests that a Cinemania-style product could be adapted in the future to a video-on-demand service offered by a cable company. Users could read reviews, do sophisticated searching ("all the movies that Roger Ebert liked starring John Wayne that aren't westerns") get a short list, watch film clips, and then download the film they want. In this way, a product like Cinemania could serve as an interface to even larger information spaces. Developing these kinds of rich "information spaces" will be one of the main goals of O'Reilly & Associates in the immediate future. When talking about the future, Tim tries to be open-minded and not locked into rigid agendas. He says that because he's never worked for another company as an employee, he has had to "make it up" as he went along. Naturally, he has a set of management and business goals, but at the same time he also simply tries to "turn people loose" to do their best work. Essentially, he trusts that events will unfold as they should. "I think that a lot of times, people try to impose their will on the world. If you stay alert and open, you'll find the right directions that take you to interesting places." He adds, "I didn't set out to do any of the things I've managed to accomplish. I just tried to respond to what came." End Article ------------------------------------------------------------ Marshall to Play a Key Role in UniForum's Professional Training Department -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The UniForum Association is pleased to introduce Claudia Marshall as its new conference and seminar coordinator. Claudia will be responsible for assisting with all aspects of conference activities, including research, planning, promotion, coordination and execution. Prior to joining UniForum, Claudia gathered an impressive range of experience at a number of organizations, including a computer member association. Her duties have entailed planning and executing the operations required for successful corporate conferences, meetings and seminars. Along with her store of knowledge and experience, she brings great enthusiasm and drive for UniForum's mission, as well as a member-oriented philosophy. Welcome Claudia! End Article ------------------------------------------------------------ UniForum '96 Preview: Data Warehouse Plenary Session ---------------------------------------------------- Emphasis on Successful Implementations Data warehousing has become one of the hot topics of the 1990s, and there are no signs of a slowdown as more corporations plan to implement data warehouses for decision support, marketing analysis and other functions. Combining databases, graphical user interfaces and sophisticated data modeling software, data warehouses are changing the way data is used in corporate information systems. A plenary session will be offered at UniForum '96 in San Francisco, CA, on Friday, Feb. 16. The session will be chaired by Rebel Brown, president of Cognoscenti of Mountain View, CA. Speakers will include Chris Erickson, president and ceo of Red Brick Systems of Los Gatos, CA; Steve Sommer, vice president of marketing at Informix in Menlo Park, CA; Sterling Makishima, data warehouse manager at Hewlett-Packard in Cupertino, CA; and Tsvi Gal, senior vice president and chief technology officer at Bank of America in San Francisco. End-users on the panel will discuss the various ways that they have benefited from data warehouse implementations, with a special emphasis on "what really works" for enterprise information systems. Data warehouse vendors will provide a survey of the products they offer today, as well as the products being developed for tomorrow. End Article ------------------------------------------------------------ UniNews Recruitment and Positions Wanted ---------------------------------------- For inclusion in the UniNews Classified Section, please provide the following information, being as specific as possible. If you do not want your name printed, please indicate in item No.1 and UniNews will receive replies and forward them to you. Please type or write legibly. Your classified may be edited for length or clarity. UniNews "Positions Wanted" classifieds are available FREE OF CHARGE to UniForum members only. Upon receipt of your material, we will publish your classified in the next TWO available issues of the biweekly UniNews. YOU MUST BE A MEMBER OF UNIFORUM TO PARTICIPATE 1. Your name Shall we print your name in UniNews? Your UniForum Membership # (if available) 2. 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