------------------------------------------------------------ UniNews The Newsletter For The UniForum Community ------------------------------------------------------------ Issue Date: October 16, 1996 Volume X, Number 12 ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE: UniForum News NT User Group to Host Event at UniForum '97 UniForum Introduces New Member Benefits Industry News Microsoft Chooses The Open Group for ActiveX Unix Expo Fades Out Internet Changing Society, Says McKenna Unix and NT or Unix vs. NT? Industry Profiles Sun's Rob Gingell Surveys 19-Year Career +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NT User Group to Host Event at UniForum '97 Worldwide Association of NT User Groups will participate in UniForum conference UniForum announces that the Worldwide Association of NT User Groups (WANTUG) will take part in the UniForum '97 conference and trade show. Headquartered in Washington, DC, WANTUG recently held its first organizing meeting to establish a national charter and to secure corporate sponsorships that will enable it to fulfill its mission of providing information and education about the Microsoft Windows NT operating system to users around the world. Seventy-five regional user groups form the backbone of WANTUG, many of which have existed for several years as user groups for those interested in advanced systems, including Unix. Article Code: un1961016 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961016/thenews.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ UniForum Introduces New Member Benefits UniForum has negotiated special pricing for our General Members with several major technical information providers. Our members realize significant savings while gaining the information they need. Current programs include: Article Code: un2961016 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961016/thenews2.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Microsoft Chooses The Open Group for ActiveX Standards body to oversee development of technology Microsoft Corp. announced that The Open Group has been selected by Microsoft ActiveX stakeholders to lead the evolution and deployment of ActiveX core technologies. Voting took place in an industry meeting of ActiveX stakeholders and other companies on Oct. 1, 1996, in New York. Representatives of more than 80 companies were present and participated in the decision. Article Code: un3961016 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961016/Inews1.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Unix Expo Fades Out Traditional Unix event will be merged into IT Forum in 1997 By Dick Shippee Unix Expo rang down its curtain off-Broadway last week, ending a long and successful run as a major marketplace for Unix systems and software, and an East Coast venue where Unix hands new and old could meet to make or renew acquaintances. Next year the show will be folded into a new event called IT Forum, which will include DB Expo and a new Windows NT event. It is strongly rumored that by next year the show-whatever its composition-will have a new owner as well. Article Code: un4961016 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961016/Inews2.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Internet Changing Society, Says McKenna Silicon Valley guru speaks at Connect '96 The social change made possible by the Internet and related technologies will have at least as much impact on the world as the automobile and television, a leading technology marketer told an assembly of electronic networkers meeting at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA, this month. Article Code: un5961016 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961016/Inews3.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Unix and NT or Unix vs. NT? Feelings continue to run deep in this ongoing controversy The Sept. 10 session of the Software Forum/UniForum Unix Special Interest Group (SIG) offered attendees a rare opportunity to see and hear high-level representatives of Sun Microsystems and Microsoft debate the advantages and shortcomings of the Unix and Windows NT operating systems. The session was held at Amdahl Corp.'s headquarters building in Sunnyvale, CA, and attracted over 150 computer professionals. By a show of hands, the Unix users in attendance outnumbered the NT users by slightly more than two to one. Article Code: un6961016 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961016/Inews4.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sun's Rob Gingell Surveys 19-Year Career New UniForum board member calls himself a technology generalist By Don Dugdale Rob Gingell had his moment of epiphany as a freshman chemistry major at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. A few months after starting classes, he realized that the computers he had been using in his science experiments were more interesting than the experiments themselves. "I'd figured out that computing was not just a hobby," he says. "So I ended up mentally switching that year. I think I'd actually switched sooner than that but I just wouldn't admit it to myself." Article Code: un7961016 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961016/Iprofile.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ UniNews is written and published by UniForum. For information about UniNews or to contribute news for future issues, contact Cedric Braun, Managing Editor, at 800-255-5620, or 408-986-8840; or e-mail to cedric@uniforum.org. Copyright 1996 by UniForum. All rights reserved. UNIX is a registered trademark licensed exclusively to X/Open Co. UniForum is a trademark of UniForum. 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