------------------------------------------------------------ UniNews The Newsletter For The UniForum Community ------------------------------------------------------------ Issue Date: April 25, 1997 Volume X, Number 21 ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE: UniForum News IT Horizon '97 Editorial: R.I.P.- UTG, UUX New Staff, Responsibilities, and a Farewell Industry News Java Goes ISO: Sun and the PAS Process Client/Server Web Design Tips Workplace Internet Use and Abuse Securing Your Business - New White Paper SCO Revs up Enterprise Products for Internet Computing UniNews Features Consumer Electronics and the Network Computer Return of the OS Wars? Member Views - Network Computing Humor: Software Revisions Explained! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ UniForum Association in conjunction with The Fisher Center for Management and Information Technology, Walter A. Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley Announces: IT Horizon '97 Symposium, Workshop and Solutions Showcase "From the NC to the Networked Enterprise: Thin Clients, NetPCs, Robust Servers, Universal Access" JUNE 9-11, 1997 DoubleTree Hotel (formerly Red Lion) SAN JOSE, CAŹ Article Code: un1970425 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970425/thenews3.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ R.I.P. - UTG, UUX -- Who will be the Voice of the UNIX System User?? Editorial by Michael Dortch Who now speaks for the UNIX System user? An organization called UUX (for "UnixWare Users eXchange") has folded its tent and slipped quietly away. Article Code: un2970425 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970425/thenews.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ New Staff, New Responsibilities, and a Farewell at UniForum It's been an active month at UniForum, especially on the human resources side. Two new employees have joined UniForum in the Conferences and Seminars Department, one in Membership/Marketing; and positions for Executive Assistant/Human Resources Administrator, and Information Systems Manager are open. Article Code: un3970425 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970425/thenews2.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Java Goes ISO Sun Explains Their PAS Submitter Strategy By Kevin Urquhart, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Editor's Note: This article, written exclusively for UniNews online, is an invited response to the Standards Spotlight column, by Carl Cargill, appearing in the April 11 issue of UniNews online. Article Code: un4970425 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970425/Inews1.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tips for Enhancing Your Web Project Plans with the Elements of Design Client/Server Managers Are Key Team Members by Sally Atkins, UniNews Online's Client/Server Correspondent The web is a very visual medium. When conducting a web project, whether for the Intranet or Internet, you should include an emphasis on user experience, site navigation and flow, and graphic design. Article Code: un5970425 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970425/Inews4.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Workplace Internet Use & Abuse By Jim Johnson, UniNews Worksplace and Careers Correspondent jim@gnu.ai.mit.edu Net Paradise is flourishing. For a couple of years now, users have been swimming in tools and resources. Staffers have gained a much greater level of technological self-sufficiency, as support sites and user groups have proliferated on the Web. There are now multiple software solutions forpractically any problem a user may face, usually available as downloadable evaluation versions, or even release versions, for free. Article Code: un6970425 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970425/Inews5.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Securing Your Business - New White Paper Published by The Open Group A new White Paper, Securing Your Business, has been published by The Open Group, Cambridge, MA., and is available electronically at www.rdg.opengroup.org/public/tech/security/background.htm. Article Code: un7970425 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970425/Inews3.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SCO Revs up Enterprise Products for Internet Computing by Peggy King, Special to UniNews Online SCO recognizes that many of the high-end PC servers powered by Pentium Pro microprocessors from Intel Corp. are destined to be used as Web servers. Article Code: un8970425 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970425/Inews2.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Consumer Electronics May Overwhelm the Network Computer Diba sets its sights on software for smaller devices in the home By Don Dugdale, UniNews Correspondent Some computer vendors foresee a future when no home will be complete without its own network computer, an all-purpose diskless workstation that downloads all its applications and data from elsewhere, performs a multitude of PC functions, interfaces with the Web and provides the family with a window on the world. Article Code: un9970425 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970425/feature5.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Return of the OS Wars? By Julie Jones and Rolf Jester Reprinted with permission from UniForum NZ News, the official publication of UniForum New Zealand, the New Zealand National Association of Open Systems Professionals, Vol 7, No 2, March 1997. Just when you thought it was safe ... Article Code: un10970425 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970425/feature3.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Member Views - Network Computing UniForum Members Know A Lot, or A Little, but They're Not Shy UniForum regularly checks in with its Membership by way of an e-mail query on issues and topics of immediate concern and interest. Our latest venture into member opinion gathering was on network computing. Article Code: un11970425 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970425/feature2.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Humor: Software Revisions Explained! Once you start playing with software you quickly become aware that each software package has a revision code attached to it. It is obvious that this revision code gives the sequence of changes to the product, but in reality there's substantially more information available through the rev-code than that. This article provides a guide for interpreting the meaning of the revision codes and what they actually signify. Article Code: un12970425 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970425/feature.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ UniNews is written and published by UniForum. For information about UniNews or to contribute news for future issues, contact Dick Shippee, at 800-255-5620, ext. 17, or 408-986-8840; or e-mail to dick@uniforum.org. Copyright 1997 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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