------------------------------------------------------------ UniNews The Newsletter For The UniForum Community ------------------------------------------------------------ Issue Date: November 22, 1996 Volume X, Number 14 ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE: UniForum News 1997 Open Group Symposium at UniForum New Discount Program from O'Reilly & Associates Industry Profile Don Harbert Heads Unix for DEC Industry News Novell Moves to Capture Directory Lead Unix Benefits Digital Mapping +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1997 Open Group Symposium at UniForum Sixth Research Institute meeting to be held at UniForum '97 For the first time, The Open Group's Research Institute (RI) will hold its annual public Research Symposium in conjunction with the UniForum '97 conference and trade show, Mar. 10-14 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. This two-day event (Mar. 11-12) will provide first-hand exposure to recent software research directions and results in scalability, distribution/ mobility, realtime, fault tolerance, security and high assurance. The symposium offers a forum for key researchers in these fields to present and explain their work in person. The RI's own investigations--based on the World Wide Web, Java, ActiveX and microkernel-based operating-system technology--will also be explored. Article Code: un1961122 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961122/thenews.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ New Discount Program from O'Reilly & Associates UniForum has worked out a special book discount for its General Members with O'Reilly & Associates. A 10 percent discount is given for all purchases; greater discounts are given on multiple-copy purchases. The discount scale ranges as high at 45 percent for large-quantity orders. Article Code: un2961122 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961122/thenews2.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Don Harbert Heads Unix for DEC Digital Equipment VP looks at open systems Don Harbert is the top Unix executive in one of the world's major vendors of computer hardware. Although he quickly brushes aside any notion of himself as a guru--he's an electrical engineer and not a programmer by training--he's clearly in a position to influence the future of open systems. Digital Equipment Corp., though lacking the aura of a pioneering open systems innovator, now reports sales of more than $1 billion a year and more than 50 percent growth in its Unix business over the last complete fiscal year. On a straight revenue basis, DEC's proprietary VMS operating system still accounts for more of the company's business, but VMS and Unix are now about equal in its sales of first-time systems (rather than upgrades). Windows NT, the company's other supported operating system, accounts for much less business than the other two but is growing fast. "There's no question that we can't make the corporate business plan in this decade unless Unix grows at 30 to 50 percent a year," Harbert says. "That's the plan that the company put in place and it's a challenge. We've been delivering on it for the past two years and we have to deliver on it for a few more." Article Code: un3961122 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961122/Iprofile.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Novell Moves to Capture Directory Lead Licensing NDS makes it a viable cross-platform product Novell Inc. has made the latest foray into the increasingly competitive world of network directory systems with its decision to offer broad licensing of its Novell Directory Service (NDS) to operating system vendors without a royalty fee. This move may be the most significant among the recent attempts to establish a single commonly used directory for applications and services across multiple operating systems, applications, servers and the Internet. Article Code: un4961122 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961122/Inews1.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Unix Benefits Digital Mapping One of the world's leading digital mapping companies presents at UniForum SIG The Nov. 12 session of the Software Forum/UniForum Unix Special Interest Group (SIG) featured a "change-of-pace" presentation on geographic information systems (GIS). The presenting company was Etak of Menlo Park, CA, one of the recognized leaders in GIS applications. The session was held at Amdahl Corp.'s headquarters building in Sunnyvale, CA. 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