------------------------------------------------------------ UniNews The Newsletter For The UniForum Community ------------------------------------------------------------ Issue Date: December 13, 1996 Volume X, Number 15 ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE: UniForum News NT Developers Workshop at UniForum '97 Industry Profile Ron Williams Pushes Distributed Systems Industry News Government Cryptography Ruling Stirs Dissension Computing's Next 50 Years Sun's Cost-Cutting JavaStation Unveiled +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NT Developers Workshop at UniForum '97 WANTUG sponsors event at show in March The Worldwide Association of NT User Groups (WANTUG) will hold a half-day, in-depth training workshop for developers and ISVs at UniForum '97 on Mar. 11 that explores two areas of interest for Unix and NT professionals: porting Unix applications to Microsoft Windows NT and ActiveX technologies. Article Code: un1961213 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961213/thenews.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Ron Williams Pushes Distributed Systems Kaiser Health Plan's IT strategic planner supports openness As IT strategic planning specialist for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan in Pasadena, CA, Ron Williams has helped bring distributed computing based on open systems standards to one of the world's largest healthcare organizations. He has been in a good position to see both the effect of open technologies on a large organization's IT environment and the benefits of the information and education spread by UniForum in its conferences, publications and seminars. Article Code: un2961213 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961213/Iprofile.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Government Cryptography Ruling Stirs Dissension ICF is progress, but not enough, critics say The always-volatile issue of U.S. government controls over the export of cryptographic technology is bubbling over again. The question had been simmering for months as the government considered industry pleas to relax its ban on the export of products using the strongest cryptographic keys--that is, keys containing 56 bits or more. Article Code: un3961213 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961213/Inews1.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Computing's Next 50 Years ACM97 Conference looks at the future The annual conference of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) will be different from the usual computing convention in at least two respects. It's devoted to examining the next 50 years of computing rather than present or the short-range future. And since the sessions will be held consecutively and not overlap, it's possible for the attendee to hear every word of every session. The concurrent ACM97 Expo will include more than 100,000 square feet of futuristic technology exhibits. Article Code: un4961213 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961213/Inews2.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sun's Cost-Cutting JavaStation Unveiled Is the day of the network computer about to arrive? If the dawn of the network computer (NC) isn't upon us, at least there's some light in the sky from Sun Microsystems' announcement of its low-cost JavaStation, accompanying Netra j servers and supporting software. 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