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From: is813cs@pyr.gatech.EDU (Cris Simpson)
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Subject: Re: Xwindows & PM (OS/2)
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Date: 17 Nov 89 15:29:05 GMT
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In article <2528@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> battle@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Rick) writes:
>My boss hit me with a question today that was a surprise.  He
>wanted to know what the relationship is (if any) between Xwindows
>and PM.  I have never seen any software vendor who writes for the
>DOS-OS/2 (PM) world also write for Xwindows.
> 
	Not yet, but it's coming.  PM will be the basis for the
OSF interface.  It will also use the DECwindows API [1].  HP and MS
have been working closely on this.  SCO is doing a lot of the work
of the port, to be called PM/X [2].  PM/X will allegedly allow
existing PM API calls to be ported directly [3].



>My feeling is that Xwindows will stay in the UNIX world and PM
>will stay in the OS/2 world.
>
	I don't think so.  I think PM/X will bring them quite close.
Another thing to consider is the role of Lan Manager on Unix.  HP
is close to releasing LM/X, which will allow Unix,OS/2, and DOS to
work on the same net.  HP's LM/X will support TCP/IP. [*]  MS
has said that OS/2 will be POSIX compliant, so maybe heterogenous
distributed computing really may be a reality.  Oh, yeah. AT&T will
be including LM/X in a future release of UNIX, which is, by the way,
a trademark of AT&T.  (Ever wonder why you never hear about AT&T itself
being a trademark?)
 
>Does anyone know or feel any different?  Does anyone see Lotus or
>Ashton-Tate or Word Perfect, etc., announcing a Xwindows
>interface?
> 
	Both WordDefect and Word 5.0 are available under Unix. (Whose
*nix, I don't remember.)

>Have fun....thanks
> 
>Rick Battle

References:
[1] PC Week, Jan 9, 1989
[2] Computer Systems News, Jan 9, 1989
[3] PC Week, Feb 27, 1989
[*] I forget where this all came from.  I really saw it, though.



	Weeeell, as the Chinese curse says, these ARE interesting times.

cris

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Cris Simpson              Computer Engineer               VA Rehab R&D Center
                        GATech      Atlanta,GA
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