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From: lewine@dg-rtp.dg.com (Donald Lewine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k
Subject: Re: Motorola Press Release on the 88110
Message-ID: <1116@dg.dg.com>
Date: 7 Nov 90 15:40:04 GMT
References: <569@88opensi.UUCP> <42763@mips.mips.COM> <42805@mips.mips.COM>
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In article <42805@mips.mips.COM>, mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) writes:
|> 
|> Here are the summaries:
|> 1) H/W vendors: 61 products from 9 vendors:
|> 
|>  3	CETia
|> 19	DG
|> 10	Dolphin Server
|>  2	Encore
|>  1	Harris
|>  9	Motorola
|>  7	Norsk	(These are different names for DG W/S or Dolphin servers)
|>  9 	Opus
|>  1	Prometa AB
|> -------TOTAL
|> 61	(unless you subtract the Norsk ones as double-counts, getting 54 then)
	This is only vendors who have 88open Certified systems.  There
    are many 88000 users who are either not using BCS compatible 
    software (e.g. BB&N) or do not want to pay for certification.
	
|> 
|> 2) S/W: 314 packages.  These are in various stages of certification;
|> I didn't count, but the estimate of 60 certified looked about right.
|> Most of them are labeled "Planned Compliant", some are "In Progress"
|> I couldn't find anything in the book about availability and such,
|> so I have no idea where on the scale it fits:
|> 3rd-party catalogs around the industry vary wildly in availability
|> requirements to be listed, from "will port within 6 months" to
|> "must be shippable".
|> 
|>   4	AI
|>  38	DBMS
|>   1	Earth  Resources
|>  90	General Business
|>  13	Imaging/Graphics
|>   4	Networking & Comm
|>  37	Office Automation
|>  22	Science & Engineering
|> 105	Software Engineering
|> ---	TOTAL
|> 314

	Again, this is only certified (or planned to be certified) 
	applications.  There are many applications which are unique
    to Data General.  This may be due to unique Data General 
    hardware, unique DG/UX software features or a special 
    relationship between Data General and the ISV.
 
    I am sure that there are other applications unique to 
    Motorola, Encore, Harris, etc.

    In short, it is not fair to assign a penalty to the 88000
    because there is an 88open Compatibility Certification
    program.  The catalog list 314 packages in various stages of
    certification.  How many other chip vendors have software
    *CERTIFIED* to run on multiple platforms?  How rigorous is the
    certification process?


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