Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!iconsys!malc From: malc@iconsys.icon.com (Malcolm Weir) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k Subject: Re: Motorola Press Release on the 88110 (or, numbers, numbers) Message-ID: <1990Nov13.193744.805@iconsys.icon.com> Date: 13 Nov 90 19:37:44 GMT References: <42805@mips.mips.COM> <1116@dg.dg.com> <42958@mips.mips.COM> Organization: Sanyo/Icon International, Inc., Irvine, Ca. Lines: 38 In article <42958@mips.mips.COM> mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) writes: >MIPS RISCware catalog. Number of s/w application entries (and we only >count software, not hardware, training courses, etc), is shown below. > >What's criterion for being listed? Easy: the application is demonstable, >the vendor will take an order for it, and will ship it to you. >(Seems pretty simple). > > Oct 89 Oct 90 > 203 665 (and at this instant, 772, as we've typically > been adding >100/month, lately). >-- >-john mashey DISCLAIMER: >UUCP: mash@mips.com OR {ames,decwrl,prls,pyramid}!mips!mash >DDD: 408-524-7015, 524-8253 or (main number) 408-720-1700 >USPS: MIPS Computer Systems, 930 E. Arques, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 But again, you miss the point: there is no place to look for a list of applications that will run on BOTH MIPS and DEC and ... systems. Also, note that applications that use a certified run-time system are not listed, but they are available (e.g. many COBOL compilers require a run-time package. If XY-COBOL is certified, then the huge quantity of XY-COBOL applications becomes available, BUT NOT CERTIFIED!) This is a game played by many vendors in order to fill the 3rd part catalog. I know Moto Comp. Sys. Div., SCO, ARIX, NCR, Unisys, Uniforum and others list COBOL, BASIC, Informix, Progress, etc. etc. packages as available, supported applications. They are not ever likely to be certified 88Open compliant, but they are reasons why people choose to buy the box. Anyway, with Comdex hanging about, everybody can now play "Count the 3rd Party Apps". Just go up to your friendly neighborhood competitor and ask to see a list of supported apps. Its a stunningly pointless pastime, but it seems to amuse the bean counters of most marketing departments. Malc. P.s. how about renaming this group "comp.sys.mashey"? ;-)