Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!attunix.att.COM!ytsai From: ytsai@attunix.att.COM Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: GA of OPEN LOOK Release 4 (Product Announcement) Message-ID: <9012112246.AA14491@expo.lcs.mit.edu> Date: 11 Dec 90 22:21:00 GMT Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background) Organization: The Internet Lines: 163 FOR RELEASE MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1990 SUMMIT, N.J. -- UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. (USL), today announced several new products which together make its OPEN LOOK(R) Graphical User Interface (GUI), already the easiest GUI to use, even easier. The new products are the latest releases of USL's OPEN LOOK GUI, XWIN(R) Graphical Windowing System (GWS), and ALEX(TM) developer's tool software. Together, OPEN LOOK and XWIN GWS provide the most complete solution for development of a graphical windowing system for UNIX(R) System V. OPEN LOOK GUI, the USL ``look and feel'' for UNIX System V Release 4, and XWIN GWS, USL's implementation of the X Window System(TM) ported to System V, are available individually or combined. Together, they are offered as Graphics Services Version 4. ALEX software, which is a language extension to X developer's tool, is available separately. ``With the feature-rich Release 4 of the OPEN LOOK GUI, XWIN GWS, and ALEX software, USL demonstrates its commitment to provide a technically superior Graphical User Interface,'' said Joel Appelbaum, vice president of Open Solutions Software at USL. OPEN LOOK GUI continues to lead in the availability of commercial applications (such as graphics/illustration and word processing/ desktop publishing) by a wide margin over its nearest competitor, according to a report in the December 1990 Personal Workstation magazine. An intuitive user interface, OPEN LOOK GUI contains a completely ``customizable'' environment featuring icons, push-pins, pull- down menus, point-and-click desktop and file manager, and other utilities found in ``user-friendly'' systems. The interface is easy to master without any prior experience, and requires less effort than other GUIs, such as fewer keystrokes and shorter cursor movements. OPEN LOOK GUI works with any implementation of the industry- standard Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) X Window System Intrinsics Version X11R4, and provides complete compa- tibility for applications developed with earlier releases of OPEN LOOK GUI. In addition to being ported to the latest release of the MIT intrinsics, both OPEN LOOK GUI and XWIN GWS boast enhancements that deliver better performance and faster image transfer. With these new releases, end users are able to use single keys to customize: - the mouse, by changing assigned button settings to control its movements and modify the time between double clicks; - any of the more than 75 key settings used to navigate the screen; and - the color palette, which allows users to choose between pre-defined color selections or create their own. OPEN LOOK GUI Release 4 offers realistic three-dimensional visuals that provide enriched appearance and improved visual feedback to user input. Monochromatic monitor users will appreciate OPEN LOOK GUI's flexibility in supporting 2-D as well as 3-D looks, because 2-D provides a better monochromatic appearance. Release 4 of the OPEN LOOK GUI enables users who choose not to use a mouse to traverse the screen by using keyboard accelerators or navigational keys. Release 4 of XWIN GWS includes support for multiple servers, allowing users to run a server in each virtual terminal or on multiple terminals connected to a single central processing unit (CPU). In addition, the latest version of the XWIN GWS takes advantage of the Named Streams feature of UNIX System V Release 4, while providing enhanced performance on both UNIX System V Release 3.2 and Release 4. XWIN GWS recently received X/Open branding as XPG3 compliant, signifying that it meets X/Open's standards for portability. ALEX software enables programmers to convert character-based applications to OPEN LOOK graphical applications without modifying existing source code. ALEX significantly increases programmer productivity, and requires no knowledge of the X tool kit intrinsics. A fundamental GUI objective -- to make every application behave in a simple and consistent fashion -- is achieved with ALEX software. Graphics Services Version 4, OPEN LOOK GUI and XWIN GWS are available now. Source licensing fees for Graphics Services Version 4, which includes OPEN LOOK GUI and XWIN GWS, are $20,000 for the initial CPU. Offered separately, XWIN GWS is also available for a $20,000 source licensing fee for the initial CPU. OPEN LOOK GUI, also offered separately, has a source licensing fee of $1,000 for the initial CPU. Current UNIX System V Release 4, Graphics Services, and XWIN customers can upgrade through April 1, 1991 at a 50 percent discount. ALEX 1.0 software, which will work with OPEN LOOK Release 2.0 in a UNIX System V Release 3.2 environment, will be available on Jan. 15, 1991 for a source licensing fee of $20,000 for the initial CPU. An OPEN LOOK Release 4.0-compatible version will be available in a UNIX System V Release 4 environment later in the first quarter 1991. Vendors who wish to license the OPEN LOOK GUI, XWIN GWS, Graphics Services Version 4, or ALEX software should contact USL in Greensboro, N.C., at 1-800-828-UNIX or the appropriate USL subsidiary in London; Tokyo; New Delhi, India; Taipei, Taiwan; or Seoul, Korea. USL, a subsidiary of AT&T, develops and markets UNIX System V and related system software in source code form to computer hardware and system software vendors worldwide. USL, formerly known as AT&T's UNIX Software Organization, works closely with UNIX International, Inc., to ensure that UNIX System V evolves in step with the needs of the Open Systems Industry. # # # OPEN LOOK, XWIN and UNIX are registered trademarks of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. X WINDOW SYSTEM is a trademark of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ALEX is a trademark of System Strategies Limited. -- Joe Kerrigan UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. 190 River Road, Room E-328 Summit, NJ 07901 voice: (908) 522-6230 e-mail: att!attunix!joe joe@attunix.att.com ############################################################################ COMMENT: Since USL is a source product provider, the prices listed in the press announcement are for the ISV's. Users are encouraged to request the 3D/mouseless OPEN LOOK binary package directly from their favorite vendor(s). -- Charles Tsai UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. 190 River Road, Room 4-236 Summit, NJ 07901 voice: (908) 522-6681 e-mail: att!attunix!ytsai ytsai@attunix.att.com