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From: adam@hyper.lap.upenn.edu (Adam Feigin)
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Subject: Re: Hamilton Group Announcement
Keywords: OSF, NCS, UNIX
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Date: 24 May 88 14:15:21 GMT
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In article <7147@swan.ulowell.edu> page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) writes:
>Is the recent "hamilton group" announcement being discussed anywhere
>on USENET?  I'm interested in the opinions out there.
>.........mucho deleto
>Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept.  page@swan.ulowell.edu  ulowell!page

We (Apollo Sites) have just received some information about the OSF and the
'Future of Unix'. I don't know if any of the other vendors of the OSF sent
letters to their customers, so I'll quote briefly....

"To help the foundation deliver implementations of the OSF/AE specifications
more quickly, sponsors of the foundation have offered a number of technologies
including: Network Computing System (tm) (NCS) from Apollo, National language
Support from HP, X Window System toolkits from DEC, core system technology 
from advanced OS development work from IBM, UNIX system-based multiprocessor
architecture from Groupe Bull, OSI protocol support from Siemens and 
relational database technology from Nixdorf. This willingness of vendors to 
offer technology illustrates the strength of open systems. in defining OSF/AE
specifications, the foundation can leverage the R&D investment and skills of
many companies to develop the best possible system."

Its a 5 page document, so I can't very well give you all the details. If
you're really interested., you can call the OSF at (617) 250-0035 (after
July 16, call (508) 250-0035) )

Many of the features of OSF/AE are already incorporated within current Apollo
products, including: a distributed filesystem, (Apollo has always had this,
while NFS was just a twinkle in someone's eye !!!) dynamic linking, shared
libraries, and mapped files.

Hope this is of help. 




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