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From: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Anyone got DECwindows?
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Date: 21 Mar 89 18:59:17 GMT
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Reply-to: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri)

>>Has anybody out there actually received DECwindows yet?
>>Our local office is quoting delivery of May/June (as part
>>of the VMS V5.1 kit).
>	In the far reaches of Minnesota,  V5.1 tapes showed up
>	on my desk 3/1/89. With DECwindows.  Several other
>	local sites have rec'd theirs also.  

I've been discussing things with my DECsalesperson for a while.  Our software
contracts showed up with a copy of VWS for our ultrix machine (real useful
there), and said person tried to tell me that UWS and VWS were the same, and
I could take my VMS VWS tape and use it on my Ultrix machine.  The Ultrix 3.0
docs say that DECwindows was the standard workstation software for Ultrix 3.0,
so I called up and asked when we'd get DECwindows for Ultrix.  Blank stare.
I've also seen claims that UWS 2.0 is/will be DECwindows, which my salesperson
staunchly denies.  Thursday I read off order numbers for the DECwindows
documentation that I got from a DEC internal sales bulletin, and she said they
weren't available and that DECwindows would ship April/May.  I had to find out
for myself that DECwindows was going to just be part of VMS 5.1.

Friday two, count 'em, *two* copies of VMS 5.1 with "DECwindows" written all
over them showed up.  Aside from the relase notes, there's a "5.1 New Features"
book (no binder) and a "Using DECwindows" book (binder) that lists on the
spine:

@b(Using DECwindows)

Overview of VMS DECwindows

DECwindows User's Guide

Desktop Applications

Now I suspect we'll have to go and order (read: pay extra for) the rest of the
documentation.  I'll also have to get more memory for our mvII.

-- 
@disclaimer(Any concepts or opinions above are entirely mine, not those of my
	    employer, my GIGI, my VT05, or my 11/34)
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Anthony A. Datri @SysAdmin(Stepstone Corporation) aad@stepstone.com stpstn!aad