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From: mark@sunquest.UUCP (Mark McCourt)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Help!
Summary: Available UIMS systems (is that redundant?)
Keywords: user interfaces, object oriented paradigms, EXOC
Message-ID: <1912@sunquest.UUCP>
Date: 6 Feb 90 17:30:02 GMT
References: <2797@goanna.oz.au> <6271@inco.UUCP>
Organization: Sunquest Information Systems, Tucson
Lines: 80

In article <6271@inco.UUCP>, pauls@inco.UUCP (Paul Stygar) writes:
> In article <2797@goanna.oz.au> rds@goanna.oz.au (Rowan D. Stevens) writes:
> >
> > ----  HELP!  ----
> >
> >I am looking for information about either a user interface methodology, a
> >name of a research paper, an actual CASE tool or development environment, or
> >anything which might help me to locate the following:-
> >
> At the January UNIFORUM in Washington DC we saw a demonstration of a
> pleasant tool based on the Motif widget set.  The product was EXOC
> and will be available soon (March 1990?) from
> 
> 	Expert Object Corporation
> 	7250 Cicero Avenue
> 	Suite 201
> 	Lincolnwood,  Illinois 60646
> 
> Phone:	(312) 676-5555
> 
> In a few minutes one could easily complete a few days worth of manual
> coding.  Cost was approx $1300 for a single workstation,  and appeared
> to be a bargain.  Not a CASE tool,  rather, an actual productivity tool.
> 
> The interface was about as user friendly as we could imagine.  Your
> mileage may vary.  We saw some other products with similar capabilities
> at the show,  but on a cost/friendliness perspective the choice was too
> easy.
> 
> We have no connection with the above product except as prospective customers.

I called EXOC about its products and found they weren't for me.  Their UIMS
runs on top of the "native" toolkit of a platform.  i.e. on Suns it sits on
OpenLook, on DECs it sits on Motif, etc.  I need Motif on Suns which they 
said they don't plan on supporting for a while, if at all.  This may be 
ok depending on your environment.

I received some info from a proponent of TeleUSE from TeleSoft:

> I know of some more UIMS tools and I also want to give you some information
> about TeleUSE.
>
> Other UIMS tools are:
>        XBuild from Nixdorf
>        VUIT from DEC
>        TAE+ from NASA
>        Sherryl Lubinsky from ?
>        Xcessory from ICS
>        WINTERP from ?
>        Serpent from Carnegie Mellon
>        (GUIDE comes from Sun)

There is also UIMX from Visual Edge.  I have only looked at specifics for UIMX,
TeleUSE and the EXOC products (AutoCODE and ExoCODE).  TeleUSE is available now
while UIMX is still in Beta but due out shortly. 

Addresses:

 The TeleUSE Group
 TELESOFT
 5959 Cornerstone Court West
 San Diego, Ca 921921-9891
 tel: 619-457-2700
 fax: 619-452-1334


For UIMX

 Visual Edge Software Limited
 3870 Cote Vertu
 St. Laurent, Quebec
 Canada
 H4R 1V4

I have seen UIMX run.  It seems to be a really powerful tool that should really
boost productivity by orders of magnitude.

Good Luck.

Mark McCourt