CRITICAL UNIX APPLICATIONS TOOLKIT PORTED TO IA64 TURBOLINUX.Integrated Computer Solutions Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc. (ICS) is a computer software company headquartered in Bedford, MA. They provide Graphic User Interface (GUI) development tools and professional services for UNIX and Linux platforms. , Inc. (ICS (1) (Internet Connection Sharing) A Windows feature that enables two or more computers to share one Internet connection. First introduced in Windows 98 Second Edition, sharing is accomplished with network address translation (NAT), which is the common method. ), a supplier of commercial Motif(R) products and support, and Turbolinux, Inc., the leader in high-performance Linux for Internet infrastructure solutions, have announced immediate availability of Open Motif Open Motif (or, unofficially, OpenMotif) is a source code release of the Motif computer programming toolkit by The Open Group, the current owners of Motif. Open Motif has the same functionality and source code as Motif, but is offered under a proprietary shared source for Intel's forthcoming Itanium processor-based systems. This is the first port of Motif, the industry standard GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. toolkit for UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). applications, for IA64 Linux on Intel Itanium systems. Most mission-critical applications that run on UNIX use Motif as an integral part of their application. Typical applications that depend on Motif include aircraft ground systems at Boeing, financial applications developed by Credit Suisse The Credit Suisse Group (SWX:CSGN, NYSE: CS) is a financial services company, headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. It is the second-largest Swiss bank, behind UBS AG. and other investment houses, the programming control system at DirectTV, criminal investigation support systems at the FBI, the crew and equipment scheduling system of Southwest Airlines, control systems for the subway systems of Boston and San Francisco and tools developed at Walt Disney, Dreamworks and many other animation studios. Motif is also used extensively by independent software vendors such as Oracle and Rational Software. "Enterprise applications currently deployed on UNIX almost all rely on Motif and this port will greatly accelerate the adoption of Linux on IA64 processor systems," said Jerry Greenberg, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Turbolinux. "Turbolinux has been a leader in developing Linux for IA64 and we see this step as critical for ISVs in making their applications available on Intel's next-generation systems." "Open Motif on Linux for IA64 is enterprise ready," said Mark Hatch, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. for ICS. "The Turbolinux operating system and hardware are stable and ready for porting Motif applications." Open Motif is available for free downloads at the MotifZone, ICS's Motif portal site (http://www.motifzone.net). This release includes the latest bug fixes to Open Motif provided by other vendors and the open source community. |
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