First Commercial Shipment of DCOM on HP-UX 10.2 and SGI IRIX 6.x.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 1998--Mainsoft Corporation today announced that it is shipping MainWin(R) XDE XDE Extended Development Environment XDE Extended Development Experience XDE Xerox Development Environment (eXtended Development Environment) version 3.1. This release includes the first true cross-platform distributed COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. with full 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. support for HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. 10.2 and SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. 6.x platforms. DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) Formerly Network OLE, it is Microsoft's technology for distributed objects. DCOM is based on COM, Microsoft's component software architecture, which defines the object interfaces. on the Solaris platform shipped commercially earlier in 1998. The addition of DCOM allows developers to create GUI and server applications that interoperate between Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , Solaris, HP, and IRIX. This release also includes the MIDL MIDL Microsoft Interface Definition Language MIDL Modular Interoperable Data Link MIDL Master Input Data List MIDL Miniature Interoperable Data Link MIDL Most Idle 5 compiler for generating language-neutral networking code. MIDL 5 is the latest Microsoft MIDL version. Mainsoft continues to be the leader in cross-platform single source-code solutions by providing Microsoft Technologies on 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). (tm). The development paradigm is shifting to Windows NT as the volume platform for threaded server applications. The ability to ship state-of-the-art Microsoft GUI and server technology on UNIX is required for solving the challenge of multiple platforms and scalability in the Enterprise. Time-to-market is critical and providing MainWin 3.1 allows new or existing Windows-based applications to ship concurrently on UNIX with the same functionality and correct application behavior. As always users have the choice of the Windows look and feel or the Motif look. "SGI is committed to Windows NT and IRIX interoperability and Mainsoft is delivering interoperability solutions," said Todd Johnson, senior vice president of marketing, Silicon Graphics. "We believe COM is a critical technology and it is exciting that it is working on IRIX 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4." "HP is the leader in supplying integrated UNIX and Windows NT-based solutions. Cross-platform technology is a key element of integration and it's important to our installed base to have a partner like Mainsoft supporting HP-UX 10.20," says Gina Cassinelli, marketing manager of the Internet and Applications Systems Division "MainWin 3 exceeded our expectations," said Tyler Gingrich, Ameritech Libraries Division vice president. "We have a three-tier architecture using Java, COM, and database technology. Leading libraries in the world need remote access for their patrons and that interaction spawns thousands of threads. MainWin is up to the job for our large mission critical application. DCOM shipping will allow us to query sister library databases and provide full service functionality." "Softimage participated as a beta site for MainWin 3.1 on the SGI platform and we've been very impressed with the overall performance," said Marc Petit, director of 3D product development for Softimage. "Even with demanding products such as "Sumatra," our next-generation 3-D animation product, we intend to ship simultaneous versions on Windows NT and SGI IRIX." "Alta Business Unit of Cadence is committed to providing powerful solutions to the High Level Systems Design marketplace. Graphical analysis environments connected to powerful application servers are an integral part of our technical solution. We use DCOM for connecting client applications to servers across Windows NT and UNIX platforms. Mainsoft has provided us with a complete solution for implementing Win32 for MFC applications that take full advantage of DCOM on UNIX platforms", said Mehrdad Hashem, architect of Cadence Alta Business Unit. About Mainsoft In addition to MainWin, the complete single source-code solution for Windows and UNIX with a rich set of automated rehosting tools, Mainsoft provides Visual SourceSafe for UNIX for version control; Visual Test for UNIX, the only test suite that allows you to test Windows functionality on UNIX reusing your existing Windows test scripts; Microsoft Help for UNIX, allowing you to use your Windows help files as is. Mainsoft's MainWin Win32 environment and packaged products are available on a variety of UNIX platforms, including SUN, Hewlett-Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) RS/6000, and Silicon Graphics Inc. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Mainsoft targets its products to software developers, ISVs, government agencies, and OEMs. Additional information on Mainsoft can be obtained by visiting their web site at http://www.mainsoft.com. Note to Editors: All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Mainsoft Corporation Anne Dor, 408/328-6222 anne@mainsoft.com or Oak Ridge Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Steve Farnsworth, 408/253-5042 steve@oakridge.com |
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