PowerOpen Association applauds Apple, IBM, and Motorola on PowerPC hardware standard agreement.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 1994--The PowerOpen Association PowerOpen Association - An independent body established to promote, and test conformance with, the PowerOpen Environment (POE). Monday congratulated Apple, 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) , and Motorola on their agreement to create a new hardware standard for the personal computer. This agreement is a major milestone for the industry, ushering in Noun 1. ushering in - the introduction of something new; "it signalled the ushering in of a new era" first appearance, introduction, debut, entry, launching, unveiling - the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line" a new age of open competition on a stable, advanced design. The agreement will create for the first time, a credible, open, and widely supported common platform for a wide range of operating environments, including the PowerOpen Environment (POE). "We believe that this agreement on a common hardware platform will push products based on the PowerPC architecture to the forefront, giving users RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. performance, unparalleled flexibility, low costs, and a huge selection of software," said Tom Mace, president of the PowerOpen Association. "The commitment of Apple, IBM, and Motorola to a joint, open platform personal computer spells good news for users." The PowerOpen Environment is the next generation open systems specification providing end users, software developers, and systems vendors with an easy to use, standards-based, high performance software platform. Derived from internationally accepted standards such as X/Open's XPG See X/Open Portability Guide. XPG - X/open Portability Guide 4, Spec 1170, and POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX) An IEEE 1003.1 standard that defines the language interface between application programs and the Unix operating system. 1003, the POE defines both the application programming interfaces and the binary formats for systems and applications. IBM's AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. 4.1 operating system is scheduled to be the first POE compliant system software which will bring with it thousands of applications that can be certified. The PowerOpen Association (POA) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to providing services and information for those using the PowerPC architecture in their business. Over 215 companies are members of POA, with Apple, Bull, Motorola, and THOMSON-CSF as sponsors. -0- Note to Editors: PowerOpen and the PowerOpen logo are trademarks licensed to the PowerOpen Association Inc. Power PC, AIX, and IBM are trademarks of International Business Machines Corp. Apple is a registered trademark of Apple Computer. All other products mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: PowerOpen Association, Cupertino
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