Softway Systems announces agreement with Digital Equipment Corp. to market OpenNT on Alpha platforms; UNIX market to gain immediate access to Windows NT on Alpha with OpenNT.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 1996--Softway Systems, Inc., developer of OpenNT for Microsoft(R) 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. , today announced OpenNT for Digital Equipment Corp.'s Alpha-based Windows NT platforms. The availability of OpenNT for Alpha-based systems series computers will enable these platforms to run both Windows applications and ported 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 in a single operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. environment. The OpenNT product line consists of end user and developer products that provide full conformance to IEEE's 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. .1 and POSIX.2 standards for Windows NT. In the coming months Softway Systems will release a series of products to provide complete XPG See X/Open Portability Guide. XPG - X/open Portability Guide 4 UNIX conformance for Windows NT. Softway Systems is building the OpenNT product line under a long term agreement with Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, . The company began selling the Intel-based version of OpenNT in March of this year. Softway Systems - Digital Agreement The agreement between Softway Systems and Digital means that Digital will now be able to resell OpenNT for Alpha-based systems. Digital will market OpenNT through strategic partners and on existing and future U.S. federal government awarded contracts. Softway will also sell the Alpha versions of OpenNT products through its worldwide distribution partners. Additionally, the agreement provides for joint marketing of the Alpha-OpenNT solution to large corporate customers, integrators and government customers. "OpenNT will give users of Windows NT on Alpha-based systems an environment with much of the functionality of today's advanced UNIX operating systems. Add to this all the existing features of Windows NT and the speed of the Alpha processor and you have a powerful operating system solution that delivers maximum performance and functionality for users and developers," said Douglas Miller, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Softway Systems. "For customers wanting to run UNIX code in a Windows NT environment. Softway Systems provides an excellent solution," said Donald Z. Harbert, vice president, UNIX Business Segment, Digital Equipment Corporation. "We look forward to working together to meet the high demand for solutions for integrated UNIX and Windows NT environment." OpenNT Products Softway Systems will be make three products available on Digital's Alpha platform over the next 45 days. -- OpenNT Commands and Utilities is a UNIX-style operating system environment including command shells and the full set of utilities conforming to the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. POSIX.2 Execution Environment Utilities standard. Popular UNIX utilities This is a list of UNIX utilities as specified by IEEE Std 1003.1-2004, which is part of the Single UNIX Specification (SUS). These utilities can be found on UNIX Operating systems and most UNIX-like operating systems. List IEEE Std 1003. , like Korn Shell A command line processor for Unix that adds extensions to the Bourne shell. It includes many C shell functions, but is supported by more versions of Unix than C shell. See Bourne shell, bash shell, C shell and Unix. Korn Shell - (ksh) A command interpreter for Unix. , awk, find, grep, sed, ls, od and vi are among the tools included. Coupled with an enhanced POSIX.1 subsystem for Windows NT, OpenNT Commands and Utilities provides complete conformance to POSIX.1 and POSIX.2 standards. POSIX.1 and POSIX.2 conformance is required for all operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. procured by the U.S. federal government as defined in FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) A series of publications issed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that specifies information security guidelines for federal government departments and agencies. 151-2 and FIPS 189. OpenNT is the only commercially available product that provides POSIX.2 / FIPS 189 conformance for Microsoft Windows NT. Suggested list price starts at $199. -- OpenNT Software Development Kit is a complete environment for developing and porting UNIX applications to Windows NT. It includes libraries for system services and networking interfaces as well as standard UNIX development tools and utilities. Suggested list price starts at $99. -- OpenNT Telnet Server is a multi-user telnet daemon service for Windows NT. The product allows multiple users to log into a Windows NT server over intranet and internet connections from remote workstations and terminals. Users can then run character-based applications that execute in either in the Windows or the OpenNT environment. Suggested list price starts at $99. About Softway Systems Softway Systems, Inc. is quickly establishing itself as the leading provider of UNIX operating system products for Microsoft Windows NT. It was founded in 1995 by a team of open systems and UNIX industry veterans. The company has offices in San Francisco, Vienna, Va., Washington, D.C., Paris, France and Kitchener, Canada. Softway Systems is a privately held, venture capital backed company. For more information, contact Softway Systems at: Softway Systems, Inc. 185 Berry Street, Suite 5514 San Francisco, Calif. 94107 Telephone: 415/896-0708 Fax: 415/896-0709 Sales: 800/438-8649 Email: OpenNT@softway.com WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. : http://www.softway.com/OpenNT -0- Note to Editors: OpenNT is a trademark of Softway Systems, Inc. Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their owners. CONTACT: Softway Systems, Inc. Sylvia McCleary, 415/896-0708 sylvia@softway.com or Digital Equipment Corporation Andy Pool, 508/467-2252 apool@sbuhq.mro.dec.com |
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