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> The Florida SunFlash
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> Sun Introduces Wabi - Allows MS-Windows Apps To Run Under UNIX
>
> SunFLASH Vol 53 #x May 1993
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> This issue of SunFlash has three Sun press releases about SunSelect's
> Wabi technology. (Note - Wabi is not an acronym.). -johnj
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> SunSoft To Copackage Wabi With Solaris
>
> Sun Introduces Wabi - Allows MS-Windows Apps To Run Under UNIX
>
> SunSelect Proposes Public Interface For MS-Windows Apps
>
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> Subject: SunSoft To Copackage Wabi With Solaris
>
> Contact: Laura Ramsey, +1 415/336-0739
> Contact: Emily Cohen, Hi-Tech Communications at +1 (415) 904-7000
> SunSoft: +1 510-460-3267
>
> Windows Applications To Run On Solaris
>
> MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 5, 1993 -- SunSoft, Inc. today announced
> that it will copackage SunSelect's Wabi technology with the Solaris
> software environment, enabling users to run Windows applications with
> no performance compromise. The Wabi technology was recently
> demonstrated running Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and Microsoft
> PowerPoint for Windows on Solaris at SunSoft's Annual Solaris Developer
> Conference.
>
> "Wabi coupled with Solaris gives users the best of both worlds -- the
> power of UNIX with the range of Microsoft applications," said Edward
> J. Zander, president of SunSoft. "Now users can run their spreadsheet
> on Wabi and their business on Solaris."
>
> Solaris users will initially be able to run key Windows applications
> that account for about two-thirds of the applications sold in the PC
> market. These include Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows, Lotus AmiPro, Microsoft
> Word for Windows, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft
> Project for Windows, WordPerfect for Windows, Harvard Grahics for
> Windows from Software Publishing Corp., Aldus Pagemaker, PROCOMM PLUS
> for Windows from Datastorm Technologies, Inc., CorelDraw, and Paradox
> for Windows from Borland International, and the complete set of
> Microsoft Windows 3.1 accessories. Wabi will be certified to run
> additional applications later in the year.
>
> SunSoft will begin a promotional offer for Wabi this month. Customers
> of Solaris for x86 and Solaris 2.2 for SPARC will receive a coupon with
> their product redeemable for the Wabi technology at no extra cost. The
> offer will extend through December. In addition, the Wabi technology
> will also be copackaged with SunSoft's INTERACTIVE UNIX product line by
> the end of the year. INTERACTIVE UNIX is SunSoft's product targeted at
> the low end multiuser x86 marketplace.
>
> SunSoft's Solaris environment is designed to combine the features of
> high performance computing -- such as multiprocessing, multithreading,
> installation, administration and network security -- with the
> ease-of-use of personal computers, making it the rightsizing solution
> of choice for global enterprises. It is available on the highest volume
> RISC and CISC architectures, SPARC and x86, and will soon be delivered
> on the new PowerPC platform. More than 7,500 32-bit applications -- the
> largest base in the world -- run on Solaris today.
>
> Product inquiries should be directed to SunSoft at 510-460-3267 in the
> United States and to local SunSoft offices in Europe and Asia.
>
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> Subject: Sun Introduces Wabi - Allows MS-Windows Apps To Run Under UNIX
>
> Contact: Beth Byer, SunSelect +1 (508) 442-0271
> Contact: Kathryn Lang Hi-Tech at +1 (415) 904-7000
> Contact: Larry Lytle, USL at +1 (908) 552-5186
>
> SUNSELECT INTRODUCES WABI SOFTWARE, BRINGING MICROSOFT(R) WINDOWS
> APPLICATIONS INTO THE UNIX(R) SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT
>
> USL, SCO and SunSoft to implement technology;
> USL forms co-development partnership with SunSelect
>
> CHELMSFORD, May 5, SunSelect, the PC integration business of Sun
> Microsystems, Inc., today introduced the first technology that allows
> Microsoft. Windows applications to run directly on UNIX.-based PCs and
> workstations at full performance without the need for MS-DOS. or
> Microsoft Windows itself. Named Wabi, the software gives UNIX system
> users the ability to run the most popular Microsoft Windows
> applications on the most powerful open network computing environment.
>
> "The Wabi technology represents a giant step in making UNIX broadly
> acceptable to the commercial marketplace," said Dave Power, general
> manager of SunSelect. "For the first time, users can run their favorite
> Microsoft Windows applications at full speed while still accessing the
> rich resources of the UNIX environment."
>
> SunSelect will license Wabi to leading UNIX operating system vendors.
> Companies planning to implement Wabi as a part of their respective UNIX
> system offerings include UNIX System Laboratories (USL), The Santa Cruz
> Operation (SCO) and SunSoft.
>
> SunSelect has formed a co-development agreement with USL to build key
> components of the Wabi technology. "We are making a major engineering
> commitment to this project, and view Wabi as a key element of our UNIX
> strategy," said Don McGovern, vice president of USL. "The technology
> dramatically advances open systems by enabling customers to take
> advantage of both their Microsoft Windows and UNIX system applications,
> without depending on a single vendor."
>
> In addition, several other vendors, including Toshiba, Fujitsu Limited,
> NCD, Tadpole Technology, and Quarterdeck Office Systems, have endorsed
> Wabi as a way to broaden the choice of software available to their
> customers.
>
> Wabi is based on technology acquired by SunSelect from Praxsys
> Technologies, Inc. (Norwood, Mass.) in September 1992. SunSelect has
> also entered into an agreement with Bitstream Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.),
> under which SunSelect will license Bitstream's font handling technology
> to make a large selection of TrueType fonts available to Wabi vendors.
> As a result, Wabi users will have the same access as Microsoft Windows
> users to Bitstream's library of more than 600 scalable TrueType fonts.
>
>
> >From Microsoft Windows to X Windows
>
> The Wabi software will enable UNIX system users to run Microsoft
> Windows applications right out of the box. Additionally, those
> applications become part of the UNIX as easily accessible as any UNIX
> allowing users to cut and paste text between Microsoft Windows and UNIX
> applications. For example, information queried from a UNIX-based
> database management system or received via an email message can be
> incorporated within a presentation document created with Microsoft
> PowerPoint. or CorelDRAW!.. The user simply utilizes the cut-and-paste
> facility built into X Windows, the open systems standard for displaying
> graphical elements on networked computers and terminals.
>
> While other products permit Microsoft Windows applications to run under
> the UNIX system, they do so by running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows in
> an emulation environment, a feat that requires considerable system
> resources, reducing application performance. By contrast, Wabi
> translates the function calls made by a Microsoft Windows application
> into those recognizable by X Windows. This approach consumes much less
> processing power, permitting Microsoft Windows applications to run with
> no compromise in performance.
>
>
> Support for leading Microsoft Windows applications
>
> Major application vendors, including Lotus Development Corporation,
> Borland International, WordPerfect Corporation, and Corel Corporation,
> have recognized the Wabi product as an innovative way to make their
> Microsoft Windows applications available to new users.
>
> "Wabi is a strong bridge between UNIX and Microsoft Windows, and
> broadens customer's options, allowing end-users to run desktop
> applications like 1-2-3. for Windows and Lotus Freelance Graphics on a
> wider range of platforms," said Jim Manzi, president and chief
> executive officer of Lotus Development Corporation.
>
> The most popular Microsoft Windows applications on the market are being
> certified to run on Wabi. These programs, which together represent
> about two-thirds of all Microsoft Windows applications sold, include
> Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows, Lotus AmiPro, Microsoft Word for Windows,
> Microsoft Excel., Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Project for Windows,
> WordPerfect. for Windows, Harvard Graphics for Windows from Software
> Publishing Corporation, Aldus PageMaker., PROCOMM PLUS for Windows from
> Datastorm Technologies, Inc., CorelDRAW!., Paradox. for Windows and
> Quattro Pro for Windows from Borland. International, Inc., as well as
> the complete set of Microsoft Windows 3.1 accessories.
>
>
> Ongoing certification program
>
> SunSelect, USL and other partners will continue to test and certify
> other Microsoft Windows packages for the Wabi environment. To increase
> the library of applications compatible with the Wabi software,
> SunSelect is establishing a self- certification program for
> developers. Through the program, available in June, developers can
> receive a free preview copy of Wabi, enabling them to conduct
> compatibility testing during the course of application development.
> SunSelect and its partners will also work with developers to make Wabi
> as broadly compatible as possible.
>
>
> Availability and pricing
>
> SunSelect will make release 1.0 of Wabi available to its licensing
> partners this summer. Each vendor will announce its own plans for
> packaging, pricing, and availability.
>
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> Subject: SunSelect Proposes Public Interface For MS-Windows Apps
>
> Contact: Beth Byer, SunSelect +1 (508) 442-0271
> Contact: Kathryn Lang, Hi-Tech +1 (415) 904-7000
>
>
>
> SUNSELECT PROPOSES PUBLIC INTERFACE FOR MICROSOFT(R) WINDOWS APPLICATIONS
>
> Users, Manufacturers, Software Vendors Join in
> Supporting Public Windows Interface
>
>
> CHELMSFORD -- May 5, 1993 -- In keeping with the philosophy of open
> systems technology, SunSelect, a Sun Microsystems, Inc. business, today
> proposed creating a specification called the Public Windows Interface
> (PWI) to bring the Microsoft Windows application programming interface
> (API) into the public domain. The idea of a PWI specification as the
> foundation for industry innovation is broadly supported by computer
> system vendors, independent software vendors (ISVs) and end users,
> including American Airlines, Borland International, Corel Corporation,
> Hewlett-Packard Company, ICL, Network Computing Devices Inc., Norwegian
> Telecom, Quarterdeck Office Systems, Sun Microsystems Computer
> Corporation, SunSoft, Tadpole Technology, The Foxboro Company, The
> Santa Cruz Operation, Inc., UNIX System Laboratories, Inc., and
> WordPerfect Corporation.
>
> The goal of creating PWI is to define a standard API for Microsoft
> Windows. With a defined standard, applications and tools can be
> developed that will enable the users of systems based on multiple
> operating systems to directly run the almost 5,000 existing Microsoft
> Windows applications today. The PWI concept will be submitted to open
> systems organizations with the goal of creating PWI as an industry
> standard. Further, SunSelect has examined the recent industry movement
> to the common open software environment processes, and believes that
> PWI is well aligned with these processes. SunSelect welcomes
> participation of others in accelerating the initial PWI specification
> into an industry standard.
>
> "Microsoft Windows is the most popular application programming
> interface on desktops today. Changes to the API, which affect thousands
> of ISVs and millions of users, should be made through an open process,"
> said Scott McNealy, chief executive officer of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> "By establishing PWI as a standard, developers will have an open forum
> to debate the programming interfaces they would like to see included in
> the future."
>
> SunSelect proposed that the initial specification for PWI be based on
> the Microsoft Windows application interfaces published by Microsoft and
> additional components of the Microsoft Windows API used in popular
> software products. The specification could be enhanced over time as
> ISVs, systems vendors and end users evolve the PWI specification in a
> public forum.
>
> Benefits for ISVs and End Users
>
> "The shackles are broken," said Roel Pieper, president and CEO of UNIX
> System Laboratories. "And that's great news for customers. Bringing
> Microsoft Windows into the open systems arena will foster innovation,
> and result in many new products. Most important, PWI will be a public
> standard enabling customers to achieve their enterprise client-server
> objectives by combining Microsoft Windows with UNIX for a compatible
> and stable application environment."
>
> For ISVs and end users writing high-powered business applications, the
> native UNIX environment will continue to provide the richest set of
> tools and features. PWI would enrich UNIX and other operating systems
> by providing an API for personal productivity applications. Together
> PWI and a robust operating system provide the complete solution for
> today's competitive business environment.
>
> "Borland believes that all computer languages should be available for
> implementation by any party, as evident by our participation in
> creating a dBASE( language standard," said Philippe Kahn, chairman and
> CEO, Borland International. "The PWI initiative headed by SunSelect is
> a necessary step in broadening the standards effort from languages to
> user interfaces, and Borland both applauds and supports this effort."
>
> For developers and end users alike, the widespread availability of
> PWI-compliant applications will leverage their existing investments in
> software and training. End users also benefit from a PWI because it
> protects their investment by giving them an active voice in the
> products they want to buy. Similarly, OEMs are endorsing the PWI
> proposal because it provides a stable platform for customers, allowing
> new markets to be opened.
>
> "The adoption of PWI as a public standard will bring the benefits of
> open technologyQinnovation, competition, choice to the world of desktop
> productivity applications," said Helge Vinje, Section Chief of
> Norwegian Telecom.
>
> SunSelect, in a separate, but related announcement, today announced its
> Wabi product, which is intended to be an implementation of a PWI
> standard.
>
> (c)1993 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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>
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> SunSelect logo, Wabi are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun
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>
> Aldus is a trademark and PageMaker is a registered trademark of Aldus
> Corp. All other products or service names mentioned herein are
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> registered trademarks, and Quatro Pro is a trademark of Borland
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> Harvard Graphics and Software Publishing Corporation are registered
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> registered trademarks and AmiPro is a trademark of Lotus Development
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> trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. PROCOMM PLUS is a trademark of
> DATASTORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. TrueType is a trademark of Apple
> Computer, Inc. WordPerfect is a registered trademark of WordPerfect
> Corporation.
>
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