Open Systems Digest

Recently Published References to Open Systems



Glass Wall Shattered as Big Iron Shuttered
Dan Richman, Computerworld, Dec. 4, 1995, p 8--Profile of Global Marine, Inc.

One World Without Unix
Julia King, Computerworld, Dec. 4, 1995, p 12--J. D. Edwards & Co. delays Unix versions of its software.

Digital Boosts OpenVMS
Neal Weinberg, Computerworld, Dec. 4, 1995, p 16.

Old Guard Changing Chips, Storage Options
Michael Goldberg, Computerworld, Dec. 4, 1995, p 28.

Sun SPARCs Low End
Computerworld, Dec. 4, 1995, p 57--Item in "Briefs."

D-Day Nears for Win API Clone
John Foley, InformationWeek, Dec. 4, 1995, p 20--ECMA expected to approve Applications Programming Interface for Windows (APIW).

Digital to Uncover OpenVMS-NT Affinity
Jason Pontin, InfoWorld, Dec. 4, 1995, pp 39, 41.

Users Laud OpenVMS Revival
Michael Goldberg, Computerworld, Dec. 11, 1995, p 10.

Compaq Serves Up Unix
John Swenson, InformationWeek, Dec. 11, 1995, p 22--Compaq to offer Solaris for its ProLiant server.

Tadpole Releases 233MHz Machine
Jill Gamlion, InformationWeek, Dec. 11, 1995, p 28--Fastest notebook runs Unix.

Crafting an Open Systems Framework
John Foley, InformationWeek, Dec. 11, 1995, p 101--X/Open to develop architectural framework for open systems.

11 Years Ago in InfoWorld: Unix and the Single User: Still No Match in PC World
InfoWorld, Dec. 11, 1995, p 71.

Servers Give New Shape to Pyramid Line
Michael Goldberg, Computerworld, Dec. 18, 1995, p 10.

Windows Standard Goes "Public"
Frank Hayes, Computerworld, Dec. 18, 1995, p 14--ECMA ratifies APIW standard.

Unix Unity Foundering?
John Foley, InformationWeek, Dec. 18, 1995, p 28--Hewlett-Packard and SCO have differences.

NYSE Heads Off a Crash
Mary Hayes, InformationWeek, Dec. 18, 1995, pp 59-60--Profile of New York Stock Exchange.

The Push to 64-Bit Systems
Joseph C. Panettieri and Marianne Kolbasuk, InformationWeek, Dec. 18, 1995, p 108.

Sun's Java Adds New Unix Brews
Clinton Wilder, InformationWeek, Dec. 25, 1995, p 22--OSF ports Java.

OSF Will Back X/Open Naming
John Foley and Caryn Gillooly, InformationWeek, Dec. 25, 1995, p 24.

The Beginning of the End for Unix?
Gregory C. Garry, Client/Server Computing, December 1995, p 14--Intel's Pentium Pro.

DCE: An Environment for Secure Client/Server Computing
Michael M. Kong, Hewlett-Packard Journal, December 1995, pp 6-15.

Adopting DCE Technology for Developing Client/Server Applications
Paul Lloyd and Samuel D. Horowitz, Hewlett-Packard Journal, December 1995, pp 16-22.

DCE Directory Services
Michael M. Kong and David Truong, Hewlett-Packard Journal, December 1995, pp 23-27.

X/Open Federated Naming
Elizabeth A. Martin, Hewlett-Packard Journal, December 1995, pp 28-33.

An Evolution of DCE Authorization Services
Deborah L. Caswell, Hewlett-Packard Journal, December 1995, pp 49-54.

An Object-Oriented Application Framework for DCE-Based Systems
Mihaela C. Gittler, Michael Z. Luo and Luis M. Maldonado, Hewlett-Packard Journal, December 1995, pp 55-60.

A Novel Idea, Part II
Andrew Binstock, Unix Review, December 1995, p 7--Novell's Unix strategy.

Outstanding Products of 1995
Unix Review, December 1995, pp 37-38, 40-41.

Unix Upheaval
Windows Magazine, December 1995, p 36--Novell sells UnixWare to SCO.

ReadMe File
Fred Davis, Windows Magazine, December 1995, pp. 59-60--"Windows NT Server has finally found its killer app: the Internet."

Eric S. Rosenthal is an East Coast-based technical consultant.