Attention UniForum '96 attendees: You will want to make room in your busy schedule, Feb. 14-15, for free programs on the latest developments in the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). CDE provides a common desktop graphical user interface across multiple platforms, giving applications a consistent look and feel in heterogeneous environments.
Presentations, a panel and a Birds-of-a-Feather session will offer both high-level overviews and detailed technical discussions for everyone from managers to developers and system administrators. The sessions are sponsored by Digital Equipment Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., SCO, Inc., SunSoft, Inc. and TriTeal Corp. Program moderators, presenters and panel members are experts who have been at the center of CDE development and implementation. You will be learn about the latest CDE technology and also be able to ask questions from vendor representatives.
CDE 1.0 Basic Application Integration
Wednesday, Feb. 14, 4:30-6:30
Room 133
Speaker: Dave Kovalcin (Digital Equipment Corp.)
A presentation for developers, providing an overview of CDE 1.0 with
information on basic architecture, integration and user interfaces.
CDE and the Future of Enterprise Computing
Thursday, Feb. 15, 3:30-5:00
Room 132
Moderator: Mike Lambert (X/Open Ltd.)
A panel discussion reviewing CDE as a desktop strategy for organizations
using Unix workstations.
Developing Applications for CDE 1.0
Thursday, Feb. 15, 3:30-5:30
Room 133
Speaker: George Kraft (IBM Corp.)
A presentation from the developer's viewpoint about application
development for CDE. Topics include major desktop services, drag and
drop and messaging services.
BOF: Technical Question and Answer Forum for CDE
Thursday, Feb. 15, 5:30-6:30
Room 132
Moderator: Dave Leonard (Digital Equipment Corp.)
A Birds-of-a-Feather session addressing development and integration
issues, with audience questions answered by representatives from the CDE
program sponsors.