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          SUN INTRODUCES JAPANESE LANGUAGE OPENWINDOWS
   
SunFLASH Vol 20 #32					 	August 1990 
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       Endorsed by Toshiba, Fujitsu, Fuji Xerox, 55 Others
            Includes First Toolkit to Conform to XIM

TOKYO --August 29, 1990-- Sun Microsystems today introduced a version
of its OpenWindows(TM) application development environment adapted for
the Japanese language, giving software developers an easy-to-use, open
solution for porting applications to Japanese.  The new Japanese
OpenWindows includes the OPEN LOOK(R) graphical user interface, the
X11/NeWS(TM) window system, DeskSet(TM) productivity tools and the
XView(TM) toolkit.  Sun also unveiled a Japanese version of its
OpenWindows Developer's Guide, a tool that automatically generates OPEN
LOOK code, thereby saving days of development time.

Japanese OpenWindows already has considerable momentum, having been
endorsed by 58 software vendors and other firms that serve that market,
such as Toshiba, Fujitsu and Fuji Xerox.  Many of these companies plan
to develop products with Japanese OpenWindows.

With this new version of OpenWindows, 2,800 applications written for
Sun workstations can easily be localized for the Japanese market.  "Our
new Japanese development environment is very important to this market,"
said Dr. Kohei Amo, CEO and president of Nihon Sun and vice president
of Sun Microsystems.  "Since Sun systems are the best-selling UNIX(R)
workstations in Japan, developers have a large potential software
market.  Now they can quickly, easily port popular applications such as
spreadsheets, electronic publishing software, database applications and
many other products."

Special Features

Japanese OpenWindows is based on the just-introduced OpenWindows
Version 2, which features OPEN LOOK in 3-D.  Japanese OpenWindows is
the only product that allows users to switch back and forth between
English and Japanese within an application by simply pointing the
cursor and clicking a button on a mouse.

Japanese XView, which developers use to create OPEN LOOK applications,
is the first toolkit to conform to the X Input Method (XIM)
specification from the X Consortium.  XIM is the proposed vehicle for
internationalizing the X Window System.  By conforming with XIM,
Japanese XView will preserve a developer's investment, since the
toolkit will be based on an industry standard.

Sun intends to donate its Japanese OPEN LOOK toolkit to the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, creators of the X Window
System.  The X Consortium, sponsored by MIT, will then offer Japanese
XView for free. "We believe these efforts involving Japanese XView will
accelerate its adoption as the industry leader in Japan," said Dr.
Amo.

XView is a very portable toolkit, thus the new Japanese version enables
developers to create applications in Japanese for any high-performance
computer system that uses the X Window System.  For example, XView
toolkits in English will be available for UNIX systems made by IBM,
Hewlett-Packard, DEC and Apple, while a VMS version will also be
introduced this year.

Availability

Early versions of Japanese OpenWindows and Developer's Guide will be
available for developers in October, with the final release date to be
announced later.   Distributed first in the Japanese market, the
products will be introduced worldwide in a future release.  The X
Consortium will being offering Japanese XView for free in the first
quarter of 1991.

Sun Microsystems, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a
leading worldwide supplier of network-based distributed computing
systems, including professional workstations, servers and UNIX
operating system and productivity software.

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OpenWindows, X11/NeWS and XView are trademarks of Sun Microsystems.
OPEN LOOK and UNIX are registered trademarks of UNIX Systems
Laboratory, Inc. All other products or services mentioned in this
document are identified by the trademarks or service marks of their
respective companies or organizations.

Press Contact:  Amy Choice (415) 336-0594

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