---------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRAME ANNOUNCES FRAMEMAKER SUPPORT FOR OPEN LOOK UNDER NeWS SunFLASH Vol 19 #10 July 1990 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following announcement was made by Frame on July 5, 1990. SAN JOSE, CA-July 5, 1990-Frame Technology Corporation today TM announced that its FrameMaker workstation publishing software TM TM will support the OPEN LOOK graphical user interface on SPARCstation workstations made by Sun Microsystems, Inc. TM TM Frame's OPEN LOOK products will run under NeWS, Sun's Network- extensible Window System, which excels at high-quality text and graphics. The most recent release of Frame's software, FrameMaker 2.1, provides full-featured word-processing, graphics, layout, equation editing, and book-building tools for creating a wide range of business and technical documents. OPEN LOOK is a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use interface designed by AT&T and Sun. OPEN LOOK gives applications a uniform "look and feel" across multiple platforms through consistent graphical metaphors, pop-up windows, and point-and-click mouse controls. NeWS is a flexible, network-based window system built on the PostScript imaging model. A key advantage of NeWS to Frame is that it will allow FrameMaker users to view an exact on-screen representation of their final output, which is critical to achieving high-quality documents. "Our decision to support OPEN LOOK and NeWS was based on the growing demand for these standards expressed by our large Sun customer base, and the particular advantages OPEN LOOK and NeWS offer for developing very high-quality publishing products," said Paul R. Robichaux, Frame's president and CEO. According to Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems' president and CEO, "Frame's commitment to the OPEN LOOK and NeWS standards will give their products a competitive edge in the marketplace." Since OPEN LOOK was introduced in April 1988, more than 8,000 software vendors have been working with the OPEN LOOK toolkit. There are currently 52 OPEN LOOK applications being shipped by 38 vendors. The OPEN LOOK version of FrameMaker will ship in 1991. Versions TM TM of FrameMaker are currently available for Sun-3, Sun 386i, and TM TM SPARC workstations running under SunView, X Windows, and the TM OpenWindows Application Environment. 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. Frame is a leading supplier of workstation publishing software for creating business and technical documents.Versions of its FrameMaker software are available for multiple user interfaces and more than 25 different computer platforms. Frame markets its products worldwide through distributors, VARs, OEMs, and directly to end-users. The privately held company is located at 1010 Rincon Circle, San Jose, California 95131 USA. Press Contacts: Frame Technology Sun Microsystems Kristin Vais Nancy Groves (408) 433-3311 (415) 336-6411 Frame Technology Corporation FrameMaker and Frame Technology are registered trademarks, and Frame is a trademark of Frame Technology Corporation. OPEN LOOK is a trademark and UNIX is a registered trademark of AT&T. NeWS is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.SPARCstation, Sun-3, Sun 386i, SunView, and OpenWindows are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. SPARC is a trademark of SPARC International. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sunflash is an electronic mail news service from Sun Microsystems, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA. It is targeted at Sun Users and Customers. As a field sales and support office, we try to keep SunFlash useful and interesting to you. If you have any comments or suggestions for enhancing SunFlash, please send them to us. SunFlash is ditributed via a hierarchy of aliases. Please try to address change requests to the owner of the alias that you belong to. Please address comments to the SunFlash editor John McLaughlin (sun!sunvice!flash or flash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM). (305) 776-7770.