sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sunflash@suntri sunflash-Send requests and problem reports to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash SunSoft/HP/IBM to Cooperate on OMG-Compliance SunFLASH Vol 54 #28 June 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54.28 SunSoft/HP/IBM to Cooperate on OMG-Compliance SunSoft will be cooperating with HP and IBM to develop a set of OMG-compliant common distributed object interfaces. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Rob Crawley IBM Media Relations (914) 766-3963 Contact: Lynne Hanson Hewlett Packard (408) 447-1415 Contact: Laura Ramsey SunSoft, Inc. (415)336-0739 IBM, HP AND SUNSOFT ANNOUNCE COOPERATIVE EFFORTS TO CREATE COMMON DISTRIBUTED OBJECT INTERFACES SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., -- June 15, 1993 -- IBM, Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) and SunSoft, Inc., today announced plans to work together to enable software portability across the companies' object-oriented software platforms. This effort will use standards set forth by the Object Management Group (OMG). Each company plans to support these interfaces in its own distributed object development programs, including IBM's SOMobjects, HP's Distributed Object Management Facility (DOMF) and SunSoft's Project DOE (Distributed Objects Everywhere). A set of common distributed object interfaces will allow software developers and information systems managers to create, manage and use applications across multiple open computing environments. In addition, customers will benefit from application portability across the respective companies' software systems. This is a continuation of ongoing efforts among the three companies to provide common distributed object interfaces on their products. Those efforts include the common open software environment announced in March 1993. IBM, HP and SunSoft plan to provide common interfaces for software developers at the Object Request Broker (ORB) and Object Service levels. The ORB is a mechanism by which objects transparently make requests and receive responses across the network. Object Services are a set of services required by all objects for communication, identification, consistent use and management. The ORB interfaces will comply with the OMG's Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) specification and the Object Services will be based on the three companies'submissions to the OMG. The end result of these common interfaces spanning the most popular distributed computing platforms, will give application developers common technology across the vendors' distributed object environments. This will accelerate the pace of adoption of OMG-compliant technology by enabling developers to leverage their investment across a heterogeneous computing environment. IBM, HP and SunSoft plan to make these interface specifications publicly available and will continue their leadership role in making new technology specifications developed by their efforts available to the OMG for inclusion in future specifications. ********************************************************************** For information about SunFlash send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@Sun.COM. Archives are on solar.nova.edu, ftp.uu.net, sunsite.unc.edu, src.doc.ic.ac.uk and ftp.adelaide.edu.au All prices, availability, and other statements relating to Sun or third party products are valid in the U.S. only. Please contact your local Sales Representative for details of pricing and product availability in your region. Descriptions of, or references to products or publications within SunFlash does not imply an endorsement of that product or publication by Sun Microsystems. Send brief articles (e.g. third party announcements) and include contact information (non-800#, fax #, email, etc) to: John McLaughlin, SunFlash editor, flash@Sun.COM. +1 305 351 4909