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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

                 SunSoft Announces POSIX.2 for Solaris

SunFLASH Vol 66 #52					           June 1994
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            The Electronic Journal For Sun Users Since 1988
         John J. Mclaughlin, Publisher & Editor - flash@sun.com
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66.52 	SunSoft Announces POSIX.2 for Solaris
	From: Sun Press Relations

	SunSoft, Inc. announced that Solaris, the industry's leading
	32-bit, multitasking UNIX operating system will now feature
	POSIX.2 compliance. This announcement is an important milestone
	in the company's long-standing strategy to promote the
	development and use of open industry standards in its products.
	SunSoft made its announcement in conjunction with an event held
	at the Canadian Embassy, by Mortice Kern Systems of Waterloo,
	Canada, which provided SunSoft with its POSIX.2 port.

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The following announcement was made earlier today, June 21, 1994, by
SunSoft.  As of June 1994, the U.S. Government requires all operating
systems used by the Federal Government to include POSIX.2
functionality.  All new SMCC systems running on Solaris 2.3 will be
POSIX.2 compliant.  Press inquires to Carol Sacks of SunSoft Public
Relations at (415) 336-1462.


                SUNSOFT ANNOUNCES POSIX.2 FOR SOLARIS

           Continues to Drive Industry Standards Movement


POSIX.2 provides standards-based portability for command-based 
utilities known as "shell scripts," making command-line programming 
usable in heterogeneous environments without the need for expensive 
rewrites. POSIX is one of the standards building blocks of X/Open's 
Portability Guide (XPG), a major branding campaign that allows 
users to identify open systems vendors. 

"Standardization is a key component to delivering open, enterprise 
computing solutions for heterogeneous environments, which is 
primarily why we participate so extensively in the POSIX Working 
group and other standards organizations," said Janpieter Scheerder, 
vice president and general manager of SunSoft's Solaris products 
business unit. "With the POSIX.2 compliance, we look forward to 
even stronger relationships with federal, state and local 
governments, as well as telecommunications companies and large 
commercial organizations."

SunSoft currently supports and participates actively in several 
POSIX working groups -- Solaris is already POSIX 1003.1 and 1003.2 
compliant -- and the company intends to integrate several other 
POSIX specifications as they become available and the market 
demands them. SunSoft is also a driving force in the creation of 
the Unified UNIX specification, SPEC 1170, and continues to work 
closely with the companies involved in cose, which have focused 
their efforts on the Common Desktop Environment (CDE).

POSIX.2 compliance will be built on the Solaris operating 
environment. It will be available this August, initially on 
Solaris 2.3. 

SunSoft, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a 
subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., the exclusive computer 
supplier to World Cup USA 1994. The company has offices in North 
America, Europe and Asia. SunSoft is the leading supplier of 
32-bit system software solutions for SPARC and Intel 386/486- and 
Pentium-based computers. The products are licensed by SunSoft and 
distributed through major computer manufacturers and resellers 
worldwide. 
	
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