sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sun/NC/north-carolina sunflash-Send requests, problems to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Non-Sun Information/Product Abstracts SunFLASH Vol 63 #59 March 1994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 63.59 Non-Sun Information/Product Abstracts This article contains brief descriptions of Third Party products or announcements. These articles have not been previously posted to SunFlash. They are available from flashadm@sun.com my email only. You may request the full text of any of these articles by sending mail to flashadm@sun.com with a list of 1 or more article numbers (e.g. 62.32) in the Subject line. Please try to place the article numbers in the Subject line, not in the message body. Articles that are of the correct format will be answered quickly by a program. I will eventually answer all others. -johnj (5 articles, 59kb, 1303 lines - about 20 US pages) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article Size In Title Number Kb/lines 63.54 4 73 AlterNet 56Kbps Internet Access 63.55 3 50 PassagePRO Document Management 63.56 37 864 USENIX 6TH C++ Technical Conference 63.57 8 154 Cognos PowerHouse Series 7 for Sun 63.58 7 162 Sun User Group Deutschland CD Totals: 59 1303 How To Request An Article - Example ----------------------------------- %mail flashadm@sun.com Subject: 63.39 63.40 ^D % Please place the list of articles on the same line as the Subject keyword. -johnj ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abstracts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 63.54 AlterNet Announces Low-Priced 56Pak(TM) for 56Kbps Internet Access From: byman@uunet.uu.net AlterNet, the original Internet access service, has just made its popular 56Kbps service more affordable with the release of 56Pak(TM). This specially-priced bundle of equipment and services sets a new value standard for organizations seeking a complete turnkey solution to their Internet access needs. (73 lines) 63.55 PassagePRO Document Management and Production System From: Vance Nakamoto, (415) 390-0911, vance@passage.com Passage Systems, Inc. announced in February 1994 the availability of its PassagePRO(tm) document management and production system on Sun workstations. PassagePRO is the first end-to-end product solution for creating online documents using the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), combining authoring, format conversion, validation, and online delivery tools in a user-friendly graphical desktop. (50 lines) 63.56 USENIX 6TH C++ Technical Conference From: toni@usenix.org (Toni Veglia) USENIX SIXTH C++ TECHNICAL CONFERENCE APRIL 11 - 14, 1994, CAMBRIDGE, MA Advanced Topics Workshop - Friday, April 15, 1994 The USENIX Association is pleased to host its sixth annual C++ Conference at the Cambridge Marriott Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts April 11 - 14, 1994. This comprehensive conference will offer tutorials on Monday and Tuesday and technical sessions on Wednesday and Thursday. This posting contains all the important information about the Technical Conference, including: * Tutorial program descriptions * Technical sessions program * Advanced Topics Workshop * Vendor displays - who to call to participate * Registration information * Hotel information - and how to make your reservations * Special airline fares - and who to call (863 lines) 63.57 Cognos PowerHouse Series 7 for SunOS and Solaris From: nigelc@cognos.com (Nigel Campbell) Cognos rolled out PowerHouse Series 7, the new version of the Company's flagship product and a key component in a migration strategy to second generation client/server. PowerHouse Series 7 provides a scalable application architecture. This architecture enables developers to begin building industrial-strength, enterprise-wide client/server applications immediately. The applications leverage distributed computing resources across the network, encompassing application servers, desktop PC clients and distributed databases such as Sybase SQL Server and Borland's InterBase, as well as proprietary databases. (154 lines) 63.58 First - Sun User Group Deutschland - Mount and Run CD From: mike@zeus.uni-paderborn.de (Michael Utermoehle) SUGD is pleased to announce its first mount-and-run CompactDisc. This media contains a collection of the most popular an use- ful software, including - but not limited to - X11R5, GNU- Utilities (including gcc-binaries for bootstrapping), TeX an many more tools, the latest fixes for SunOS 4.1.x and So- laris 2.x, SUN-Whitepapers, RFC's (Request for Comments) and a lot of FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions). (162 lines) ********************************************************************** For information about SunFlash send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@Sun.COM. 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