---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash THE 1993 SOLARIS DEVELOPER CONFERENCE Update SunFLASH Vol 51 #19 March 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note that this article contains more information that the hard-copy invitations that have been mailed out over the past few weeks. When registering, please mention that you heard about the conference from John McLaughlin, the Florida SunFlash Editor. If you are a Sun employee, please forward this article to your customers who don't get email and have your customers add your name to the fax registration form. A special note about the Human Factors Workshop: From: julies@gigahz.Eng (Julie Sarbacker) We will have user interface design experts available in the Human Factors Workshop to give free ui consulting. To receive this real-time consulting, developers need to bring either their Solaris application or snapshots of their user interface to the Workshop. Thanks! -johnj ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents A SPECIAL OFFER FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDEES CONFERENCE PRICING (Save $1,546 on a SPARCclassic) THE SOLARIS DEVELOPERS PAK (Solaris + Compilers + Proceedinsg on CD) CONFERENCE AGENDA DAY ONE: MARCH 29 DAY TWO: MARCH 30, 1993 DAY THREE: MARCH 31, 1993 REGISTRATION INFORMATION ATTENDEE INFORMATION: FORM OF PAYMENT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 29-31, 1993 The Santa Clara Convention Center Santa Clara, CA There's no time like the present to discover the future. And as the industry leader in 32-bit technology, the Solaris operating environment from SunSoft is your fastest route to the next generation of powerful, open, distributed computing. The place to learn how to take full advantage of the Solaris environment is at the 1993 Solaris Developer Conference. Get an edge on your competition, and register today. After all, tomorrow will be here before you know it. ---------------------------------------- A SPECIAL OFFER FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDEES ---------------------------------------- A "Classic" Invitation to Purchase a SPARCclassic at a 36% discount! Keep your registration badge from the conference, and redeem it for a SPARCclassic at a discount of 36%. The badge must be returned to your sales representative in order to verify attendance. This discount is valid on the following configuration only: SPARCclassic order number 4/15DC-16-P40 15-inch Color Monitor, 16-Mbyte, 207-Mbyte Internal SCSI-2 disk Orders must be placed between April 1st to April 30th, 1993. ( US List price $4,295 for 4/15DC-16-P40 Show price $2,748.8 You save 36% $1,546.2 -johnj) ------------------ CONFERENCE PRICING ------------------ Full Conference Plan.............................$695 (includes the Solaris Developers Pak) THE SOLARIS DEVELOPERS PAK: o SOLARIS for x86 or SPARC o On-line AnswerBook o SOLARIS Tools DDI/DKI Kit XIL/XGL Kit DevGuide o SUNPRO - ProWorks, C, C++ o Conference proceedings on CD, and hardcopy transcription o 90 days free code-level hotline support AND........ A Chance to Win a Free SPARCclassic Single Day Conference Plan.......................$195 (includes conference proceedings only) ------------------------------- CONFERENCE AGENDA ------------------------------- DAY ONE: MARCH 29 ----------------- 1:00 - 2:00 Solaris Developer Conference Opening Session 2:00 - 2:15 BREAK 2:15 - 3:00 GENERAL SESSION: Leveraging Solaris with Adobe Technology - John Warnock, Chairman & CEO and Charles Geschke, President, Adobe Systems, Inc. 3:00 - 3:30 GENERAL SESSION: Back to the Future - Guy "Bud" Tribble, Vice President, End User Software, SunSoft. 3:30 - 3:45 BREAK 3:45 - 4:30 GENERAL SESSION: The Revolution in Microprocessor Technology: Closing the Technology Gap with Software Albert Yu, Sr. Vice President & GM, Intel Corp 4:30 - 5:30 GENERAL SESSION: User Centered Design Has Arrived! Bob Glass, Director, Human Factors Engineering, and Bruce Tognazzini, Distinguished Engineer SunSoft 5:45 - 9:00 Product Fair and Cocktail Reception DAY TWO: MARCH 30, 1993 ----------------------- 8:30 - 9:30 GENERAL SESSION: Competitive Advantage through Advanced Technology: The Solaris API - Steve MacKay - VP User Environments, SunSoft 9:30 - 9:45 BREAK 9:30 - 12:00 TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS: o Human Factors o Device Drivers o Display PostScript 9:45 - 10:45 SESSIONS: o Designing MT & MP Applications o Easy Application Integration with ToolTalk o OpenWindows Directions 10:00 - 2:00 PRODUCT FAIR 10:45 - 11:00 BREAK 11:00 - 12:00 SESSIONS: o Integrating with the Solaris Desktop o Usability Engineering - Creating Products that Satisfy Customer Needs o Software Development Tools Panel 12:00 - 12:45 LUNCH - SANTA CLARA BALLROOM 12:45 - 1:15 GENERAL SESSION: o Solaris in Action - Dennis Jones, Sr. Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Federal Express Corporation 1:15 - 3:30 TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS: o Human Factors o ToolTalk & DeskSet o Multi-Threading 1:15 - 2:15 SESSIONS: o Solaris Graphics Overview o Solaris Administration Facilities & APIs o SunSoft's Evolving Human Interface 2:15 - 2:30 BREAK 2:30 - 3:30 SESSIONS: o Distributed Computing: A Developer's View o SunPro Development Tools (SunPro) o XIL Graphics Library 3:30 - 3:45 BREAK 3:30 - 6:00 PRODUCT FAIR 3:45 - 6:00 TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS: o Human Factors o XIL o SunPro Tools 3:45 - 4:45 SESSIONS: o OLIT Desktop Integration Enhancements for Solaris o Downsizing with Databases & Transaction Monitors o Building International Enabled Applications 4:45 - 5:00 BREAK 5:00 - 6:00 SESSIONS: o Introducing Distributed Objects Everywhere (DOE) o Structuring Device Drivers for Solaris o Windows Interoperability Strategies (SunSelect) 6:00 - 7:30 Developer Panel with SunSoft Engineering - Chaired by Rob Gingell, Chief Scientist, SunSoft DAY THREE: MARCH 31, 1993 ------------------------- 8:30 - 9:30 GENERAL SESSION: SunSoft Future Technologies - Guy "Bud" Tribble, Vice President, End User Software, SunSoft 9:30 - 9:45 BREAK 9:30 - 12:00 TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS: o ToolTalk & DeskSet o Device Drivers o Multi-Threading 9:45 - 10:45 SESSIONS: o Application Performance Tuning (SunPro) o Designing MT and MP Applications o XGL and PEX: Geometry Graphics in Solaris 10:45 - 11:00 BREAK 11:00 - 12:00 SESSIONS: o The Display Postscript System (DPS) o Solaris Integrated Multimedia Architecture and Framework o Building Distributed Applications using TI-RPC 12:00 - 1:15 LUNCH - SANTA CLARA BALLROOM 1:15 - 4:45 TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS: o Human Factors o XGL and PEX (1:15-3:45) o Display Postscript (3:45 - 4:45) o Solaris Live 1:15 - 2:15 SESSIONS: o Easy Application Integration with ToolTalk o Implementing Commercial/MIS-Ready Applications o Time Critical Computing with Solaris 2:15 - 2:30 BREAK 2:30 - 3:30 SESSIONS: o Application Packaging, Licensing, and Installation Strategies o Federated Naming for Enterprise Applications o Integrating with the Solaris Desktop 3:30 - 3:45 BREAK 3:45 - 4:45 SESSIONS: o Solaris Security Products and APIs o OLIT Desktop Integration Enhancements for Solaris o The Network Information Service (NIS+) Facilities and APIs ------------------------ REGISTRATION INFORMATION ------------------------ BY PHONE: 1-800-433-4224 OR Complete the attached registration form and FAX: 1-415-388-7506 EMAIL: 72571.1341@compuserve.com Sunsoft Solaris Developer Conference Registration Form from The Florida SunFlash John J. McLaughlin, Editor ATTENDEE INFORMATION: ______ YES, I want to register for the SunSoft Solaris Developer Conference. ______ I am very interested. Please send me further information. ______ I am very interested but I cannot attend this year. Please keep me informed of future events for Solaris developers. Name: Title: Company: Mailing Address: City: State: Zip/Postal Code: Country: Telephone number: Fax number: Email address: Name of Sun Employee who encouraged you to attend this conference: WORKSHOP PREFERENCES: --------------------- During the conference I would like to attend the following workshops (check all that apply): ___ Human Factors ___ Device Drivers ___ MultiThreading ___ Display Postscript ___ ToolTalk & DeskSet ___ SunPro Tools ___ Solaris Live ___ XGL & PEX ___ XIL SELECT CONFERENCE PLAN ----------------------- ___ Full Conference Plan ..........................$695 Includes: Admission to all sessions Priority seating at Keynote Presentation Full conference proceedings on CD & hardcopy Your choice of Solaris Developer Kits Select One: ___ Solaris for x86 ___ Solaris for SPARC ___ Single Day Conference..........................$195 Select one or both: ___ Tuesday ___ Wednesday Includes: Admission to all sessions for selected day(s), Full conference proceedings on CD, and hardcopy transcript for selected day(s). 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