sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sun/NC/north-carolina sunflash-Send requests, problems to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Wabi Golden Master Shipping to OEM Customers SunSoft Will Ship Wabi for Solaris SunFLASH Vol 57 #27 September 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57.27.A Wabi Golden Master Shipping to OEM Customers SunSelect announced that it has released the final "golden master" of its Wabi(TM) 1.0 software to its OEM partners, paving the way for customer shipments. The partners include IBM, Hewlett-Packard, SunSoft, and Novell's UNIX(R) Systems Group (formerly USL). 57.27.B SunSoft Will Ship Wabi for Solaris -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Wabi Golden Master Shipping to OEM Customers Windows on UNIX software features "thumbs up" from beta users UNIX Expo, New York--Sept. 20, 1993--SunSelect, the PC-to-enterprise integration business of Sun Microsystems, Inc., announced here today that it has released the final "golden master" of its Wabi(TM) 1.0 software to its OEM partners, paving the way for customer shipments. The partners include IBM, Hewlett-Packard, SunSoft, and Novell's UNIX(R) Systems Group (formerly USL). The release gives these vendors the ability to ship their respective versions of the product to customers by the end of the year. In addition, all of these vendors, as well as NCR, Network Computing Devices (NCD), and The Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) will be demonstrating Wabi at UNIX Expo. Subject: Wabi Golden Master Shipping to OEM Customers "The Golden Master arrived right on schedule, and that will keep us on track in making Wabi available with the UnixWare SVR4.2 operating system," said Don McGovern, vice president at Novell's UNIX Systems Group. SunSelect's release of the Wabi golden master follows several months of beta testing, with users reporting excellent results. "Wabi is running Windows applications up to three times faster than conventional Windows emulation software on my SPARC workstation-- and in some cases, faster than Microsoft Windows itself on both SPARC and Intel machines," said Stephen Gaul, Jr., information technology specialist at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, Penn.). Gaul is testing Wabi to provide a single desktop environment for running large scientific and engineering applications, as well as programs like Word for Windows and Excel. He reports that both these programs are running under Wabi without a glitch. "Instead of requiring users to juggle two separate environments, Wabi puts both UNIX and Microsoft Windows applications right at your fingertips with a very simple interface," he said. The Wabi software enables UNIX system users to run Microsoft Windows applications right out of the box. Wabi accomplishes this by translating the function calls made by Microsoft Windows programs into those recognizable by X Windows. As a result, Microsoft Windows applications become an integral part of the UNIX desktop-- to a degree not possible with traditional emulation technology. Users can cut and paste between the two environments, resize and move windows, and even run Microsoft Windows applications on X terminals in a distributed environment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: SunSoft Will Ship Wabi for Solaris UNIX EXPO, New York -- Sept. 21, 1993 -- SunSoft, Inc. today announced that it will ship SunSelect's Wabi 1.0 solution with the Solaris software environment, enabling users to run off-the-shelf Microsoft Windows applications with no performance compromise. Today's announcement opens up a larger base of applications for Solaris users. In addition to the 8,000 existing applications that run on Solaris, users now have access to the most popular Microsoft Windows applications such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows. Solaris customers will initially be able to run key windows applications that account for about two-thirds of the total units of applications sold in the PC market. These include Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows, Lotus AmiPro, Microsoft Word for Windows, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Project for Windows, WordPerfect for Windows, Harvard Graphics for Windows from Software Publishing Corp., Aldus PageMaker, CorelDRAW! from Corel Systems Corp., PROCOMM PLUS and Quattro Pro for Windows from Borland International, and the complete set of Microsoft Windows 3.1 accessories. SunSelect will continue to certify Wabi to run additional applications by the end of the year. "After testing Wabi on Solaris, we believe this technology will contribute greatly to the operating system's rich and robust, 32-bit functionality," said Ellis Moatz, consultant to Amoco South Permian Basin Business Unit. "We are excited to run our mission-critical applications in addition to the latest Microsoft Windows applications to achieve a complete heterogeneous computing solution across SPARC and x86 platforms." FEATURES AND FUNCTIONALITY Wabi takes full advantage of the Solaris functionality allowing users to run multiple Microsoft Windows applications simultaneously while taking advantage of Solaris networking performance. Wabi is the first product on the market to run Microsoft Windows applications at native performance levels using translation technology rather than emulation. The Solaris 2 software runs Microsoft Windows applications unmodified without the need for a MS-DOS license. It accomplishes this by translating Microsoft Windows calls into X Windows calls, the industry standard for displaying graphical elements on networked computers. The Wabi solution is well-integrated into the Solaris 2 environment. It gives users a consistent and easy-to-use environment whether they are installing Microsoft Windows applications, accessing remote files or utilizing workgroup communication tools. Wabi allows users to cut, copy and paste data between Microsoft Windows and UNIX applications, supports OLE/DDE between Microsoft Windows applications and utilizes industry standard print drivers. In addition, the Wabi solution runs Microsoft Windows enhanced (80386) mode applications, supports NFS mounted drives, offers fully scalable window sizes and fonts and provides internationalization support. PACKAGING AND AVAILABILITY Wabi is copackaged with Solaris for SPARC and x86 at no charge through the end of the year. Customers of Solaris will receive a coupon with their product redeemable to SunSoft for Wabi technology. The Wabi product is scheduled to ship at the end of November. The Wabi 1.0 package includes a compact disc (CD), on-line documentation and support information. Product inquiries should be directed to SunSoft at 1-800-SUNSOFT in the United States. Product inquiries in Europe and Asia should be directed to the local SunSoft offices. (c)1993 Sun Microsystems, Inc. SunSoft, Solaris, NFS, SunSelect, Wabi are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc. Microsoft, MS-DOS and PowerPoint are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. WordPerfect is a registered trademark of WordPerfect Corp. CorelDraw is a trademark of Corel Systems Corp. Lotus and 1-2-3 are registered trademarks and AmiPro is a trademark of Lotus DevelopmentCorp. Harvard and Software Publishing Corporation are trademarks of Software Publishing Corp. Aldus is a trademark and PageMaker is a registered trademark of Aldus Corp. Borland and Paradox are registered trademarks of Borland International. 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