sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sun/NC/north-carolina sunflash-Send requests, problems to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Third Part Announcements SunFLASH Vol 57 #31 September 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstracts ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57.31.A SIREN MAIL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER INTEGRATES E-MAIL AND FAX Siren Mail is an Internet e-mail and fax communications center for open systems computing platforms. Siren Mail offers Motif and window-based character interfaces, and uses standard TCP/IP and UNIX mail transports, RFC822/MIME Internet protocols and fax servers to send mail messages and documents anywhere in the world. 57.31.B NetWorker 4.0 and bundle special from Qualix Qualix is now offering a unique bundle of hardware and software backup products that can save you time and money. 57.31.C Announcing FrameMaker 4.0 From Qualix The most popular documentation publishing package on the Sun workstation just got better! Brief summary of new features by Qualix, an authorised Frame reseller. 57.31.D Frame Technology Introduces FrameMaker 4 for Unix, Windows, and Macintosh platforms This is the official Frame Press Release -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Details -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: SIREN MAIL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER INTEGRATES E-MAIL AND FAX From: mitch@siren.com Contact: Diane McGary (Press only) Niehaus Ryan Haller Public Relations 415-615-7911 e-mail: dmcgary@well.sf.ca.us Contact: Jeff Morrison, Senior Vice President Org: Siren Software Phone: 415-322-0600 e-mail: morrison@siren.com Next-Generation Mail Management for Motif and Character-Based UNIX Users MENLO PARK, CA September 10, 1993 - Siren Software today announced Siren Mail, an Internet e-mail and fax communications center for open systems computing platforms. Siren Mail offers Motif and window-based character interfaces, and uses standard TCP/IP and UNIX mail transports, RFC822/MIME Internet protocols and fax servers to send mail messages and documents anywhere in the world. Integrated Fax Support ---------------------- Siren Mail's built-in fax support enables users to send messages to con- tacts worldwide, even to those who don't use e-mail. With the click of a button, users can indicate a separate routing method for each recipient of a message, telling Siren Mail to send a copy of a message via e-mail or via a networked fax server such as Siren Fax. Powerful Multi-Folder Management -------------------------------- Siren Mail is based on a powerful messaging engine that enables users to view and actively manage messages from multiple folders as well as compose multiple messages simultaneously. Siren Mail also provides a versatile folder manager that allows users to arrange their mail folders hierarchic- ally. Powerful Search and Sort Capabilities ------------------------------------- Siren Mail provides a simple interface for searching messages across multiple folders. Users enter a text string and/or date range as search criteria, then click buttons to indicate which folders and message parts to search. Siren Mail creates a virtual folder of messages matching the search criteria. Users can then selectively read and act upon the messages as if they were in a real mail folder. To sort messages in mail folders, users click buttons to enter sort specifications and Siren Mail applies the criteria to all currently and subsequently opened folders. Customizable Interface and Functionality ---------------------------------------- Siren Mail users can customize Siren Mail's Motif interface to meet indi- vidual needs. Using the Siren Mail button manager, users can specify the name, location and functionality of the buttons in each of Siren Mail's major windows--without programming. In addition, users can modify Siren Mail's menu system to add or delete pull-down menus and commands, as well as edit help files to include information specific to individual Siren Mail installations. Siren Mail's headers manager allows users to make sense out of the confusing array of headers found in Internet mail mes- sages. The preferences manager allows users and system administrators to define personal and system-wide preferences that affect how Siren Mail displays, composes, deletes, prints and manages messages and folders. Siren Mail also includes a message forms manager. Easy-to-Use Message Editor -------------------------- Siren Mail includes a built-in message editor that automatically formats the text of messages as users enter them. Like a word processor, the message editor offers auto-wrap at the end of lines and cut-and-paste capabilities using the mouse, menu or function-key commands. Siren Mail also lets users employ their favorite text editor such as vi or Siren Editor to compose messages. MIME Multimedia Attachment Support ---------------------------------- Siren Mail can send and receive attachments including text files, spread- sheets, word processing files, programs, binaries, graphics, bitmaps, faxes, and application files. Users indicate the filenames of attachments and Siren Mail automatically sends them using industry-standard MIME protocols. In addition, Siren Mail can receive and display attachments sent using MIME protocols as well as proprietary Z-Mail or Sun Mail Tool protocols. Built-In Address Book --------------------- Siren Mail includes an address book so users can track the e-mail addresses and fax numbers of all their contacts. The address book also lets users build groups so they can send messages to multiple recipients by entering one simple name. System administrators can include public address books so everyone in an organization can access frequently used e-mail aliases, fax numbers and groups. When users send messages to any name entered in the address book, Siren Mail automatically looks up and displays the recipient's real name and address. Interconnectivity with the Internet and Other Mail Systems ---------------------------------------------------------- Siren Mail supports standard UNIX mail transports and can exchange mail with UNIX Mail, mailx, elm, Z-Mail, Sun Mail Tool and other popular e-mail products used by millions of Internet users worldwide. Siren Mail also works with gateways to PC and Macintosh mail systems. Wide Platform Support --------------------- The Motif version of Siren Mail runs on a variety of UNIX platforms that include Sun SPARC, HP 9000, IBM RS/6000, Silicon Graphics, DG AViiON and Motorola 88K systems. It supports X terminals, as well as PCs and Macintoshes with X terminal emulators. Character Version ----------------- Siren Mail also has a character version that offers a powerful window manager and a versatile message editor that delivers the power of a graphical user interface on traditional character terminals. The character version delivers high performance and an intuitive interface to all users running character terminals, as well as PCs or Macintoshes connected to a UNIX host. Pricing and Availability ------------------------ Versions of Siren Mail will ship at the end of September for Sun SPARC, HP 9000, IBM RS/6000, Silicon Graphics, DG AViiON and Motorola 88K. Other ports will made available according to customer demand. A single- user license of Siren Mail is priced at $295, a 5-user license is $1,395 and a 10-user license is priced at $2,495. Additional discounts and licensing options are available for large sites. The Siren Mail package includes a user's guide, magnetic media, installation instructions, 30 days of installation support, as well as a 30-day money-back guarantee. Technical support, upgrade and maintenance contracts are available. Customers can place orders or get further information about Siren Mail by calling Siren at 800-45-SIREN or 415-322-0600, or by sending e-maiL to info@siren.com. About Siren Software Corporation -------------------------------- Siren Software develops and markets software products that enable organizations to efficiently create, exchange and manage electronic messages and information. Siren's other products include Siren Fax, a networked, client-server fax product and Siren Editor, a powerful Motif text editor. Siren was founded in 1990 and is a privately held corporation headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Siren, Siren Mail, Siren Fax and Siren Editor are trademarks of Siren Software Corporation. Other companies mentioned own numerous registered trademarks. Bruce Mitchell mitch@siren.com Siren Software Tel 415-322-0600 Menlo Park, CA Fax 415-322-9999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: NetWorker 4.0 and bundle special from Qualix From: bcoll@qualix.com (Barbara Coll) Org: Qualix Group, Inc. Phone: 1-800-245-8649 1-415-572-0200 fax: 1-415-572-1300 e-mail: info@qualix.com A Unique Backup Bundle from Qualix ---------------------------------- Are you responsible for protecting the company's data? Are you running out of disc space for backups? Are you in need of a more hands-off backup environment? Would you like to stop going to work on the weekends? Are you a Legato NetWorker for UNIX user or wish you were? Qualix is now offering a unique bundle of hardware and software backup products that can save you time and money. Included in this bundle: ------------------------------------------ EXB-10e Jukebox 5 GB 8mm Tape Drive 9 tapes + 1 cleaning tape NetWorker for UNIX jukebox add-on software NetWorker tape and jukebox device drivers + OpenTape Reader* ------------------------------------------ *OpenTape Reader frees you from the proprietary file storage format of NetWorker and allows you to access the backed up data at any time without the NetWoker software. All this for only $13,000 - a $1100 savings [Offer ends November 30, 1993] Of course, all of the NetWorker for UNIX and NetWorker for NetWare backup products are available from Qualix for any size environment. Call us or drop us a line via info@qualix.com (please include name, address, phone number) for more information. ******************************************************** ** NetWorker 4.0 for UNIX on sale October 1 ** ** Call Qualix for new version information ** *************************************** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Announcing FrameMaker 4.0 From Qualix From: hle@qualix.com (Hung Le) Org: Qualix Group, Inc. Voice: 415.572.0200 FAX: 415.572.1300 For info about the Qualix Mail Server, send mail to info@qualix.com Announcing FrameMaker 4.0! The most popular documentation publishing package on the Sun workstation just got better! Here are only a few of the new features in FrameMaker 4.0: o Ease-of-Use Improvements Ex: Improved user interface with Formatting Ruler Template browser Thesaurus (for definitions, synonynms, antonyms, and related words) o Powerful Formatting Tools Ex: Automatic side heads o Enhanced Color and Graphics Ex: Arbitrary rotation Custom colors (CMYK, RGB, Pantone, and HLS) o Additional Information Management Capabilities Ex: Document comparison reports Automatic generation of hypertext links If you're currently a FrameMaker user, you'll want to immediately upgrade to this exciting new version. If you're not a FrameMaker user, but need a package that will meet all your electronic publishing needs, from short memos to multiple-file reports or books, you'll want to evaluate FrameMaker 4.0! Availability: ============ Shipments of FrameMaker 4.0 will begin October '93. Pricing: ======= Upgrade customers: $995 New licenses: Contact Qualix for pricing information For additional information on FrameMaker 4.0: ============================================ Call Qualix at 1-800-245-8649. Ask for Pam or Betsy, Qualix FrameMaker specialists. Send e-mail to info@qualix.com Domestic and International Availability: ======================================= FrameMaker 4.0 is available from Qualix Group or your local resellers. International customers: Please contact your local distributor for additional pricing information. For a list of new FrameMaker 4.0 features: ========================================== An e-mail list of FrameMaker 4.0 new features is available on the Qualix Mail Server. To automatically get this list, simply: 1. Send mail to qfacts@qualix.com 2. Include the following in the text portion of your message: BEGIN send framemaker4.info END 3. End the message with your name, company name, address, and phone number. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: FRAME TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCES FRAMEMAKER 4 More Than 100 New Features Add Power and Ease-of-Use to Award-Winning FrameMaker SAN JOSE, CA, September 13, 1993 - Frame Technology(R) announced today the release of FrameMaker(R) 4, its next-generation writing and publishing software for UNIX, Windows, and Macintosh platforms. FrameMaker 4 includes over 100 new features and enhancements designed to increase users' productivity for producing demanding business and technical documents. FrameMaker 4 provides a complete solution for companies that can no longer meet their publishing needs using traditional word processing and desktop publishing products. FrameMaker 4's new features are designed to add more flexibility, power, and ease-of-use to the product. Specifically, these new features fall into five major categories: * Improved user interface * More powerful formatting tools * Advanced color and graphics support * Improved information management capabilities * Extensible architecture FrameMaker 4 is targeted at business and technical professionals who create, manage, and distribute "demanding" documents. "Demanding" documents typically have a long lifecycle, are frequently revised and updated, and contain complex document content and formatting. Important elements of these documents include multiple chapters, automatically numbered sections, tables and illustrations, cross-references, footnotes, indexes, and multi-level tables of contents. Examples of demanding documents range from business plans and financial reports to books, manuals, and procedure guides. Increasingly, these documents are being written and published in a collaborative, multiplatform environment. Often they require constant revision and updating, and are distributed electronically to save time and money. The single-user desktop publishing and word processing models of the 1980s can no longer adequately address the complex publishing requirements of these documents. But FrameMaker 4's publishing model enables multiple authors to collaborate on demanding documents in a networked, cross-platform environment and distribute these documents electronically for cost-effective on-line viewing. SIMULTANEOUS MULTIPLATFORM AVAILABILITY ============================================= The introduction of FrameMaker 4 marks the first time Frame has simultaneously released a product on leading UNIX and desktop platforms including Sun and HP workstations running X/Motif, the Apple Macintosh, and PCs running Microsoft Windows. Unlike any other writing or publishing application, FrameMaker 4 files can be shared transparently across all these platforms, with no file conversion. FrameMaker conforms to the native user interface on which it runs so users can work with familiar menus and commands. In addition, FrameMaker takes advantage of the unique capabilities of each platform by supporting platform-specific features. NEW FEATURES =============== FrameMaker 4 provides a rich writing and editing environment, advanced color capabilities, automated page layout, long document handling, and the ability to easily incorporate complex graphics and multimedia elements into documents. FrameMaker 4 also includes a context-sensitive Help feature that uses hypertext links to guide users through its on-line Help system. Frame has redesigned the FrameMaker 4 user interface to improve access to frequently-used features, making the product easier to learn and use. For example, FrameMaker's menus can be customized to support different styles of working. Users can view complete menus, quick menus (a subset of the complete menus), or even customized menus. By adding flexible menus to FrameMaker 4, VARs (Value Added Resellers) and system administrators can customize FrameMaker to meet specific user needs. A new C-based Applications Programming Interface (API) enables corporate in-house development organizations, systems integrators, and third-party software developers to create powerful application extensions to FrameMaker 4. Details regarding a Frame Developer's Kit (FDK) and Frame's new API certification program for VARs will be announced at a later date. Other new features of FrameMaker 4 include: * A document comparison feature that provides a detailed comparison report on the differences between two versions of a document * Enhanced color support for PANTONE(R), CMYK, RGB, and HLS color models * The ability to easily prepare and print spot and process color separations, including process color separations of Encapsulated PostScript and DCS color images * An easy-access Formatting ruler to quickly select paragraph alignment settings such as left-, center-, or right-alignment, line spacing, and tab settings * Styles by example, a method that enables users to design paragraph formats visually and store them in a catalog for future use * Automatic placement of side- and run-in heads * A Quick Access bar that provides single-click access to the most commonly used commands (Mac and Windows only) * Arbitrary rotation of text and graphics * A built-in Thesaurus * Eight different dashed-line patterns * Improved hypertext commands and automatic generation of hypertext links As with previous versions, FrameMaker 4 incorporates timesaving features such as intelligent tables, FrameMath(TM), conditional text, and electronic distribution of documents using FrameViewer(R). Files created in FrameMaker 3.0 are directly usable with FrameMaker 4; all formatting is completely preserved. UPGRADE INFORMATION ======================= FrameMaker 4 will be available in U.S. and International English, French, German, and Swedish versions. The product is available through authorized U.S. dealers, value-added resellers, and international distributors. FrameMaker 3.0 customers with a currently active FrameMaker Support Subscription (FSS) will automatically receive the FrameMaker 4 upgrade at no cost. Customers who purchased FrameMaker 3.0 after August 15, 1993 are eligible to receive a no-cost upgrade to FrameMaker 4. NORTH AMERICAN PRICING & AVAILABILITY ========================================= FrameMaker 4 will be available in late September for PCs running Windows and Apple Macintoshes at a suggested retail price of $895. FrameMaker 4 will also be available in late September for Sun SPARCs and compatibles, and Hewlett- Packard computers running X/Motif at a suggested retail price of $1495 for a personal license, and $2595 for a shared license. Upgrade pricing for Macintosh and Windows platforms is $199. UNIX Personal license upgrades including 1 year of technical support and upgrades are $895($695 through 12/31/93). UNIX Shared license upgrades including 1 year of technical support and upgrades are $1295($995 through 12/31/93). For international pricing and distribution information, please contact Frame International Ltd. (011) 353-1- 8429-566. FRAME TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION ================================== Frame Technology provides award-winning writing and publishing software for the creation and distribution of demanding business and technical documents. Frame's products are compatible across PC, Macintosh, and UNIX platforms, enabling companies to increase productivity by leveraging valuable corporate data. Frame Technology is a publicly-traded company (NASDAQ:FRAM) located at 1010 Rincon Circle, San Jose, California 95131 USA. Frame Technology, FrameMaker, FrameViewer, and Frame are registered trademarks, and FrameBuilder, FrameMath, and Frame Developer's Kit are trademarks of Frame Technology Corporation. All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. ********************************************************************** For information about SunFlash send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@Sun.COM. Archives are on draco.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. 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