Sun Microystems, Inc.
Cathleen Beau Garfield (415) 336-6536
AT&T
Dick Muldoon (201) 829-7212 (office)
(201) 635-6699 home)
OPEN LOOK EMERGING AS LEADING UNIX GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
Additional Software Vendors to Support
WASHINGTON, D.C. January 23, 1990 Sun Microsystems and AT&T's
UNIX Software Operation today released a list of independent software
vendors (ISVs) who have committed to offer products incorporating the
OPEN LOOKTM graphical user interface (GUI). According to AT&T and Sun,
the fast-growing support of OPEN LOOK by ISVs and hardware and system
software vendors has made OPEN LOOK the industry's leading UNIX
graphical user interface.
OPEN LOOK is the GUI bundled with UNIXTM) System V Release 4.0.
The vendors are: Bristol Group Ltd., Conceptual Structures,
Digital Solutions Inc., Elan Computer Group Inc., Entropic Speech
Inc., Expert Object Corp., FICOR, Georgetown University/Department of
Radiology, Graphic Software Systems Inc., H.T. Graphics Inc.,
lNFORMIX Software Inc., Ingres Corp., Lotus Development Corp., Metcut
Research Associates, Netlabs Inc., Oracle Corp., Research Systems
Inc., SL, Softscience Corp., SoftQuad Inc., Sybase, System Strategies
Ltd., Unify Corp., Versasoft and Visual Edge. More commitments are
expected, according to Sun and AT&T's UNIX Software Operation.
The OPEN LOOK GUI is an intuitive user interface designed by Sun,
AT&T and the industry, with technology licensed from Xerox PARC. It
features icons, pulldown menus, point-and-click mouse controls and
other aspects found in "user-friendly" systems. The interface is easy
to master without any prior experience and requires less effort than
other GUIs, such as few keystrokes and short cursor movements, said
the companies.
Both AT&T and Sun support hardware and software vendors porting
the OPEN LOOK GUI. AT&T and Sun also assist ISVs with sales calls and
provide direct technical support to ISV programmers porting the
interface.
The UNIX Software Operation, headquartered in Morristown, NJ, is a
global supplier of open systems software, including the UNIX System V
operating system, to industrial vendors. The business unit is part
of AT&T's Data Systems Group.
Sun Microsystems, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is
a leading worldwide supplier of network-based distributed computing
systems, including professional workstations, servers and UNIX
operating system and productivity software.
UNlX is a registered trademark of AT&T. OPEN LOOK is a trademark
of AT&T. SunOS is trademark of Sun Microsystems.
For reader inquiries, telephone 1-800-821-4643 outside
California. Inside California, call 1-800-821-4642. For inquiries to
AT&T call 1-800-828-UNIX.
