5 departures called sign software link is near

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The departure of five managers from the Open Software Foundation (OSF) may signal an agreement between the consortium and AT and T over a software industry standard. The OSF was formed by several computer makers, including DEC, IBM and HP, as an attempt to counteract an alliance between AT and T and Sun Microsystems Inc. AT and T is the developer and manufacturer of the powerful UNIX operating system, which could play a tremendous part in the development of workstations. OSF has attempted to develop an alternative operating system to UNIX, but has yet to enter any product on the market. Because Sun and AT and T are no longer working as closely together, industry insiders believe that the OSF has served its initial purpose. Managers who are leaving the OSF are Alex Morrow, Anthony Fiore, Ethen Allen, Stephen Shriver and Henning Oldenburg.

Management, Product information, Operating systems (Software), Operating systems, Operating System, Executive, Resignation, Open Software Foundation

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Microsoft as arbiter of 'paperless office.' (Emerging Battlefronts in Software Strategy Wars)

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Microsoft Corp is defining a software standard for a 'paperless office' based on it Windows environment. To achieve this, the company is consolidating an alliance of office-equipment manufacturers that will create products with the Microsoft software. The standard is intended to allow the building of networks that will link desktop computers with copiers, facsimile machines, telephones and printers. With the software, office workers can do functions such as sending a document from a microcomputer to fax machines for automatic distribution to recipients. The paperless office concept, in the works since the 1970s, has been stymied by the absence of software standards for operating various machines and unifying computer files and electronic documents. Microsoft will announce the participating vendors on Jun 9, 1993.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Microsoft Corp., Product introduction, Office automation, Office automation software, Office applications software, Office Equipment, Strategic Planning, New Technique

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Challenge to Microsoft advancing

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Microsoft Corp has dominated the microcomputer operating system market since its inception, but the firm may finally face some organized competition from a new Unix operating system standard agreed upon by Intel Corp, AT and T, and The Santa Cruz Operation. The group claims the new standard will enable software developers to create and sell 'shrink-wrapped' software packages for microcomputers built around Intel's 80386 and 80486 microprocessors. The new standard does not solve all the Unix compatibility questions, and the new version of the operating system will not be available until 1991. Many hardware and software vendors have become unhappy with Microsoft's domination of the market.

Software, Microcomputers, Intel Corp., INTC, MSFT, Microcomputer, Competition, Marketing Strategy, Santa Cruz Operation Inc.

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