Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Path: vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!msuinfo!oak!elm!bereza From: bereza@elm.csis.gvsu.edu (Bill Bereza) Subject: Re: Macintosh on UNIX !! Message-ID: <1994Mar25.195128.17104@beech.csis.gvsu.edu> Sender: news@beech.csis.gvsu.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: elm Organization: Grand Valley State University, Allendale MI References: <2mv9f4$76h@apple.com> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 19:51:28 GMT Lines: 135 Just say this cross-posted from a mac group. What do you think of this. Are you one of those Unix users who've always wanted "dependable" Mac software. Here's a quote from an Apledroid: "For a long time, UNIX customers have demanded access to high quality, low-cost productivity applications P MAE now satisfies this requirement." In article <2mv9f4$76h@apple.com> myee@apple.com (Michael Yee) writes: >In the better late than never catagory.... > >Over shadowed by the PowerPC announcement was the annoucement of the Macintosh >Application Environment (MAE). MAE is a full feature virtual Macintosh that >runs on UNIX platforms. This is the first time that Apple has put the >Macintosh system software on non-Apple hardware! > >-mike > >--- >Tuesday, March 15, 1994 > > >Apple Announces First Cross-Platform Macintosh Product for UNIX Workstations > > Apple today announced the Macintosh Application Environment (MAE), an >innovative software product that brings the functionality and ease-of-use of >the Macintosh operating system to Sun SPARCstations and Hewlett-Packard >9000 Series 700 workstations. > > With MAE, workstation customers get the benefits of the Macintosh >desktop, including the ability to run most Macintosh applications, >and a close integration of the Macintosh and UNIX operating systems >on their workstations. > > "The Macintosh Application Environment demonstrates Apple's >commitment to making its unique technologies available to a wider >range of computer users," said Morris Taradalsky, vice president and >general manager of the Apple Business Systems (ABS) Division of Apple >Computer, Inc. "For a long time, UNIX customers have demanded access >to high quality, low-cost productivity applications P MAE now >satisfies this requirement." > > In May, 1993, Apple announced at its annual Developers' Conference in >San Jose that it would provide the Macintosh environment on other >UNIX platforms as well as articulating a broader participation in >the open systems market. > > >SunSoft and Hewlett-Packard Support MAE > >According to Taradalsky, an important element of Apple's open systems >strategy is to develop strategic relationships with leading open >systems vendors. To this end, Apple today announced agreements with >Sun and HP encompassing joint engineering and innovative cooperative >marketing programs. As a result of these agreements, MAE customers >will receive integrated customer support, superior product >functionality and the security of knowing that this product has the >full support of Apple and its open systems partners. > > "We are very excited about MAE on Solaris," said Edward J. Zander, >president of SunSoft, Inc. "Now UNIX users have the freedom to run >Macintosh based personal productivity products they prefer on the >industry's leading UNIX operating environment." > > "MAE represents another important step in the HP Enterprise Desktop >Program, which combines the productivity advantages and ease-of-use >features of the Macintosh with the power of our PA-RISC-based Series >700 workstations," said Gary B. Eichhorn, vice president and general >manager of HP's Workstation Systems Group. "There are tremendous >advantages to a single desktop solution that meets the performance >and application needs, the ease-of-use requirements and networking >preferences of commercial and technical professionals." > > >MAE broadens market for Macintosh Application Developers > >Apple has been working with leading Independent Software Developers >(ISVs) to assure customers that hundreds of Macintosh applications >are MAE-compatible at introduction. Some of these developers include >Aldus, Attain, Claris, DeltaPoint, Deneba, Microsoft, Now Software, >On Technology, Quark, WordPerfect, and many others. > > >Product Description > >MAE customers will be able to work with the renowned Macintosh >graphical user interface through the now familiar Macintosh Desktop >and Finder, completely within a UNIX X window. Customers will have >access to Macintosh System 7.0 features such as Aliases, TrueType, >publish-and-subscribe, AppleEvents, Balloon Help, QuickDraw, and 32- >bit addressing. > > Apple's approach with MAE leverages both the underlying RISC >workstation performance capabilities and superior application >compatibility. This is accomplished through the use of native >software and optimized emulation. > > MAE closely integrates Macintosh and UNIX, allowing customers to >manipulate directly the UNIX file system from the Macintosh >interface; cut and paste both text and graphics between X-Window and >Macintosh applications and administer UNIX systems through the >intuitive Macintosh interface. The MAE architecture also supports >workstation devices, allowing access to Macintosh-formatted floppies >and CD-ROMs from existing workstation drives. > > MAE supports the Network File System (NFS), which allows users to >access, display and manipulate remote and local Macintosh, PC and >UNIX files. Apple plans to add support for AppleTalk to MAE in the >future. > > MAE runs on Solaris 2.3 or HP-UX 9.01 or later, and requires an X11 >release 4 or later window display server. MAE is fully compatible >with HP's Visual User Environment, SunSoft's OpenWindows and OSF >Motif. > > >Pricing and Availability > >The MAE Apple Price is (US) $549. Pricing outside the United States >may vary by country. > > In the United States, Apple intends to make MAE available in late >April, 1994 through authorized Apple resellers, distributors and >system integrators. In Europe and in the Pacific, Apple intends to >make MAE available in May, 1994. > >-- >Michael "Don't blame me for Motif" Yee >Macintosh Application Environment -- "Watta forru burry minna colla, colla gonna?" -- Tazza Devvi Bill Bereza bereza@beech.csis.gvsu.edu ac368@leo.nmc.edu