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- Contact: Keith Mary Rantas-Drew
- IBM Media Relations
- (914) 766-1211
- Internet: keithmaryr@vnet.ibm.com
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- Jennifer Surro
- Brodeur & Partners, Inc.
- (617) 622-2856
- Internet: jsurro@brodeur.com
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- IBM ASSUMES OPENDOC FOR WINDOWS DEVELOPMENT
- CI Labs Sponsors Agree on New Approach to Bring Windows Version to Market
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- SOMERS, N.Y., Oct. 30, 1995 . . . IBM today announced that it has
- assumed responsibility for the development and marketing of OpenDoc*
- for Windows** 95 and Windows NT. OpenDoc is a robust component
- architecture that delivers significant benefits to application
- developers by evolving applications to a component-based, integrated
- structure.
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- Based on IBM's current development schedule, beta of the OpenDoc
- for Windows 95 and NT software development toolkit will be delivered
- in the second quarter of 1996, and final versions would be delivered
- in the third quarter of 1996.
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- "OpenDoc is a powerful tool for developers creating
- cross-platform, integrated software applications," said John Slitz,
- vice president, object technologies marketing, IBM. "The CI Labs
- sponsors have discussed the most effective use of our resources to
- bring OpenDoc for Windows to market quickly and feel IBM's current
- work with OpenDoc for OS/2 and AIX lays the groundwork to develop the
- Windows platform for OpenDoc. When you include Apple's work with
- OpenDoc for Mac** OS, developers will truly have a powerful
- cross-platform offering."
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- Novell, a committed sponsor of OpenDoc, will assist IBM in making
- OpenDoc for Windows a success. IBM will centralize all of its OpenDoc
- development -- for Windows, OS/2 and AIX* -- in Austin, TX.
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- The early release code of the OpenDoc for OS/2 tool kit has been
- distributed to over 20,000 OS/2 developers with more than 50
- independent software vendors (ISVs) developing components with
- OpenDoc. A pre-released version of OpenDoc for AIX will be available
- on the Developer Connection CD (DEVCON) in November 1995.
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- "Novell firmly believes OpenDoc is critical for delivering
- cross-platform component applications," said Jeff Waxman, executive
- vice president and general manager, applications group, Novell. "Our
- commitment to OpenDoc remains strong -- we will continue to be an
- active sponsor of CI Labs and plan to implement OpenDoc in future
- applications, including PerfectOffice** and NetWare**."
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- Component Integration Laboratories, Inc. (CI Labs) is a
- vendor-neutral industry association promoting software integration and
- component software.
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- For Internet users, IBM offers complete information about the
- company, its products, services and technology on the World Wide Web.
- The IBM home page is at http://www.ibm.com. The fastest, easiest way
- to get information about OpenDoc is to go to the IBM home page and do
- a search on the keyword "OpenDoc."
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- IBM, the world's largest software provider, creates, develops and
- manufactures the industry's most advanced information technologies,
- including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage
- devices and microelectronics. IBM's Software Solutions Division
- provides data management, application development and workgroup
- solutions for mission-critical applications on PCs, workstations, LANs
- and host systems.
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- * Indicates trademark or registered trademark of International
- Business Machines Corporation.
- ** Products or companies mentioned are trademarks or registered
- trademarks of their respective holder.