From: brian@jaguar.cs.utah.edu (Brian Sturgill)
Subject: More tidbits (the week of Nov. 2 was a busy news week).
Originator: brian@jaguar.cs.utah.edu
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 06:51:29 GMT


Contents:
	Apple vs IBM PC sales.
	Mail API war.
	Novell, Microsoft, Sun pledge easier-to-use TCP/IP.
	Revolution in the X community?
	Microsoft advertises in Open Systems Today.
	News from MS developer network, including interesting Windows facts.
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[MacWeek; November 2, 1992; Page 58]
[Chart]
APPLE VS. IBM PC SALES

Apple is expected to pass IBM Corp. in worldwide personal computer unit
sales for the first time in 1992, according to International Data Corp.

		1990		1991		1992*
Apple		1.69 million	2.48 million	3.0 million
IBM		2.84 million	2.91 million	2.9 million

*Estimate. Source: International Data Corp.

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[Open Systems Today; November 2, 1992; Page 1,8]
NEW SALVO IN MAIL API WAR
Sharp Remarks By Lotus Chief Rile Many Listeners
	By Laurel Nelson-Rowe

San Francisco--Jim Manzi, Lotus Development chairman and chief
executive officer, seemed to be trying to quiet the mail API wars
here last week when he revealed that th company's mail products
an programming interfaces will allow access to Microsoft's mail
subsystems and API sets.

But Manzi snapped his own olive branch when, in his Electronic Mail
Association conference keynote here, he overwhelmed the news about
Microsoft access [sic, should be Access, MS's new database manager]
by inveighing against Microsoft, and buried the news beneath a sales
pitch for cc:Mail and Notes.  Among Manzi's sharper-edged comments:

* Microsoft's petition to the X.400 Application Programming
Interface Association (XAPIA) earlier this year to mediate the mail
API controversy and develop a single, common API set is "a bit like
George Steinbrenner appealing to Fay Vincent."

* Microsoft's new Windows for Workgroups is "A Trojan horse... a
feint, a placebo, a holding pattern," and MAPI, Microsoft's mail
API, is "a little bit of the same. It is marketecture."
[This in effect proves just how good WfW is, Manzi feels he has to
put it down with name-calling, Novell decides to threaten to sue over
the fact they simply put IPX net requesters in it.  Lotus feels
threatened by WfW as it is almost as good as their Notes product, and
much cheaper (plus MS will get a big installed base from bundling WfW
with PC clones).  Novell's NetWare-Lite (it's peer-to-peer networking
for DOS) will quite likely not be able to compete with WfW.  Plus the
soon to be out, NT will compete head-on with Novell's NetWare line.
Both Lotus and Novell make good packages that are expensive and require
knowledgable administrators.  What Microsoft has done with WfW (and
later with NT) is make mass-marketable a package with similar
functionality that is both cheap and easy to set up. The Novell and
(even more so) Lotus packages might contain more features, but they are
in no real sense "better" for most users. (Actually WfW is hands down
better than NetWare-Lite.)]
Manzi railed against Microsoft for several minutes, using invective
that many attendees later said surprised and disappointed them.

Manzi didn't mention two things that might have appeased the
audience he riled: Lotus' involvement in XAPIA's efforts to resolve
the year-old mail API controversy and a public commitment, made by
Terry Rogers, Lotus communications division vice president, at
NetWorld earlier this month, to implement in Lotus' products the
common function calls for messaging being developed by XAPIA-member
technical experts (OST, Oct. 26).

In any event, many of those who heard the speech said they were
disappointed by Manzi's statements on Microsoft, which they saw as
another salvo in a standards war that has vastly complicated
decisions for users.
...

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[Open Systems Today; November 2, 1992; Page 3]
NOVELL, MICROSOFT, SUN PLEDGE EASIER-TO-USE TCP/IP
By Paul Kapustka
San Francisco--Three major vendors in the PC LAN arena--Novell,
Microsoft and Sun Microsystems' SunSelect division--used the Interop
show here last week to plug the virtues of TCP/IP as a strategic
protocol for both local and enterprise connectivity. All pledged to
make TCP/IP easier to install and use for the average PC LAN user,
but only Novell announced new products backing up its promise (see
story above).

[
BTW, the article below keeps saying NetBIOS, but I think it should
be NetBEUI. (Remember OST is primarily a Unix rag.) Unless I am
misinformed, NetBIOS refers to a DOS set of traps that are analogous
to Unix system calls for networking.  NetBEUI is the transport
used by LAN Manager, NT, and Windows for Workgroups.
]
Microsoft, which now claims that TCP/IP is the company's anointed
strategic protocol for wide-area networking, said it is working on
blending capabilities of NetBIOS--including a dynamic naming
service--with TCP/IP. Microsoft plans to deliver the blended NetBIOS
TCP/IP product within 18 months, according to Thom McCann, product
manger for corporate and network systems at Microsoft.

"One of the things customers are telling us [about TCP/IP] is that
managing the IP address is too hard," McCann said. "We don't think
it should be any harder than setting up a NetBIOS net."

NetBIOS is the transport interface for Microsoft's network operating
system, LAN Manager. NetBIOS provides dynamic naming for clients as
they are plugged into the net. TCP/IP clients, however must be
configured with specific address spaces.

McCann also said that Microsoft will provide TCP/IP connectivity for
its Workgroups for Windows [sic] product sometime in the first
quarter of 1993, and reiterated previous pledges to include TCP/IP
in its forthcoming Windows NT [it's already there].  McCann also
said that Microsoft will deliver an NT-based applications that will
allow servers to distribute and configure IP software on attached
client machines, using a scheme similar to that employed by Novell
in its LAN WorkGroup product.  The latter product, McCann said, is
scheduled to arrive in a [sic] 12 to 18 months..[sic]

[Part about SunSelect deleted.]

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[Open Systems Today; November 2, 1992; Page 7]
X BOOSTERS PONDER MOVE
Group Says It Will Disband If It Can't Raise $250,000 In Seed Money
By Paul Kapustka
San Francisco--A group of X-Window System product vendors took a
second step at Interop last week toward the creation of a marketing
group to promote the use of X technology.

Still tentatively calling themselves the X Industry Association, the
loose gathering of X vendors that first met in September at the Unix
Expo show in New York agreed last week to solicit seed money and
draft a board of directors by Dec. 15.

"The question is, do we want to keep on slow dancing with technology
advancements?" asked Peter Winston, president of X toolkit vendor
Integrated Computer Solutions, Cambridge, Mass.

Winston was referring to the complaints of some vendors that the X
Consortium, the technical group spun out of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, which currently oversees X-Window development, was
moving too slowly in approving new technology, and was not providing
the advances that users want or need. The development of a marketing
group like the XIA, they argued, could help push X into the commercial
mainstream.

Some attendees at the XIA gathering, however, seemed hesitant to
create a second group, one whose energies might not mesh with the
technical leanings of the X Consortium. In addition, the X
Consortium itself is going through a major change, the final details
of which are not yet determined.  Robert Scheifler, current director
of the X Consortium, said the group is looking to find a new
director and to move out form under the MIT aegis, but added that
neither task is expected to be complete until late 1993.
....

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[Open Systems Today; November 2, 1992; Page 7]
[An ad by Microsoft, in a Unix trade rag!]

	NOT ONLY DO THE WORLD'S TOP DEVELOPERS HAVE WINDOWS NT ON
	THEIR MINDS, THEY HAVE IT IN THEIR HANDS.

It's no secret that Microsoft(R) Windows NT (TM) is a 32-bit
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for Microsoft Windows(TM) and MS-DOS(R). As well as powerful new
32-bit applications.

But on July 6th, 5,000 developers from 22 countries saw exactly how
good it is, firsthand.

That's because they went to the Windows(TM) Professional Developer's
Conference. And after 3 very instructive days, they went home with
the software development kit for Windows NT* to create new 32-bit
applications for Windows NT and Windows 3.1.

They also saw Bill Gates, live on stage, presenting his vision of
how Windows NT fits into the entire Microsoft Windows family of
operating systems--Big Picture, if you will.

Now you can get the picture, too. Call us at (800) 992-3675, Dept.
HY5, for Windows NT Today, a videotape report on the Conference.

For your copy of the Win32 Preliminary SDK for Windows, give us a
call at (800) 227-4679.

So call now. After all, if you're choosing an operating system for
your company, then you should know about the latest development.

	MICROSOFT(R)
	Making it easier.

* In Canada, to order the Win32 Preliminary SDK kit, or for more
information, call the Microsoft Canada Support Centre at (800)
563-9048. Outside the U.S. and Canada, please contact your local
Microsoft representative. Videotape offer good only in the 50 United
States. Quantities are limited. For more information in the U.S.A,
call (800) 992-3675, Department HY5. (C) 1992 Microsoft Corporation.
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States. Microsoft and
MS-DOS are registered trademarks and Windows, Windows NT and the
Windows NT logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

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[Several excerpts from Microsoft Developer Network News, November 1992]

[
You can get a copy of the MS DNN (it's free!) by sending your full
mailing address to netdevwk@microsoft.com.
]

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[Page 10]
MICROSOFT RELEASES PRELIMINARY DDK FOR WINDOWS NT
Driver education for developers

Microsoft has released the Microsoft Windows NT Preliminary Device
Driver Kit (DDK), a set of tools and information needed to develop
device drivers for the Windows NT operating system. The Preliminary
DDK includes a host of sample device drivers, including source code,
plus over 3000 pages of documentation.
...
Developers who purchase the Windows NT DDK and printed documentation
automatically receive preliminary and final versions of the tools,
source code, and online and printed documentation; it also includes
preliminary and final versions of the same DDK software.

To order the DDK, fill out the coupon on page 16, or call the
Developer Services Team at (800) 227-4679, extension 11771. The
complete DDK for Windows NT, including the CD and hard-copy
documentation, is available for $399. The CD only can be purchased
the CD only will receive a coupon for ordering the hard-copy
documentation set for $359 if they later need it.
....
[
Two comments... first of all the DDK was originally scheduled to
come only in the $399 version, but Microsoft proved it was willing 
to listen to small developers and made it available in the $69
CD/ROM only form.  Thanks Microsoft!!!

Secondly,  Microsoft Windows NT has really beaten IBM OS/2 2.0 in
this area... even though OS/2 2.0 has been out for over 7 months,
IBM has yet to ship a generally available DDK (DAK in IBM terms).
]
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[Page 12, A chart]
		MICROSOFT WINDOWS FACTOIDS

			Windows sales
	Cumulative worldwide copies of Windows version 3.0 shipped:
	> 10 million.  Windows version 3.1 worldwide monthly
	unit sales rate (since 4/6/92 introduction, excluding
	upgrades): ~1 million.

		Windows version 3.1 customer satisfaction/acceptance
	Results of 6/92 Burke satisfaction study of registered U.S.
	Windows version 3.1 users:
		* Satisfied with the product: 95%
		* Would recommend the product: 93%
		* Would buy the product again: 94%
	Leading PC publication (PC Magazine, PC Computing, PC World)
	subscribers using Windows: ~60%

		Windows international availability
	Languages in which Windows version 3.1 is available: 25
	Countries in which Windows is sold: 194

		Windows-based applications sales/availability
	Windows-based applications worldwide annual growth rate
	(based on April-June 92 SPA $ sales report): 242% [not a typo!]
	Windows-based applications currently available: > 5,000
	Windows Software Development Kits sold (excluding upgrades): >200,000
	Win32 Software Development Kits sold (during first 3 months
	following release: >20,000

		Windows OEM distribution
	Number of top 10 worldwide PC suppliers including Windows
	with their PCs: 10
	OEM with "Ready to Run" agreements (worldwide): 100
	Hardware firms supplying Windows (worldwide): 226

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[Page 15, Windows for Workgroups article]
...
MS-DOS users and Windows for Workgroups

A separate product, Workgroup Connections for MS-DOS, gives MS-DOS
users access to shared files and printers on Windows for Workgroups
networks. It includes an electronic mail applications that allows
users to send and receive mail with users of Windows-based PCs.

Development tools available soon

Microsoft is currently developing tools and guidelines that will
help developers take advantage of the new workgroup and messaging
capabilities that are being built into products like Windows for
Workgroups. These tools will be available in early 1993.

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Brian
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