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The Open Group Andrew Josey E-mail: a.josey@opengroup.org Voice: +441189508311 Fax: +441189500110 Web: http://www.UNIX-systems.org/
Announcement Summary:
As part of the UNIX 98 program, The Open Group is pleased to announce introduction of a new Product Standard known as the UNIX 98 Server, which demonstrates to the marketplace that UNIX systems are well-suited and ready to be used as standardized Internet Servers.
Full Text of Announcement:
As part of the UNIX 98 program, The Open Group is pleased to announce introduction of a new Product Standard (formerly Profile and Component definition) known as the UNIX 98 Server, which demonstrates to the marketplace that UNIX systems are well-suited and ready to be used as standardized Internet Servers.
This new UNIX 98 Server Product Standard joins the previously announced UNIX 98 Product Standards: UNIX 98 (the base product standard) and UNIX 98 Workstation (the base product standard plus graphical user interface).
This Product Standard defines a set of services in support of Internet and intranet technologies. This includes support of network computer devices and the presence of mandatory Java Runtime Environment. The Internet Server Product Standard complements the Network Computer Profile providing the server side of that definition. The emphasis is towards services and applications support. A standard server will provide a set of core services to support Internet applications. The mandatory functionality includes: the Internet Protocol Suite, Java Runtime Environment and Internet capabilities to support network computer clients.
This product standard can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.opengroup.org/prodstandards.
Company Backgrounder:
Dedicated to the advancement of multi-vendor information systems, The Open Group is an international consortium of systems and software vendors and customers from the industry, government and academia. The Open Group and its members work together to strengthen and streamline the development process and availability of open systems. The organization provides a focal point for the development of international specifications and test suites, standards based technologies, advanced open systems research, professional services and the management of the internationally recognized brand for open systems. The Open Group's brand mark is recognized worldwide and is a guarantee of compliance to open systems specifications.
The Open Group is Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, with European headquarters in Reading, England and offices in Menlo Park, CA; Washington, DC; Brussels, Belgium; Grenoble, France; and Tokyo, Japan.