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Re: IPX winsocks?!?!
Hello,
It might be off topic but...
Caldera terminology of its Linux product "Caldera Network Desktop"
just forget to mention the name Linux (not to speak of its GNU GPL
license terms).
Caldera also announce its intension to achieve the X/Open Unix
trademark for its Linux product.
I am worried that too much power of one commercial vendor on the
future of Linux might be danger to its free spirit.
-- Sincerely,
Gal Shalif, R&D group
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Excerpt of message (sent 5 June 1996) by Ira Abramov:
>
>
> only partially related to Linux...
>
> did anyone visit Caldera's site lately? they have some mighty interesting
> partnerships going on! Here's an example:
>
>
> JSB TO PORT 32 BIT IP/IPX GATEWAY TO CALDERA'S LINUX PLATFORM
>
> The combination of Caldera and JSB products creates a cost-effective,
> secure Intranet solution for NetWare LANs
>
> INTERNET WORLD, SAN JOSE, Calif.-April 30, 1996- JSB today announced that
> its IP/IPX gateway, INTRAnet Jazz Open
> Gateway, is currently being ported to Caldera's Linux platform, providing
> NetWare users with a complete Internet/Intranet access
> solution at substantially lower cost than alternative solutions. The
> combination of the Caldera Network Desktop and JSB's IP/IPX
> gateway will also decrease management costs for NetWare-based Intranets
> by providing the ability for 16 and 32 bit WinSock
> applications to access Internet/Intranet environments via IPX and Caldera
> servers, eliminating TCP/IP management. The absence of
> TCP/IP at the client greatly reduces security concerns for
> Internet/Intranet access.
>
> "NetWare users can now crate a low-cost, secure Intranet environment by
> adding the Caldera Network Desktop's strengths as a private
> information server and JSB's complete, integrated Intranet client and
> gateway solution," said Rob Barrow, CEO of JSB.
>
> Bryan Sparks, President of Caldera, Inc. added, "The combination of
> Caldera and JSB products in a NetWare environment eliminates the
> frustration and concern felt by network administrators looking for the
> lowest-cost secure Internet/Intranet environment. JSB products
> not only eliminate the majority of security concerns, they ease
> administration costs and allow control of employees' Internet access."
>
> Caldera will be shipping JSB's INTRAnet Jazz Open Gateway for the Caldera
> platform and also two of JSB's Windows client software
> solutions: INTRAnet Jazz Kiosk and INTRAnet Jazz Client Suite. All three
> products will ship on the Caldera Solutions CD, scheduled for
> release in June (1996). From the Caldera Solutions CD, customers can
> install 30-day complimentary usage versions of the software or
> purchase and unlock full versions directly from the CD-ROM.
>
> INTRAnet Open Gateway Windows client ($50/client with concurrent
> use) enables users to run TCP/IP applications across IPX
> using WinSock to the IP/IPX gateway on the Caldera Network Desktop
> ($99/CPU). The combination also allows users to run the
> latest TCP/IP applications, including 32 bit browsers, in a
> NetWare environment.
> INTRAnet Jazz Kiosk ($20/client in 10 packs) is a robust Intranet
> browser that allows IS managers to control costly, unapproved
> employee Web surfing.
> The INTRAnet Jazz Client Suite ($295/client) is an integrated
> series of 32 bit OLE-and Web-enabled client components for the
> Web, email, telnet, ftp, Kiosk, MultiPing, Rules Agent, Intranet
> Sentry, Web Briefcase and Organizer. Intranet Jazz Client Suite
> is available for Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NTV4 platforms.
>
> Caldera, Inc., a privately held company established in 1994, empowers the
> Internet community, developers, OEMs, channel partners,
> ISVs, industry partners, consultants and end-users to collaborate,
> innovate, build and deliver meaningful computing alternatives based
> on Linux to the business community. Caldera, Inc., is at
> http://www.caldera.com.
>
> JSB is a recognized leader in software-based connectivity solutions,
> specializing in network transport-level middleware and
> applications. The INTRAnet Jazz Suite, JSB's leading-edge new product
> line, presents and integrated solution to accessing and
> exploiting appropriate Internet technology within a corporate
> enterprise's Intranet. JSB is at http://www.intranet.co.uk.
>
> JSB's headquarters are in Congleton, England, with additional operations
> in California and Denmark. JSB founded the Windows Sockets
> consortium with Microsoft, Sun and FTP, and has since provided
> communications technologies to over 30 of the world's top 50 ISBs such
> as Oracle, WRQ, and Intel. The company's products, including the original
> MultiView family, are sold worldwide through direct sales and
> a network of distributors, VARs and OEMs.
>
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> other partnetships there tell about the release of sun's WABI for Linux
> (there goes WINE...), the Caldera Office Suite includes Metrolink Motiff,
> Wordperfect and Z-mail (we knew that was coming) for $330 (ouch...)
>
> my dilemma is this... on the one hand it makes me happy linux-based
> products are getting popular and professional enough to be sold for such
> prices, on the other hands it means most of the good stuff will not be
> Freeware...
>
>
>
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> Ira Abramov <ira@scso.com> Scalable Solutions
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