Sun and Microsoft have agreed to make their agreement and other text public. Below is the release from Sun and the release from Microsoft. Obviously, they are both written from each company's point of view, and we're presenting both sets of overlapping content to be fair. MacDev-1 Team ****************************************************************** SUN-MICROSOFT CONTRACT RELEASED Amended Complaint: http://java.sun.com/aboutJava/info/complaint.html Technology License and Distribution Agreement: http://java.sun.com/aboutJava/info/document.html Trademark License Agreement: http://java.sun.com/aboutJava/info/tm.html Sun Microsystems Inc.'s lawsuit against Microsoft's use of the Java(TM) technology has received widespread attention. This action has aroused considerable interest from the media, the industry and the public in the contracts Microsoft signed with Sun to develop and distribute products incorporating Sun's Java technology and to use the Java Compatible Logo(TM). When the...

APPLE INCLUDES RETROSPECT CLIENT ON RHAPSODY CD Pre-Release Program Allows Rhapsody Developers to Protect Work ORINDA, CA - October 14, 1997 - Developers for Apple Computer's next generation operating system, code-named Rhapsody, will have an easy way to back up their development files with the new Retrospect Client for Rhapsody. Dantz Development today announced that Apple is including a beta version of Retrospect Client for Rhapsody on the Rhapsody Developer Release CD-ROM. Developers may sign up for a pre-release program with Dantz that supports up to four Rhapsody development computers. Developers who join the program by paying the $99.00 license fee will also receive bug fixes or enhancements that become available during the course of Apple's development of Rhapsody. More information is available by sending an e-mail to rhapsody@dantz.com. The Retrospect Client for Rhapsody is a newly written client, native for Rhapsody, not an emulated Mac OS client. Retrospect Client for...

JOY FOR RHAPSODY DR1 RELEASED - Joy Explorer for Interactive Exploration of Rhapsody - Joy Developer for Rapid Cross-Platform Application Development VIENNA, Austria, October 13, 1997. AAA+ Software today announced the release of Joy for Rhapsody. Joy is an extension to the Rhapsody suite of development tools. With Joy full-featured applications can be created without compiling any code. "Sitting and waiting for the compiler and linker to finish is a waste of time," said Werner Staringer, founder of AAA+ Software, "interactively experimenting with the API is much more efficient - and a lot more fun. -- The product name Joy was a logical consequence." Joy Explorer is aimed at Mac developers who want to explore Rhapsody: experiment with the API, get familiar with the new Yellow Box, and develop small scale applications. Upgrading later to Joy Developer is possible. Joy Developer is aimed at developers who want to interactively develop sophisticated applications. With Joy they can script...

Apple Mirrors Microsoft's Support Policies New Program Features Combination of Phone, Web and Automated Voice Response CUPERTINO, California--Oct. 13, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced that it is changing its support policies to more closely mirror Microsoft's. The new policies are effective immediately and include: free support on the web (http://www.info.apple.com/) free support from Apple's automated phone response system free phone support for the first 90 days of ownership fee-based phone support at U.S. $35 per call after the first 90 days of ownership "While Apple's support was rated number one in the PC industry this September by Consumer Reports, we can't rest there," said Steve Jobs, Apple interim CEO. "Adopting Microsoft's $35 per call support policy will enable us to do an even better job of supporting our customers." Most of Apple's technical support calls are software related and requests for assistance about known issues. The combination of the web and...

Apple Delivers Developer Release of Rhapsody More than 10,000 Developers Seeded with Early Release of Apple's Next-generation Operating System for Server and High-end Desktop Applications Software Developers Contribute Sample Programs Seeded Worldwide to Developers CUPERTINO, California--Oct. 13, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today shipped an early version of its next-generation operating system--code named Rhapsody--to more than 10,000 software developers worldwide. The Rhapsody Developer Release is intended to allow software developers to begin creating the applications that will run on the new operating system. Apple expects Rhapsody to complement Mac OS in the Company's overall operating system strategy. While Mac OS will move forward as Apple's volume operating system, delivering market leading ease-of- use, multimedia and Internet integration, Rhapsody will be initially targeted at server and high-end desktop applications. Rhapsody aims to integrate Mac OS ease-of-use and...

Neon Software Announces NetMinder Ethernet 4.1 LAFAYETTE, CA - Neon Software today announced an upgrade to NetMinder Ethernet version 4.0, their software-only network protocol analyzer. Version 4.1 addresses key needs created by the latest MacOS system and Ethernet hardware. NetMinder Ethernet 4.1 Features and Enhancements: * Support for PowerBook 3400 series Built-in Ethernet. * Support for PCI-based Ethernet 10/100 cards -- the new Farallon PN996-TX and the Asante 10/100. * Automatic mapping of names to Ethernet addresses within AppleTalk networks. * Decode native and tunnelled NetBIOS and associated SMB packets. * Extended IP/DHCP protocol decodes. * Numerous other user interface and feature enhancements. Running native on any Macintosh or Power Macintosh equipped with a supported 10 or 100 Megabit Ethernet interface, NetMinder Ethernet captures and decodes a full range of Ethernet protocols. In addition to NetMinder Ethernet's original features, such as Packet Inference, which...

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BE SHIPS BeOS PREVIEW RELEASE 2 FOUR MONTHS AFTER PREVIEW RELEASE 1 MENLO PARK, Calif. (October 7, 1997) -- Today Be., Inc. announced shipment of the second public release of the Be Operating System (BeOS Preview Release 2). Preview Release 2 continues improvements resulting from Developer and End-user feedback with features added as part of the long term development plan for the BeOS. "This release adds momentum to the BeOS," said Jean-Louis Gasse, President and CEO of Be, Inc. "This is business as usual, responding to Developers and Customers and building up the BeOS technology platform." In just the last two months: * Over one hundred new BeOS applications have been released * The number of registered Be developers has climbed 10% to more than 4,400 * More than 500,000 copies of the BeOS have been distributed to potential users. Be plans to deliver three releases of the BeOS next year, and the BeOS Preview Release 2 is actually being delivered slightly ahead of that schedule:...

Try the Java applet version SUN SUES MICROSOFT FOR BREACH OF JAVA(TM) CONTRACT Microsoft fails Java compatibility tests for Internet Explorer 4.0 PALO ALTO, Calif. -- October 7, 1997 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced that it has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Microsoft Corporation for breaching its contractual obligation to deliver a compatible implementation of JavaTM technology on its products. Sun is seeking an injunction to prevent Microsoft from improperly using the Java Compatible logo. Sun is also seeking to prevent Microsoft from misleading Java developers and to prevent them from delivering anything but fully compatible Java technology implementations. Specifically, the complaint charges Microsoft with trademark infringement, false advertising, breach of contract, unfair competition, interference with prospective economic advantage and inducing breach of contract. One of Microsoft's or any Java licensee's most significant contractual obligations is to...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lightsoft is pleased to announce the release of the demo of Fantasm 5, a Macintosh assembly language development environment. Fantasm 5 is a major upgrade produced over the last two years. This release addresses four major areas: 1. Flexibility. 2. Ease of use. 3. Speed. 4. Modularity. Fantasm 5 is designed to allow the creation of most any kind of high speed Mac application, code resource, fragment, control panel, extension, shared library etc. Also useful for accelerating higher level C and Pascal projects. It sports a new graphical project manager which allows the use of multiple open projects, embedded projects and merged targets. It provides a new plug in architecture with publically available API. It's up to 260% faster than the version it replaces and uses processor emulation to spot pipeline stalls and dependencies in your source code making it easy to produce very high speed code. No more "black magic" needed. A useable demonstration version and selected...

We are forwarding this for you to see. This is not specifically an endorsement of the letter below nor of Microsoft's practices/policies -- it is for your information and for you to make up your own mind. If we are sent an equivalent letter to support Microsoft, we will distribute that as well. MacDev-1 Team ------------------- From: David Schargel, davids@aportis.com Dear friends, I am writing you this message to ask for action. A few short days ago, Microsoft released the final Win95/NT version of the Internet Explorer 4.0 web browser. This browser, as expected, does not contain an implementation of Java that is fully-compliant with the Java core platform. It may have a compatible JVM, but it does not contain the full class libraries of the JDK 1.1 implementations of Java. The omissions seem to be intentional. Let's be clear, IMHO Microsoft is deliberately trying to destroy the chance for Java to fulfill its "write once, run anywhere" promise. Java portability is the single...

From: Marin Saric (msaric@public.srce.hr) Subject: Announce: METAL v1.0B2, a BASIC metacompiler Galactic Dreams Software is annoucing a new version (v1.0B2) of its product METAL. This version is released only a week after a previous one due to high interest and a lot of positive feedback. METAL is a BASIC metacompiler for a PowerMac with features such as: - producing executables - full on-line help - a lot of examples - very big palette of fast graphic functions - sound playing (AIFF & AIFC files) - speech - file I/O The following things are new in METAL v1.0B2: Improved: - Added AppleEvent support (Drag&Drop file(s), Open, Quit, Shutdown, etc.) - Added "Get Pict Size" instruction for determining the PICT file width and height. - Added "Resize console" instruction for resizing the...

From: bill.m.catambay@lmco.com (Bill M. Catambay) Subject: [Ann] Pascal Source Code and Articles To all Macintosh Pascal programmers: The following is a summary of the current contents available at Pascal Central. For any of you who may not know about Pascal Central, Pascal Central provides the pascal community one place to obtain Pascal technical information, Pascal source code, and Pascal-related internet links. The home page is at http://www.catambay.com/pascal-central. Pascal Central is now broken up into the following sections: FEATURED ARTICLES: These are the latest articles contributed to Pascal Central. See the end of this note for a summary of these articles. FORUMS & LINKS: This pages provides information on Pascal forums (such as the MacPascal mailing list, and the Pascal newsgroups), and several links to Pascal related web sites (for PC and Mac). To join the MacPascal mailing list, go to http://www.stairways.com/mailinglists/macpascal.html. NOTHING BUT MACINTOSH SOURCE...

From: MWRon@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) Subject: [ANN] public beta of PowerPlant 1.8b1 CodeWarriors, This is a public beta of PowerPlant 1.8b1 (the archive also includes Constructor 2.4.3a1). This archive contains the new Appearance Classes which provide native support for MacOS 8's new Appearance Manager. It also contains many other changes and improvements since CW Pro 1. It is an (almost) complete PowerPlant folder. Althought this has been tested this is a public beta and all precautions normally associated with beta sofware should be noted. Furthermore, the contents of this archive (PowerPlant) is subject to change for CW Pro 2. You must have CW Pro 1 to install and use this public beta. http://www.metrowerks.com/tools/software/updates/ or ftp://ftp.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/ ftp://ftp2.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/ If you are connecting from europe, you may want to try the mirror at: (ftp://ftp.promo.de/pub/Metrowerks/mirror/updates/) PowerPlant Public Beta 1.8b1 Released on 09/30/...

Apple to Distribute Mac OS Tools to Apple Developer Program Members and Mac OS Tools Vendors Metrowerks First Vendor to License Tools; Select Tools Will Also be Made Available to Public for Free Download CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 30 -- Apple Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) today announced it will begin distributing many of its Mac OS development tools to the members of Apple's Developer Programs worldwide in November of this year. Apple will distribute the tools on CD as an added benefit of program membership. Select tools will also be made available on the Internet for free to students, hobbyists and non-program members. By making its development tools broadly available, Apple is ensuring that developers get more of the resources they need to take full advantage of new development opportunities for the Mac OS. Some of the tools scheduled to be distributed on CD include the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop, MacApp, SourceBug, MacsBug, Power Macintosh Debugger, Virtual User an performance...

Apple Launches Brand Advertising Campaign Premiering this Sunday on Toy Story CUPERTINO, Calif.--Sept. 26, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced it is launching its new brand advertising campaign with two 60 second television commercials scheduled to air during the network premier of Pixar's academy award winning film "Toy Story" on ABC's "Wonderful World of Disney" this Sunday evening, September 28. The campaign is themed "Think Different" and is the first work by Apple and TBWA Chiat/Day in over a decade. Their previous collaboration produced many award winning ads, including the CLIO winner "1984" ad which has been voted the best ad of all time by advertising professionals. "Apple has one of the best brands in the world. This campaign celebrates the soul of our brand--which is the desire to change the world for the better," said Steve Jobs. "This ad is just the beginning of a major marketing campaign to let our customers know that Apple is coming back, and returning to those...

CDFINDER 1.5.1 RELEASED September 27, 1997, Johannesberg, Germany The new version of CDFinder is the very first application that uses the new contextual menus of MacOS 8! CDFinder is a very fast and powerful tool to create catalog files of your hard disks, floppies, ZIP's and anything else that spins. It has a great user interface and very useful search functions. CDFinder supports drag&drop and requires at least a 68020 or PowerPC CPU. While System 7 is required, CDFinder is also fully compatible to MacOS 8. A special feature is the trilingual user interface (German/French menus/English). This mix of features makes CDFinder very useful especially for developers with their usually large mount of important developer CDROM's. New features in CDFinder 1.5.1: - CDFinder now uses the Contextual Menus in MacOS 8 to add some interesting new ways to do your work! - All of the menus and some dialogs are translated into the French language, too. - Self extracting archives are now recognized...

AAA+ Software invites Developers to Explore OPENSTEP with Joy. Rapid Application Development Tools Joy Explorer and Joy Developer released for OPENSTEP/MachOS. VIENNA, Austria, September 25, 1997. AAA+ Software today announced the availability of Joy Explorer and Joy Developer for OPENSTEP/MachOS. A free, fully-enabled evaluation version of Joy Explorer is available from the AAA+ web site. For developers new to Rhapsody and OPENSTEP, Joy Explorer is the ideal tool to get familiar with the Yellow Box API. Experienced Rhapsody and OPENSTEP developers can use it to quickly try out new ideas, prototype solutions, tweak the functionality of existing Yellow Box classes, explore undocumented features, and for scripting and debugging. "Sitting and waiting for the compiler and linker to finish is a waste of time," said Werner Staringer, founder of AAA+ Software, "interactively experimenting with the API is much more efficient - and a lot more fun." The product name Joy is a logical consequence...

ANNOUNCING THE BLUENOTES ECASH TOOLKIT FOR DEVELOPERS The First Commercial Toolkit for Anonymous Ecash Transactions PALO ALTO, Calif. September 24, 1997 -- BlueMoney Software Corporation today announced BlueNotes(tm), the world's first commercial software toolkit for building financial applications with private electronic cash payments. The BlueNotes Ecash Toolkit contains an Applications Programming Interface ("API") to help software developers enable ecash payments within their software products. It is compatible with the ecash issued by Mark Twain Bancshares of St. Louis, Missouri, and other banks around the world that use ecash "mints" built by Digicash bv of Amsterdam. Previously, no commercially supported ecash API has been available to developers of web sites and software products. The BlueNotes Toolkit fulfills this demand, allowing the quick and easy integration of ecash payments into web sites, browsers, electronic wallets, cash registers, and other applications. "We are...

From: quinn@quinn.echidna.id.au (Quinn) Subject: Announce: Internet Config 1.4 The Internet Configuration System -- Making Macintosh Internet Activity Easier Internet Config is an application that allows you to set Internet preferences in one place and have them read my any other "IC aware" application. Internet Config is supported by many Mac OS Internet applications, including NewsWatcher, Anarchie, Fetch, and Internet Explorer. It is my pleasure to announce the release of Internet Config 1.4. This version has a few new features but, more importantly, it offers significant reliability improvements over previous versions. Specific enhancements include: o The IC application now supports "Get URL" AppleEvents, routing them to the appropriate helper application. o The extension now holds the default preferences, so you get default preferences regardless of which application first uses IC. o The extension now sanity checks preference files before opening them. It also keeps a copy of...

AIMED Conducts a series of polls for the Mac developer community! Los Angeles, CA -- September 23, 1997 -- AIMED, the Association of Independent Macintosh Engineers and Developers, is conducting a series of polls to collect data that it's developer membership can use to chart their Macintosh development efforts. The information the three polls gathers has been requested by AIMED members and is intended to gather information from the developer community on the following topics, State of Macintosh Development, Rhapsody, and Clone/CHRP issues. The poll pages are available on the AIMED web site and open today. Polling will continue until midnight October 5, 1997. The results of the polls will be made available to the developer community on the AIMED site, Apple Computer and various press organizations. AIMED is an independent, nonprofit organization of Macintosh developers. Founded in January 1996, it is dedicated to evangelizing third party hardware and software development for the Apple...

Groupe Mirande launches 'EuroPress', a new low-cost press service aimed at small US based hardware and software developers who want to raise the profile of their products in Europe. "Even small developers cannot afford to forget about Europe as a market...ignore it at your peril" Says Paul Lambert of Groupe Mirande. France - September 22nd 1997- Groupe Mirande, the French based company that works with US based Hardware and Software companies to develop a commercial presence for their products in Europe, today announce plans to expand its services to include 'EuroPress', a new low-cost press service for small US based IT companies who want to raise awareness of their products within the European marketplace. "'EuroPress' is a result of a number of requests from smaller clients who wanted just to use our press services to attract European customers to their web site, where they could buy the product from", says Paul Lambert, founder of Groupe Mirande. He continues "Normally we are...

Apple Computer Names Niehaus Ryan Group Public Relations Agency CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 22, 1997 Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), today named the Silicon Valley public relations firm Niehaus Ryan Group, Inc. (NRG) its public relations agency of record for corporate and product public relations beginning immediately. This announcement completes Apple's marketing communications makeover which has brought on TBWA Chiat/Day as its new advertising agency, CKS as its new creative services firm, and finally NRG as its new public relations firm. "We are very pleased to complete our new team with the addition of NRG," said Steve Jobs, Apple's interim CEO. "They are exactly the kind of strategic, entrepreneurial agency we need right now." "We believe that Apple's new direction will once again surprise the industry," said NRG president Ed Niehaus. "Apple is one of the top brands in the world, and the company is now poised to once again make its mark." About NRG Founded in 1991, Niehaus Ryan...

Scottsdale, AZ; September 19, 1997 - Symmetry Software Corporation today announced the release of version 1.5 of Version Master, the leading software version reporting and updating tool for the Macintosh. Version Master is the only major Macintosh software updating application that remains free of charge. This release brings a significant increase in performance to the downloading function and integrates the application with the Version Master website. Additionally, numerous interface enhancements have been added to make the application easier to use including support for MacOS 8. Free copies of Version Master may be downloaded from: (http://www.versionmaster.com/) New features in version 1.5 include: Downloading current version Information is 300% to 500% faster Improved version identification Internet Config is no longer required Search online database for software titles not on the user's computer Revised Scan command and new Refresh command updates...