Year: 1997

From: Deborah Ries (partner_response@sybase.com)
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From: MACman@islandnet.com (MACman)

Announcing the official VText Developers Mailing List!

What is VText?
==============

VText is not a reincarnation of the TextEdit API. VText is not a C++
PowerPlant wrapper to some other text engine.

VText is a C++ add-on library for Metrowerks’ PowerPlant application
framework.

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.

From: Tim Rand (tim@stlouis.datapage.com)
Subject: MacPerl 5.1.4r4 released

Forwarded from the MacPerl mailing list:

After some dramatical last minute developments, the application and MPW
tool packages of MacPerl 5.1.4r4, the first MacPerl release based on 5.004,
are now available on

ftp://err.ethz.ch/pub/neeri/MacPerl/
ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch//software/platform/macos/perl/

The rest of the distribution should become available later this week.

5.1.4 05Oct97
– Made Command-.

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.