Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 15:01:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Wilson Liaw <macgyver@infinet.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Applix and Red Hat Software Announce Applixware for Red Hat Linux (fwd) Message-ID: <199605201901.PAA09980@user2.infinet.com>
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Something we ought to think about doing? They are beginning to bundle quite a bit of stuff. the current RedHat already comes with Metro X server... Forwarded message: > From redhat-announce-list-request@redhat.com Mon May 20 09:55:58 1996 > Resent-Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 09:55:30 -0400 > Approved: marc@redhat.com > Message-Id: <199605201354.JAA23434@schroeder.redhat.com> > To: redhat-announce-list@redhat.com > Cc: redhat-list@redhat.com > Subject: Applix and Red Hat Software Announce Applixware for Red Hat Linux > Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 09:54:06 -0400 > From: Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com> > Resent-Message-ID: <"gOz-02.0.JJ.Id7en"@redhat.com> > Resent-From: redhat-announce-list@redhat.com > Reply-To: redhat-list@redhat.com > X-Mailing-List: <redhat-announce-list@redhat.com> archive/latest/196 > X-Loop: redhat-announce-list@redhat.com > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: redhat-announce-list-request@redhat.com > X-URL: http://www.redhat.com > > > Applix and Red Hat Software Announce Applixware for Red Hat Linux > ================================================================= > > Most popular and complete office suite for UNIX to be available for Linux. > > Westboro, MA, - Applix Inc. (NASDAQ: APLX) and Red Hat Software, Inc. > announced today the availability of Applix's Applixware(TM) suite of > office automation products for the Red Hat(TM) Linux operating system. > Under the terms of an agreement between Red Hat Software and Applix, > Red Hat Software will bundle Applixware version 4.2 with the > commercially available release 3.0.3 of Red Hat Linux. Also under the > terms of the this agreement Red Hat Software will distribute and > support the combined products. > > "We recognized a need in the Linux marketplace for high-performance > office automation tools" said Tony Giannelli, vice-president of > business development and marketing Applix Inc. "After an extensive > review, we chose Red Hat Software because we felt that Red Hat > provides the most complete platform for running Applixware on Linux." > > Applixware is the most popular and complete office automation suite > for UNIX(r) systems. Applixware for Red Hat Linux features fully > integrated graphical: > > o. spreadsheet, > o. word processing, > o. graphics, > o. presentation, > o. electronic mail, and > o. HTML authoring software. > > Applixware can be used to build integrated solutions on UNIX and now > Linux systems. The advanced Applix Builder rapid application > development environment is also included in the agreement. > > Linux is a co-operatively developed POSIX-oriented, multi-user, > multi-tasking operating system in use worldwide in research and > development organizations. It can be used as a low-cost, fully > functional UNIX workstation for Internet server and other > applications. The Red Hat Linux operating system is maintained as > "freely distributable" software available from many sites on the > Internet. > > "The opportunity for software developers to develop and run Applixware > applications on low-cost PC workstations will make Applixware more > readily accessible to a much broader audience." said Bob Young, > president of Red Hat Software, Inc. "Partnering with Applix ensures > our customers are getting the absolute best office automation suite > possible for Linux. Red Hat Software is committed to bringing serious > development tools to the Linux operating system and Applixware for Red > Hat Linux is one of the most important of these to date." > > Applixware for Red Hat Linux will be available directly from Red Hat > Software and Linux resellers, early this summer. The suggested retail > price is $495.00 per user. > > About Applix Inc.: > > Applix, Inc. based in Westboro MA provides solutions for the Real Time > Enterprise - those organizations that seek and gain competitive > advantage by converting raw data into effective action in the shortest > possible time. Applix develops, markets and supports Applixware and > Applix Enterprise software. > > Applixware for Real Time Desk is an open suite of integrated personal > desktop tools that enable individual users with time-critical and > historical data needs to access, analyze, display and communicate > information from a universal desktop across heterogeneous > client/server environments, including the Web. Applix Enterprise is > an integrated suite of support automation applications for handling > the dynamic data needs of customer interaction environments. > > About Red Hat Software, Inc.: > > Red Hat Software, Inc. based in Westport, CT builds and maintains the > Red Hat Linux distribution of the Linux operating system. Working in > cooperation with a huge development team of research, academic, and > commercial software developer volunteers, over the Internet, Red Hat's > goal is to build the easiest and simplest to administer advanced > operating system. Red Hat also publishes and distributes commercial > applications for Linux of which Applixware is one of the most > significant. > > (all trademarks, registered trademarks, and service marks, are > property of their respective owners) > > Contact: > > Mark Prahl Lisa Sullivan > Applix, Inc. Red Hat Software, Inc. > (508) 870-0300 (203) 454-5500 > mprahl@applix.com sulli@redhat.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > mail -s unsubscribe redhat-announce-list-request@redhat.com < /dev/null >
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