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Press release: OpenDoc Wins InfoWorld Landmark Technology Award
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OpenDoc Wins InfoWorld Landmark Technology Award
Apple's Web Site is Hot-Spot for Downloading OpenDoc Software and Information
CUPERTINO, California--February 6, 1996--Apple Computer, Inc. along with the other sponsors and members of Component Integration Laboritories have been awarded InfoWorld's Landmark Technology Award for OpenDoc, the multi-platform software architecture which enables the development of component software. The Landmark Technology Award recognizes the most significant original idea or advance in a current technology each year.
"The InfoWorld Landmark Technology award for 1995 easily goes to the current keeper of the OpenDoc specification, Component Integration Laboratories," said Nicholas Petreley, senior editor for InfoWorld. "The credit must be shared across the OpenDoc alliance, and in particular, Apple, the first to deliver a final version of OpenDoc. In an ever-consolidating industry where it is all too easy to cave in to well-marketed proprietary solutions, Apple is to be commended for sticking with the superior technology, and for steadfastly supporting open component software standards."
OpenDoc provides a new level of flexibility in personal computing, allowing users to more easily create, communicate and share information across platforms, operating systems and the Internet. OpenDoc also gives developers new options, allowing them to create smaller, modular applications that work together instead of huge applications packed with every imaginable feature.
OpenDoc is a multi-platform component software architecture which is designed to work across Mac OS, Windows, OS/2 and Unix. Component software allows users to select the features they need to get the job done without forcing them to run burdensome monolithic applications. This means that when a user goes to create a presentation they don't have to build tables in their spreadsheet, graphics in a draw program and text in a word processor before lumping it all into a presentation application. Instead, they start with a blank page and add information using components which consist of specialized text, graphics or spreadsheet tools.
"This award is yet another affirmation of the impact OpenDoc will have on computing," said David Nagel, senior vice president for worldwide research and development at Apple Computer, Inc. "In the 1980s, we focused on revolutionizing personal computing through things like the graphical user interface (GUI). In the 90s and beyond, OpenDoc component software is going to take it the next step, redefining what people can do with multimedia, publishing and the Internet no matter what platform or operating system they choose."
Developers worldwide have been attracted to OpenDoc since its introduction. By creating an architecture where smaller, more specialized software components can interoperate, OpenDoc provides an ideal environment for both independent software vendors and entrepreneurial developers.
Since Apple made OpenDoc 1.0 available on the World Wide Web in November 1995, the site has averaged more than 1000 OpenDoc downloads each day. In the first 20 days after introduction alone, more than 40,000 different people accessed the OpenDoc Web site. As of this release, individuals from more than 45 countries around the world have taken a look at OpenDoc on the Web. Visit the OpenDoc Web site at http://opendoc.apple.com/
OpenDoc components are based on industry standards set by Component Integration Laboratories, an association of industry leading companies including Apple, Adobe Systems, IBM, Lotus, Novell, and Oracle. OpenDoc 1.0 for Mac OS shipped in November 1995 and OpenDoc for Windows is expected later this year. More than 300 developers have committed to delivering OpenDoc component software products, and Apple plans to introduce an OpenDoc-based Internet application suite (code-named CyberDog) as well as a series of parts and viewers that will allow easy integration of Apple technology, such as QuickDraw 3D, into OpenDoc-aware applications this year.
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