Within the Japanese Unix industry IXI Ltd is aiming to be with its X.desktop graphical user interface what VHS has become to the video industry. The Cambridge UK-based says it has licensed both English and Japanese versions of its software to NEC Corp, Tokyo, Matsushita/Panasonic, Osaka and Omron Corp, Kyoto, in new worlwide agreements. The three will be bundling X.desktop with their respective Unix systems, NEC on its EWS4800 Motorola 68030 and MIPS R3000-based system, Matsushita’s Panasonic division, (Solbourne Computer Inc’s holding company), on its BE Intel 80386 and 80486 systems from September, and Omron on its Motorola 68030 and 88000-based range of systems, on a worldwide basis.
