Digital Equipment Corp is expected to pop an OSF/1 maintenance release – version 1.3 – in a month or so. The next OSF/1 release, code named Sterling, is due at year-end or early 1994 and will include C2 security, Motif 1.2 support, Unix System V.4 streams, Token Ring, Posix 1003.2 commands and utilities, XPG4 and Polycentre advanced file system. Symmetric multiprocessing support will follow in the form of Gold, a mid-1994 offering, including 64-bit Network File System support and C2 network security. DEC wants Ultrix users to move up to OSF/1 but says new Ultrix releases will continue every six months, with Ultrix 4.4, a full VAX and RISC release with Motif 1.2 next.
