The software industry in Scandinavia is booming, largely due to the inflexibility of imported products in dealing with support for languages other than English. Understandably, Swedish users demand their own language on screen – and that includes error messages. Some foreign products, such as Uniplex II Plus, can adapt to these requirements, and Uniplex was widely seen around the show. But native packages such as the Mimer database from Uppsala-based Mimer Software, and the widely used Nectar fourth generation language for Unix, VAX and MS-DOS systems from Ceratina Systems AB, Hasselholm, were more commonly seen around the stands, Ceratina chose the show to launch the new version 4 of Nectar, which now supports Informix and Oracle as well as Mimer, and has been implemented for AIX on the PS/2. Nectar is used in 300 installations, 10% outside of Sweden. Another major influence on the Swedish software market is the Government, which has mapped out its requirements for office automation software by specifying an integrated package known as KIS, compiled from the offerings of various software houses by the Swedish purchasing agency Statskontoret, the Swedish PTT and consultancy Statskonsult PVAB. Along the same lines is the Swedish version of the GOSIP OSI protocol stack, known as SOSIP (Statskontorets OSI-profile for statforvaltningen). And a group of Swedish firms including Diab Data, ICL, and Siemens, were showing document transfer under the Sigdoc banner.
