Santa Monica, California-based Retix Inc has come out with what it describes as a complete implementation of the Open Systems Interconnection model for Unix System V.4. It includes a full suite of Open Systems Interconnection applications and core stack products, the company says. Applications include X400 electronic mail, X500 Directory Services, File Transfer, Access and Management and Virtual Terminal, and the core stack supports all the industry-standard application programming interfaces that have been endorsed by Unix International Inc, including Transport Library Interface, Data Link Provider Interface and the new programming interface, ACSE/Presentation Library Interface, Retix said. The core stack uses a kernel-based Streams implementation of APLI, Presentation and Session technology developed by Unix System Laboratories Inc, and the offering is the result of an alliance between Retix and Unix Labs agreed in May 1990. The complete set of Unix System V.4 products includes MH-440 1984 X400 Message Handling System; MP-130 X400 to smtp Gateway; MH-445 X400 Gateway API; DS-520 Distributed Directory Services (with XDS Applications Programming Interface); FT-820 File Transfer, Access and Management; and VT-720 Virtual Terminal. Core stack products include the LT-610 Local Network Transport software; WT-325 Wide Area Network Transport software; AP-240 Presentation Syntax Manager; and UL-220 APLI-Upper Layer Software. The company gave no indication of how it will be charging licensees of the suite.
