Sun Microsystems Inc was extolling the virtues of its Open Look user interface at the Seybold Computer Publishing Show, which took place last week in San Jose, California. At the show, some 22 electronic publishing applications were being shown with Open Look, including seven new products from Alsys Corp, Electronic Book Technologies, Harris, HSD Microcomputer, Kodak, Petronics Corp and Wright Technologies. Sun highlighted its DeskSet suite of three dimensional tools, which enables iconised Open Look files to be dragged over from one application to another by using the mouse. It also claimed that 35 companies were working on non-Sparc versions of the SunView toolkit, which integrates the Open Look and SunView graphical user interface, citing Open Software Foundation members DEC, Hewlett-Packard and IBM – with software developer TGV working on a VAX/VMS version, Integrated Computer Solutions in Cambridge, Massachusetts developing a Macintosh version, and Quarterdeck Office Systems an MS-DOS version. Sun claims a lead in the Unix electronic publishing market, with a 28% share.
