San Diego, California-based AGE Logic Inc has won a big fillip for its personal computer X server software with news that SunSoft Inc’s personal computer communications unit will ship AGE’s personal computer-to-Unix X Window communications software as SolarNet PC-X. The two have signed a long-term agreement they say will result in other SunSoft products based upon AGE technology. SunSoft recently enhanced its TCP/IP-based system for tying personal computers to the enterprise with network administration tools as SolarNet PC-Admin (CI No 2,530). The X server software provides Microsoft Corp Windows users with access to applications running on Unix servers from an X Window running on their desktop. Prices start at $350 per user. The move is great for AGE, whose PC-X server would probably be considered only after those of Hummingbird Communications Ltd or VisionWare Ltd, although it is unclear why Sun has not had such a product before, except that it wanted to populate desktops with Solaris boxes. Users have hitherto had to call in third parties for all the work.
