Reading, Berkshire-based X/Open Co Ltd has restructured its Deploy project once again following lack of financial support from independent software vendors. The way it sees it, it is understandable that software vendors prefer us to do most of the work before they make commitments to adopt this technology. Deploy is using technology developed at the UK’s Defence Research Agency, the TenDRA component of the Open Software Foundation’s now-defunct Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format initiative, to create an comprehensive application conversion and testing environment that examines conformance to all application programming interfaces. Deploy is continuing with support from existing backers, including IXI Ltd, Software AG, plus two other organisations that marked their coupons with an X for no publicity. X/Open is still aiming to show a program based on Deploy at UniForum in March.
