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Document Contents: - Features - Minimum System Requirements Solaris OpenStep Installation Guide OpenStep for Solaris Tech Info Lighthouse Design Introduces ObjectPlanTM for OpenStep Developers Solaris OpenStep Operating Environment Solaris NEO - Object Catalyst Program NEO Business Alliance Object Catalyst Partners
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Solaris OpenStepTM An object-oriented user environment for deploying custom applicationsSolarisTM OpenStepTM is an object-oriented user environment that provides an enterprise-ready framework for distributed object computing. It is based on the OpenStep Specification jointly developed by Sun and NeXT, which is based on the operating system-independent layer of NEXTSTEP. Solaris OpenStep is implemented using the facilities of the Solaris Operating Environment, including the X11 windowing system with Display PostScript extensions, OpenWindows, SunOS, ONC and NEO. This tight integration with Solaris means that all OpenStep applications are fully compatible and interoperable with all Solaris applications and Java applications. Users experience an easy to learn and highly integrated application environment, whether they primarily use Solaris OpenStep desktop applications or they choose to run OpenStep compliant applications from the Solaris Common Desktop Environment. Solaris OpenStep is also compatible with Sun's NEO family of products that create a networked object infrastructure using shared services. The OpenStep Specification was created to provide the industry with an open object standard for enterprise computing. Sun's Solaris OpenStep combines an OpenStep-based user environment with the robust, scalable and reliable Solaris operating system foundation. The integration of the OpenStep Application Programming Interface (API) into an open, industry-standard operating system enables developers to bridge the gap between operating system and application functionality; this results in wide availability of custom objects that can be incorporated into solutions deployed in the Solaris OpenStep environment. Objects are the foundation of the object-oriented OpenStep API. Objects are self-contained, reusable software modules containing data and associated behavior or methods. Objects help developers manage complexity because developers only need to understand what an object does and the messages it responds to - not how the object "works" internally - in order to use it The Solaris OpenStep user environment contains a complete suite of integrated object-oriented applications, including:
The run-time libraries for the ObjectiveC runtime, Application Kit, and Foundation Kit are also included, so that Solaris OpenStep users can run any custom application created using Sun's WorkShop OpenStep object-oriented development tools. Since applications based on OpenStep share a powerful object framework, users will find an extremely high degree of integration between applications, whether bundled with the user environment or custom-created. Solaris OpenStep applications are highly consistent in behavior and basic functionality, such as the ability to message other applications or to print information from any application. Solaris OpenStep offers unparalleled ease of use as a deployment environment for custom applications in enterprise and Internet/intranet networks.
Ease of UseSolaris OpenStep applications reduce user learning curve and increase user productivity:
Full Solaris compatibilitySolaris OpenStep applications are full Solaris citizens and are completely compatible with all applications in the Solaris environment, including:
SpecificationsObject-oriented run-time librariesThese libraries are necessary to run custom applications based on OpenStep and deployed in the Solaris OpenStep environment:
Object-oriented desktop applicationsThese applications are provided for users who choose to run Solaris OpenStep as their default desktop. Users can also run OpenStep applications from the Common Desktop Environment, as long as the Solaris OpenStep runtime is present:
Minimum System Requirements
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