SAA and UNIX IBM's Open Systems Strategy

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Authors: Michael Killen

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This book explores how SAA (Systems Applications Architecture) can be implemented in a UNIX environment to provide optimum results. In particular it shows how SAA can be integrated with UNIX released from AT&T, Sun Microsystems, DEC, Hewlett Packard, Unisys and IBM. It explains the criteria that need to be evaluated and considered regarding code sets, language implementations, hardware requirements, data models, operating systems, network configurations, and performance measurements before open systems can be attained. There is also an analysis of the components of SAA including common user access (CUA), common programming interface (CPI), communication support (CCS) and common applications…

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Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Trademarks
Introduction	p. 1
Moment of Truth	p. 5
ATandT's Involvement in the Open Software Environment	p. 19
The Early Days	p. 19
Making UNIX a Standard	p. 20
Looking Toward a Unified UNIX	p. 23
Cause and Effect	p. 24
ATandT's Statement of Direction	p. 24
February 1987 Announcement	p. 24
September 1987 Announcement	p. 25
October 1987 Announcement	p. 26
The "World of Computing" According to ATandT	p. 26
ATandT's New Computer Platform	p. 28
Industry Response	p. 30
The Open Software Foundation	p. 33
May l7, 1988--Announcement of the Open Software Foundation	p. 33
UNIX International	p. 57
UNIX International--ATandT Statement of Joint Operations	p. 57
Introduction	p. 58
Committees, Staff, and Associated Organizations	p. 59
Committees	p. 59
UNIX International Staff and Responsibilities	p. 61
Associated Organizations	p. 62
The UNIX International Technical Process	p. 63
Documents	p. 64
Procedures	p. 65
Early Product Release	p. 66
UNIX International Executive Appointments--January 1989	p. 67
Membership Classes and Benefits	p. 68
Interview with Peter Cunningham, President of UNIX International	p. 69
OSF Revisited	p. 83
Interview with David Tory, President of OSF	p. 83
OSF Update	p. 93
Membership of the OSF	p. 93
The Level Playing Field	p. 97
A Look at the Past	p. 97
The ASCII Fiasco	p. 98
Language Stories	p. 99
Hardware Hieroglyphics	p. 103
Data Model Tales	p. 105
The Operating Systems Saga	p. 106
Networking--An X-Rated Epic	p. 108
Performance Measurement Fables	p. 109
A Look at the Present	p. 111
Code Sets	p. 111
Languages	p. 112
Hardware	p. 112
Data Models	p. 112
Operating Systems	p. 113
Networking	p. 113
Performance Measurement	p. 114
A New Type of Game?	p. 119
The Mountain in the Middle	p. 121
SAA--A Monument to Failed "Standards"	p. 122
What IBM Knew	p. 122
What IBM Did	p. 128
What Happened	p. 129
The SAA Mountain	p. 139
A Walk around the Glass House	p. 139
Common User Access	p. 140
Common Programming Interface	p. 141
Common Communications Support	p. 143
Common Applications	p. 144
Uncommon "Computing Environments"	p. 145
A Peek Inside the Blockhouse	p. 145
What Does This Mean?	p. 146
Who Needs It?	p. 147
What about the Level Playing Field?	p. 148
UNIX--A Survivor on the Field	p. 153
From Bell Labs to OSF and Beyond	p. 154
As an Operating System	p. 155
UNIX on Mainframes	p. 161
Performance	p. 163
Security	p. 165
The UNIX Environment	p. 169
The Commercial Environment	p. 171
Data Base Management	p. 172
UNIX and the AS/400	p. 173
Sorting	p. 174
Pipes, Filters, and Valves	p. 175
Foresight, Reality, and Hindsight	p. 179
Strategic Periods--Defined and Redefined	p. 182
A Brief Strategic Review of the 1980s	p. 186
Technical Scenarios for the Competitive Jungle	p. 191
IBM Strategies and Tactics for the Future	p. 194
Distributed Data Base Period (1990-1994)	p. 197
Advanced Office Systems Period (1995-1999)	p. 198
Interconnected Networks Period (2000-2004)	p. 200
Integrated Services Period (2005-2009)	p. 202
Standards, Regulation, Litigation, and Free Enterprise	p. 205
A National Computer-Communications Infrastructure	p. 205
The "Unlevel Playing Field"	p. 206
Slamming Open Doors and Windows	p. 211
Litigation	p. 211
Property, Protection, Ethics, and Crime	p. 212
Issues	p. 215
Opinions	p. 217
Infrastructures, Architectures, and Standards	p. 219
Communications Networks	p. 220
The "Upsizing" Case Study	p. 220
Architectures--SNA and SAA	p. 223
SNA	p. 224
SAA	p. 228
Operating Systems and DBMSs	p. 232
UNIX versus OS/400	p. 232
UNIX versus IBM/370 Operating Systems	p. 233
UNIX versus OS/2, MS-DOS, etc.	p. 234
Will the Real UNIX Market Stand Up?	p. 235
Hardware Systems	p. 236
Standards as Reality	p. 240
Distributed Data Base Period (1989-1994)	p. 244
Advanced Office Systems Period (1995-1999)	p. 244
Interconnected Networks Period (2000-20O4)	p. 245
Integrated Services Period (2005-2009)	p. 245
Performance Measurement and Competition	p. 246
Conclusions	p. 253
What It Will Take to Win	p. 255
How the Game Can Be Lost	p. 258
How a Prisoner Can Be a Survivor	p. 258
Conclusions	p. 260
Recommendations	p. 266
Appendix IBM Programming Announcement--March 17, 1987	p. 269
IBM Systems Application Architecture	p. 269
Highlights	p. 269
Description	p. 270
Elements of the Architecture	p. 271
Data Streams	p. 273
Application Services	p. 274
Session Services	p. 274
Network	p. 275
Data Link Controls	p. 275
Summary	p. 276
Publications	p. 276
Index	p. 279
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