OS/2 PORT OF GNU OpenStep IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT

March 9, 1995 - The GNU OpenStep Development Team announced today that a
port of GNU OpenStep to OS/2 is under development.

"I am looking forward to the moment when GNU OpenStep will be available for
OS/2," said Martin Michlmayr, Coordinator of the GNU OpenStep
Documentation Team. "Because NeXT has opened up the true power of NEXTSTEP
by publishing the OpenStep specification, this team is able to implement
OpenStep and bring the power of NeXT's object-oriented API to IBM's OS/2
operating system."

"I have always thought that the graphical user environment of NEXTSTEP
would be an excellent replacement of the OS/2 PM. Now, that NeXT has
opened its object-oriented technology, we will be able to provide source
code compatibility to OpenStep," said Jeff Bakst, GNU OpenStep for OS/2
Display PostScript Leader. "Our implementation will run on top of the
Presentation Manager, so you will be able to run native OS/2 and OpenStep
applications on the same desktop."

"We will extend GhostScript, an interpreter for the PostScript language
from Aladdin Enterprises, to handle the Display PostScript System," said
Keith Mason, Coordinator of the Display PostScript Team. "Much source code
can be shared between the OS/2 and X Window System implementations."

"We've just started the port of the existing GNU OpenStep effort.
libobjects is the first piece and has thus far gone quite smoothly," said
Tom Gall, one of the GNU OpenStep for OS/2 Developers.

"I would like to see OpenStep on OS/2," said Mike Dahmus, a well know OS/2
user. "It's great that the GNUStep effort has choosen this platform."

"This announcement should also serve as a Call For Participation (CFP),"
said Martin Michlmayr, Coordinator of the Documentation Team. "As we don't
get paid for coding GNU OpenStep, we are still looking for volunteers who
might help on this or another part of the project."

GNU OpenStep

GNU OpenStep is going to be an implementation of the OpenStep API, which
was published by NeXT Computer, Inc. It is currently under development.
OpenStep is an operating system independent, object-oriented application
layer.

Further information about OpenStep can be found at
http://fvkma.tu-graz.ac.at/tbm/OpenStep or http://WWW.NeXT.COM/

The World Wide Web page of GNU OpenStep is located at
http://fvkma.tu-graz.ac.at/gnustep/gnustep.html.

The newest version of the FAQ can be obtained by anonymous ftp from
ftp://ftp.cosy.sbg.ac.at/pub/gnustep/gnustep.FAQ
A HTML version of it can be found on
http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/comp/os/gnustep/faq.html.

If you think you could contribute in any way, let us know!

Contact:
Keith Mason
Coordinator of the GNU OpenStep Display PostScript Team
keith@netcom.com
or
Martin Michlmayr
Coordinator of the GNU OpenStep Documentation Team
tbm@tci002.uibk.ac.at

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