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- Apple Licenses Bedrock From Symantec
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- Contact:
- Heather Hedin Emilio Robles
- Symantec Corporation Apple Computer Inc.
- (408) 725-2733 (408) 862-5671
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- Rebecca Fuller
- Wilson McHenry
- (415) 592-7600
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- Apple Computer Licenses Bedrock Development Rights From Symantec
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- Cross-platform Technology to be Foundation for an OpenDoc Parts
- Framework
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- CUPERTINO, California--January 24, 1994--Apple Computer, Inc. and
- Symantec Corporation today announced that Apple has licensed rights
- to Bedrock, a cross-platform application framework technology under
- development by the two companies.
- According to Ike Nassi, vice president of the Development Products
- Group within AppleSoft, Apple intends to enhance Bedrock to provide
- developers with a framework to build OpenDoc parts. OpenDoc is an
- open, cross platform compound document architecture designed by
- Apple. Several industry leaders including Apple, IBM, Novell, Sun,
- Taligent and WordPerfect are currently planning on forming an
- organization called CILabs which will foster co-development
- activities related to OpenDoc.
- Bedrock is a cross-platform application framework technology
- currently under development, that is designed to speed application
- development for Macintosh personal computers and Windows-based
- systems. It includes a low-level, high-performance set of class
- libraries for C++ programmers developing cross-platform applications.
- The OpenDoc parts framework will be derived from the Bedrock
- technology.
- Symantec Corporation and Apple Computer, Inc. announced a strategic
- alliance to jointly develop Bedrock in June of 1992. In May 1993,
- Symantec released the Bedrock Architecture CD, a CD-ROM disk that
- provided developers with a technical overview of the application
- framework.
- "System software technology is evolving from the monolithic,
- standalone application approach to the more flexible and powerful
- compound document approach, where computing is centered around
- documents using many applications, or parts, interacting in concert
- with each other," Nassi said.
- "OpenDoc is the path to this new way of computing and Apple's
- enhancements to Bedrock will be the ideal way to ensure developers
- can migrate their code to this exciting new technology.
- "It's also in keeping with Apple goal of providing developers with
- the most appropriate choice of tools and frameworks to do cross
- platform development."
- "Apple's plan to base the OpenDoc parts framework on Bedrock will
- ensure that developers have access to one of the most extensive sets
- of C++ class libraries for cross-platform development," said Gene
- Wang, Symantec's executive vice president for applications and
- development tools. "We are pleased that Bedrock will be used as a
- foundation for OpenDoc parts."
- Under the terms of the agreement, Symantec grants Apple a worldwide,
- perpetual license to distribute and further develop Bedrock.
- Additionally, Apple grants Symantec a worldwide perpetual license to
- use specific Apple technology in future Symantec products.
- Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) develops, markets and supports a
- complete line of application and system software products for IBM
- personal computers and compatibles, and Apple Macintosh computers.
- Founded in 1982, the company has offices in the United States,
- Canada, Australia and Europe. Information on the company and its
- products can be obtained by calling (800) 441-7234 toll free, or
- (503) 334-6054.
- Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:
- AAPL) develops, manufactures and markets personal computer, server,
- and personal interactive electronic systems for use in business,
- education, the home, science, engineering and government. A
- recognized pioneer and innovator in the information industry, Apple
- does business in more than 120 countries.
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- Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh and OpenDoc are registered
- trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
- All other trademarks are trademarks of their owners and are
- respectfully acknowledged.
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