Software provides GUI to display X Windows applications.
Press Release Summary:
Desktop-X v2.0 consists of X Windows application display utility for Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX v3.5. It provides GUI to display X Windows applications ported under Interix subsystem technology and displays ported UNIX applications, including 3-D OpenGL-based software. Software automatically boots when X application is started on Windows computer and provides means for customers to interoperate between platforms and extend legacy UNIX applications to Windows platform.
Original Press Release:
StarNet Announces X Windows Application Display Utility for Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX (SFU) 3.5
SUNNYVALE - CA, January 15, 2004 - StarNet Communications Corp., a leading publisher of Windows-to-UNIX/Linux connectivity software, announced Desktop-X 2.0, a new low-cost X Windows application display utility for Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX (SFU) 3.5. StarNet also announced an exclusive distribution agreement with Interop Systems Inc. of Woodinville, WA to market Desktop-X for large deployments in the government and commercial sectors.
Desktop-X 2.0 provides the graphical user interface to display X Windows applications ported under the Interix subsystem technology, which is included in Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.5. Desktop-X was designed for computers running SFU 3.5. Its simple structure makes it an ideal utility to display ported UNIX applications, including 3-D OpenGL-based software. Desktop-X automatically boots when the X application is started on the Windows computer.
"Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 provides the means for customers to easily interoperate between platforms and extend their legacy UNIX applications to the Microsoft Windows platform," said Dennis Oldroyd, director, Windows Server Group, Microsoft Corp. "We welcome the addition of Desktop-X as a low cost means of running legacy X Windows UNIX applications rehosted on Windows Server 2003."
Under an exclusive distribution agreement, Desktop-X will be available through Interop Systems (www.interopsystems.com) which markets an extensive line of development tools and add-ons for Services for UNIX. Pricing starts at $99 per user with volume discounts available for commercial and government customers.
"We welcome the opportunity to bring Desktop-X to our Services for UNIX user community," said Bill Miller, president, Interop Systems Inc. "Together with StarNet, we are responding to customer demand for simplicity, low footprint and affordable price."
About StarNet Communications (www.StarNet.com)
Located in Silicon Valley, StarNet develops and markets PC X server software for networked PCs in multi-platform corporate, educational and government organizations. StarNet's line of X-Win32 PC X server products offer cost-effective, best-of-breed X terminal emulation solutions on networked Windows-based PCs and workstations. StarNet was founded in 1989 and has become one of the first companies to build its marketing and sales operations around the Internet.
