Archive-name: comp-groupware-faq/products1
Last-modified: 1994.5.4
Version: 2.1
Copyright: 1994 (c) David S. Stodolsky, PhD


Groupware Products
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Yellow Pages of CSCW
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Updates and additions must go to: paal.malm@tft.tele.no

Pal S. Malm: The unOfficial Yellow Pages of CSCW               28 May 93 10:56

A new revision of my "Groupware List" now called "The unOfficial Yellow
Pages of CSCW" is ready for downloading. It contains 280 descriptions of
experimental and commercial groupware,  CSCW projects,  and systems with
groupware features.
The descriptions also contain e-mail, office, and ftp addresses, and
references to a bibliography at the end of the document. A (new) index,
sorted by classes, will help you navigate.
This list will give answers to many FAQs in comp.groupware.

The 50 page long document can be obtained in postscript format with
anonymous ftp from gorgon.tft.tele.no (192.135.199.112) in /pub/groupware.
A clean text file called TOC.txt is a copy of the table of contents.

This is how to do it:
                ftp gorgon.tft.tele.no
                Name (gorgon.tft.tele.no:...): anonymous
                Password: <your email address>
                ftp> cd pub/groupware
                ftp> ls
                cscw_yp.ps.Z
                cscw_yp.sea.bin
               HELP
                README
                TOC.ascii
                ftp> bin
                ftp> get README
                ftp> get cscw_yp.ps.Z
                ftp> bye
                221 Goodbye.
        > uncompress GrpwList.ps.Z
        > lpr GrpwList.ps
If you if run into trouble, download the file HELP.


Conferencing Systems
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Subject: SUMMARY: Conferencing Systems: Information Needed
Date: 4 Aug 93 14:37:54 GMT
Organization: Informatik, Univ. Stuttgart. W.Germany

========
Dietmar Zaig <dz@bsun3.zfe.siemens.de> wrote [Translation by me]:

The English Company Mentec offers the videokonferencing system VS-1000
(Tel. +44 494 472800, Fax +44 494 449256, to Mr. Gledhill). The
system is based on H.261 and G.711 (audio) and is a plug-in card for
ISA-PCs.


vsuresh@saathi.ncst.ernet.in (V. Suresh Kumar) wrote:

There are two PD conferencing tools I could think of:  Collage and shx
Collage runs on X-Workstations and PC (386++).

ftp ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu  ---  collage

ftp crl.dec.com ---  shx


kevin@pictel.com (Kevin Davis) wrote:

News Release                                            Date: 19 Jul 1993

   PICTURETEL INTRODUCES TWO NEW GLOBAL VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS PRODUCT FAMILIES
       WHICH OFFER COMPLETE, COMPATIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR COMPANIES OF ALL SIZES

DANVERS, Mass. (July 16, 1993) -- PictureTel Corporation, the global leader in
dial-up videoconferencing, today introduced new desk-top and low-cost  group
conferencing families of standards-based products that provide complete,
compatible videoconferencing solutions for all applications, including distance
learning, telemedicine and telemarketing.  Both product families are available
in five languages, including English, French, Spanish, German and Japanese.

The desk-top system, called the PictureTel LIVE(tm), PCS 100(tm), is a complete
global standards-based, personal visual communications add-on solution priced
at
US $5,995 for personal computers running Microsoft Windows 3.1(r).  PictureTel
LIVE provides dial-up visual communications, screen sharing and collaborative
computing over public switched digital networks.

Priced from US $13,995, the System 1000(tm) is a full-featured, low-cost,
standards-based group videoconferencing family which complements PictureTel's
high performance System 4000(tm) product family.  It is a global product that is
simple to order, install and use.  The System 1000 provides Full CIF support
for the TSS (formerly CCITT) H.320 videoconferencing standard.

Both new product families feature PictureTel's innovative new PT 724(tm) audio
algorithm and enhanced IDEC II(tm) echo cancellation with automatic gain control
and noise suppression.

Additionally, PictureTel announced low-cost upgrade paths to the Full CIF
H.320 standard for all of PictureTel's installed base, and an across-the-board
price cut of approximately 20 percent on the popular System 4000(tm)
videoconferencing family of products.

"The introduction of the System 1000 and PictureTel LIVE PCS 100 reconfirms
PictureTel as the global videoconferencing leader," said Norman E. Gaut,
president and CEO of PictureTel.  "These systems will clearly redefine the way
we meet by opening the interactive video market to include thousands of new
users in applications from the desktop to the auditorium.  And, by being
compatible with our installed base, they also protect our existing customers'
investments.  This announcement should be a `now is the time to buy' wake up
call for those companies who have been waiting to experience the benefits of
videoconferencing."

     PictureTel Introduces PictureTel LIVE Desktop Videoconferencing

Priced at US $5,995, the PictureTel LIVE, PCS 100 personal visual
communications system provides high-quality, high-performance Full CIF H.320
operation on any ISA bus PC running Microsoft Windows 3.1. The system's
full-color, full-motion live video and industry-leading audio communications
capabilities are fully integrated with its screen-sharing, collaborative
computing environment. As with all PictureTel videoconferencing equipment,
PictureTel LIVE is fully compatible with all PictureTel and competitive systems
operating in the H.320 mode.  It is available in either NTSC or PAL
configurations.

The  PCS 100 consists of two ISA boards which provide video and audio
compression and switching, high resolution Super VGA accelerated graphics,
video windowing, and a BRI ISDN interface. The system supplies high resolution
Full CIF video and 7Khz, full duplex audio for effective communications between
desktops as well as with group systems. The PCS 100 also includes PictureTel's
new FlipCam(tm), which can be quickly adjusted to most subjects and lighting
conditions using manual zoom, focus and aperture controls, an innovative
speaker phone/handset combination, and a full-featured, easy-to-use user
interface software.

"The PictureTel LIVE desktop system is a PC-based system that will provide new
levels of quality for dial-up visual communications in conjunction with
collaborative computing capabilities,"  said Gaut.  "With PictureTel's new
desktop solution, customers will be able to gain access to thousands of people
and organizations around the globe. With the touch of a button, you can
initiate a video call to work one-on-one with other desktop video users or
attend group meetings or classes remotely."

PictureTel LIVE will be distributed through PictureTel direct sales
representatives as well as selected dealers and distributors worldwide.  The
system will be available  beginning in the fourth quarter.

        PictureTel Introduces System 1000, Low-Cost Group System

The new System 1000 low-cost videoconferencing family offers standards-based
functionality, including  Full CIF H.320 operation, starting at $13,995.  The
system comes in two basic configurations -- the Model 30 and Model 50 -- both
available in either NTSC or PAL for worldwide deployment.  The Model 30 is
equipped with a 20-inch monitor, FlipCam, picture-in-picture, multipoint,
choice of five languages, and integrated BRI interface.  The Model 50 has a
27-inch monitor, pan, tilt and zoom camera, camera presets, multipoint,
picture-in-picture, a cart, and integrated ISDN BRI interface  Both systems can
be configured with optional V.35/RS-366, dual CSUs or RS-449 interfaces.

Additionally, customers can select a $5,000 optional feature package for
either model which includes two times CIF graphics, far-end camera control, VCR
audio, and 384Kbps operation.

"The System 1000 opens the market to a whole new class of cost-sensitive
buyers," said Gaut. "It fully complements the high-performance PictureTel
System 4000(tm) family by providing a full-featured yet low-cost
videoconferencing
family that leverages PictureTel's video, audio and networking technologies."

The System 1000 will be available beginning in September and will be
distributed through existing PictureTel channels worldwide.

              PictureTel Announces Advanced Audio Capabilities

PictureTel also announced today a new audio algorithm, PT 724(tm), that provides
exceptional audio quality to both PictureTel LIVE and the System 1000 products.
 PT 724 offers high quality, full duplex 7KHz audio while consuming only 24Kbps
of the transmission bandwidth.  The new algorithm also increases video
performance by freeing up approximately  30 percent more bandwidth for the
video signal.  Also included in the new audio package is  IDEC II(tm),  an
enhanced version of PictureTel's patented Integrated Dynamic Echo Cancellation
technology with new noise suppression and automatic gain control features.

                System 4000(tm) Prices Reduced By 20 Percent;
          All New Systems To Ship With Both SG3(tm) and Link-64E(tm)

PictureTel also announced price reductions of approximately 20 percent for its
industry-leading family of System 4000 videoconferencing systems.  And, the
company said that effective immediately all new System 4000 systems would be
shipped with both the PictureTel proprietary  (SG3(tm)) and standard Full CIF
H.320 (Link-64E(tm)) algorithms included in the new low base price.

The price reductions were made possible through engineering and technology
cost reductions as well as through manufacturing economies of scale made
possible through volume shipment growth over the past year.

Also, by including both the H.320 and SG3 algorithms in the base price of each
new system, PictureTel is able to maintain system-wide compatibility with its
System 1000 and PictureTel LIVE families.  The company has been providing
attractive upgrade paths to standards for all customers beginning with its
VideoSlate(tm) annotation announcement in May.

All PictureTel system families, including the System 1000 and PictureTel LIVE
are compatible through PictureTel's industry-leading networking products such
as the M-8000(tm) Multipoint Bridge.  The M-8000, which can run either H.320 or
SG3, also has the ability to link on a single call, sites using a variety of
carriers such as AT&T, Sprint, various PTTs, MCI or dedicated private circuits.
 The compatibility achieved through the bridge provides all PictureTel
customers with unsurpassed connectivity worldwide.

PictureTel Corporation (NASDAQ: PCTL)  headquartered in Danvers, Mass.,
develops, manufactures and markets a full range of visual telecommunications
solutions that are "Redefining the Way the World Meets.(tm)"  PictureTel enables
worldwide video communications through an easy to use, dial-up family of
standards-based videoconferencing systems.
=========


DeskTop Conferencing

DeskTop Conferencing enables up to eight people to share screens.
Windows and Novel environments at about $299 per user.

Jeanette Carrol
Fujitsu Networks Industry, Inc.
1-800-446-4736


GroupSystems
------------
Ventana Corporation
1430 East Fort Lowell
Tucson, AZ 85719
(800) 368-6338
(602) 325-8228.


FarSite for Windows
-------------------
For efficient interactive communication, FarSite for Windows
provides electronic metaphors for common presentation tools,
including a shared whiteboard, concurrent on-line pointers, a
variety of drawing tools, and a special electronic tray for
storing changes made to any individual screen display, or "slide."
It also offers a tool for adding or editing text in any Windows
font style or size; a variety of annotation editing options;
familiar Windows cut, copy and paste features; and context-
sensitive, on-line help.

To create a FarSite presentation, users capture screens from
other applications, using a built-in snapshot tool.  FarSite for
Windows also imports information directly from 11 common graphic
file formats, including PCX, TIFF, EPS and JPEG.

Designed for point-to-point use through a modem, FarSite for
Windows features advanced compression techniques and transmits
typical slides in less than seven seconds at 14,400 bits per
second.  It supports the recently adopted ITU-T (formerly CCITT)
T.120 conferencing standards.


System Requirements
-----
FarSite for Windows requires a 386- or 486-based Windows-
compatible personal computer, Microsoft Windows 3.1, 4 MB RAM and
1.5 MB disk space.  Users also need a mouse or mouse-compatible
pointing device and a modem (9,600 bps recommended) or Hayes-
compatible ISDN adapter.


Pricing and Availability
-------
FarSite for Windows, Standard Edition, is available immediately
directly from DataBeam or its resellers, at a suggested retail
price of $179.  The package is also bundled with AT&T Paradyne's
new DataPort 2001 multimedia modem.

DataBeam plans to introduce a Corporate Edition of FarSite for
Windows during the first quarter of 1994.  FarSite Corporate
Edition will add support for multiple users communicating over a
variety of local- and wide-area networks. DataBeam will also
pursue a strategy of licensing its core technology to
independent software vendors (ISVs) and original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) for incorporation into other product lines.


Contact Information
---
Product Information:  800-877-2325
FAX:                  606-245-3528
Internet Address:     fs_win@databeam.com

3191 Nicholasville Road
Lexington, KY 40503


Huddle
------
VMS host PC peer based conferencing system.

Inovative Software
POB 13170
Denver, CO 80201-4500
(800) 548 6755


PacerForum
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It is focused on conferencing
and project collaboration using a bulletin board discussion model. 
Support for multiple sound, file, application and graphic attachments per
"posting" is provided.  Mark is correct that after 2+ years of offering a
Mac only solution we are rolling out Windows client and server components
in phases.

Pacer can be reached via phone at (800) -PACER-02.  

Offices:

7911 Herschel Ave.     1900 West Park Drive
Suite 402      Suite 280
La Jolla, CA 92037     Westborough, MA 01581
(619) 454-0565     (508) 898-3300

Peter Coppola
Pacer Software, Inc.
pcoppola@pacersoft.com


TeamWARE 
--------
from ICL.  They
describe their product as being "a client/server based office information
system for Windows 3.1, Mac or OS/2 clients and UNIX, OS/2 or Windows NT
servers.  It provides mail, conferencing/bulletin board, calendar,
document storage/retrieval and workflow functions."

Peter Coppola
Pacer Software, Inc.
pcoppola@pacersoft.com


FirstClass
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Date: 21 Jan 1994 18:24:55 -0500
From: maury@softarc.com (Maury S. Markowitz)
Reply-To: maury@softarc.com
Subject: Re: What Other Groupware Packages Are There?
Newsgroups: comp.groupware

  We make a product called "FirstClass" which is certainly competition to the
products you've mentioned.  Although it may work in a slightly different
fashion, the results are typically better, and always faster, than what other
groupware packages offer.

  FirstClass is built around an e-mail system, but with some interesting
extensions.  As far as e-mail goes, it has all the expected functionality,
forward, reply (to all, conferences, sender etc.), unsend (rework), an
unlimited number of TO and CC names, an unlimited number of file attachments,
styled textm receipts etc. etc.

[...]

  In addition, FirstClass uses the concept of "public mailboxes" for
conferencing.  Like a standard "BBS" this includes threading, new message
tracking, file transfer etc.  It uses the full mail system, so you can send a
message to a conference and CC it to a person, or even send it to several
different conferences.  Only one message is stored on the server in these
cases.  Better yet, the system allows a fully hierarchical layout for the
conferences, unlike some systems that force you to use a flat directory.

  The interface can only be described as "excellent".  Unlike Notes which
requires 19 disks for the client (according to MacUser), FirstClass client
for both Mac and Windows fits on a single disk.  All communications between
the client and server are handled by a single error-free encrypted packet
level link (even over modems) that is fully bidirectional.

  The client is also fully async, you can upload any number of files,
download any number of files, participate in any number of "chats" and read
and write a many messages as you have memory for, all at the same time.  I
know of no other product with this feature.  This is most important for users
on modems, who might be on very low speed links. In fact, the remote access
portion is so good, that it's the basis for hundreds of public BBS systems
open to the public, with somewhere in the range of a 1/4 million users for
these public systems alone.


Second Sight BBS
----------------
Although graphical interface BBS software and mail packages such
as FirstClass, TeleFinder, and NovaLink Pro have taken over much
of the Mac-based BBS, service bureau, and email market, text-based
BBS software such as Second Sight is still popular. The universal
VT100-compatible interface that's presented to all users
regardless of client platform carries a strong advantage; the
graphical packages require specialized client software that is
typically available for a limited range of platforms.

The host software supports serial DTE rates (between computer and
modem) from 300 to 57,600 bps, and DCE rates (between modems) from
300 to 14,400 bps, plus 16,800 bps and the yet-to-be-released
28,800 bps speed. Hardware handshaking (RTS/CTS flow control) is
fully supported on Macs equipped with a "Gpi" (general purpose
input) pin in their serial ports; the Mac Plus, Classic, and LC
family Macs are not so equipped. The software now offers "true
multi-line support," including support for Creative Solutions's
Hurdler and Applied Engineering's QuadraLink and QuadraLink DMA
cards, all of which are multiple-serial-port NuBus cards.

The FreeSoft Company -- 412/846-2700 -- 412/847-4436 (fax)
(Full review in TidBITS#208/10-Jan-94)


COLLAGE
-------
--Contact: Dave Thompson (davet@VOID.NCSA.UIUC.EDU), NCSA.
--Platf.: Unix/X, Mac (and PC).
A synchronous collaborative data analysis tool for use over the Internet.
Features include:
Shared whiteboard, screen capture/sharing, chat box, shared text editor +++
Available on anonymous ftp server ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu (141.142.20.50)
/UNIX/XCollage/Collage1.2. Documentation for the Unix version of collage
can be found on ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu in the folder
/UNIX/XCollage/XCollage1.2/DOCS.


P2P: Person To Person/2
-----------------------
--Contact: IBM, p2p@vnet.ibm.com
--Platf.:  OS/2 2.x, Windows 3.1 released. AIX in beta test (contact
           above address for more information on AIX).

P2P allows up to 8 users to connect their PCs or workstations and share
information in real time across a variety of networks and protocols -
NETBIOS, TCP/IP, APPC, ISDN, PSTN using modems. Collaborative tools
include chalkboard, network clipboard and DDE, file transfer, text
message exchange and digital video (with additional hardware).
All operating system version interoperate so calls may contain a mixture
of OS/2, Windows and AIX machines using several different connection
types simultaneously. Price $285 for a single license, $1875 for 10 licenses.


XChange
-------
XChange - an X-window based conferencing system

tompkins@erc.cat.syr.edu (Terry Tompkins)


ForComment
----------
Computer Associates


Meeting Space
-------------
Meeting Space has a number of other advantages over physical
meetings. Since everything takes place on your Mac, it's trivial
to record the complete minutes of the meeting, or to transfer
information from the meeting record to other applications (I hate
transcribing). Unlike physical meetings, you can be in more than
one place at once, and if the meeting gets slow, you can do
something more productive than doodling on a pad (like switching
out to your word processor). Finally, if you've ever been in a
meeting with someone you don't know, it can be awkward to find out
who they are and what they do, whereas in Meeting Space you can
just click on that person's icon to display personal information,
including phone number, job title, duties, and so on.

I should note up front that Meeting Space is text and graphics-
based - it doesn't attempt to do video or sound since few people
have the necessary equipment and few networks can handle the
traffic. However, you can appear as any one of a large set of
icons (or make your own) and in fact you can clone yourself to
appear in multiple places at the same time, and each clone can
have a different icon to indicate its role or mood 

Meeting Space provides tools for structuring meetings and keeping
them moving, including agendas, automatic recorders, and
presentation screens. Planned for future releases are tokens for
speaking, moderator gavels, white boards, voting, and various
privacy enhancements like digital signatures, encrypted network
connections, and digital envelopes. You can create presentations
in any application that can print or export data through copy &
paste to the Scrapbook, and if you've ever had a bunch of people
crowding around a small screen, you can see that a virtual
presentation could work a lot better than a physical one.

Meeting Space requires a 68020 or better Macintosh along with
System 7 and at least 1 MB of RAM and 1 MB of disk space (for
either the client or the server). Meeting Space works over
AppleTalk networks such as standard LocalTalk and modems connected
via ARA, and over TCP/IP networks like the Internet with MacTCP
and an appropriate connection (via a network or SLIP or PPP). The
client software may be freely distributed, but the server software
is a bit steep at $1,750 for a five-user license ($350 per user on
a scale that drops the per-user cost to $200 for twenty users).
World Benders offers discounts for site licenses, educational
uses, and resellers. In general, they're aiming at the business
market that can compare the cost of Meeting Space to a plane
ticket, or even a dozen time-wasting trips across town, and
quickly recoup the cost. In an especially clever move, the server
allows more than the specified number of users to connect, but if
you're over the limit (and this applies to everyone who connects
after the limit is reached), it lets you connect for only 10
minutes, enough time to get on, find someone, talk briefly, and
get off. If someone else disconnects while you're on borrowed
time, so to speak, you become a full user with no time limit. The
client software is currently only available for the Macintosh, but
World Benders plans to create Windows and Unix clients later this
year.

World Benders -- 603/881-5432 (voice & fax)
wb-info@worldbenders.com

Extracted from a report in TidBITS#210/24-Jan-94.


EBT
---
From: Dan Clapper <CLAPPER@clvm.bitnet>

EBT is a standalone electronic brainstorming tool that runs in the Novell
environment.  EBT does NOT require installation on a file server to run.

to get EBT:
1.  Anonymous ftp to:  omnigate.clarkson.edu
2.  Change into the /pub/gsstools directory.
3.  Get the EBT file there.  At this point it is the only thing in the
    directory.

It is in a self-extracting zipped file with a three or four page "user' guide."
I think you should be able to get it up and running in less than a half hour.
The entire program consists of two small executable files.
You can run it from a floppy disk, pc
hard disk or the file server hard disk.

EBT can be run in either anonymous or non-anonymous mode.  The difference
between the two, not surprisingly, is that in non-anonymous mode the user is
initially prompted for their name, and that name then appears to the left of
any contributions they make in the public window of all participants screens.
In either mode, however, the researcher can track the orginator of any ideas
by the unique identifier (based on the network address of the user's machine).

This has to be considered a "beta" version.  It works fine on our ethernet
network here, and theoretically it should work on any network hardware
standard (Token Ring, Arcnet, etc.) that runs Novell, but I can't be really
certain of it until people try it out.

It may lack some of the polish of commercial products, but the price is right!

If you give it a try, please let me know how it works for you.  We are working
on a new and improved version and are open to incorporating suggestions into
that version.


eVote
-----
eVote is a user-interface and a database server especially crafted to
accept and report on vote data generated by an online community.  The
specialized database server, or vote-keeper, is called "The Clerk".

eVote is distributed with a sample user-interface, the eVote Demo.  In
practice, The Clerk will work with any user-interface that calls its
library of C functions. When your groupware application communicates
with The Clerk in this way, your application will support eVoting.

Demo:  (415) 493-8683
                     that's  49-eVote

          Log in as:   eVote

10am to 5pm, California time.
          Other times by luck or appointment.

madavis@igc.apc.org (Marilyn Davis)

Frontier Systems
3790 El Camino Real, #147
Palo Alto, CA 94306


Groupware Administration and Registration
-----------------------------------------
Re: Groupware Administration and Registration
Date: 4 Apr 91 01:14:27 GMT
From: bannon@betelgeuse.csc.ti.com (Tom Bannon)
Organization: TI Computer Science Center, Dallas

>  * apprising network users of the existence of running conferences
> * allowing users access control to these conferences (ie, joining,
> leaving, etc.)
> * performing other administrative function including conference
> initiation, termination, security functions, scheduling, etc.
>
> ("Conference" means instance of running groupware application to me).
>
.
.
.
I've written a paper and constructed a couple of prototypes dealing EXACTLY
with this problem.  The paper is:

group: A Distributed Group Specification and Management Service
Thomas J. Bannon and Ivor P. Page
Proceedings of the Summer 1990 UKUUG Conference, pp. 61-76
ISBN 0 9513181 7 9

UKUUG stands for United Kingdom Unix User's Group;


Appointment Schedulers
----------------------
From: dws@margay.cs.wisc.edu (DaviD W. Sanderson)
Subject: Re: Looking for Appointment Scheduler
Date: 1 Sep 92 23:23:49 GMT
Organization: UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center

Here is a summary of the replies people sent me, organized by package
name.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: ALL-IN-1
Env: ?
Maker: DEC

~From: Dave Bell <bell@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>

 [...] look at the shared diary facilities provided by tools
 such as ALL-IN-1 (from Digital) which does the diary checking
 for meetings.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Calendar Manager
Env: SunOS (OpenWindows 3.0)
Maker: Sun

~From: Bruce Barnett <barnett@alydar.crd.ge.com>

 Only runs on a Sun, but any X server can display it.

~From: Nannette Simpson <Nannette.Simpson@Eng.Sun.COM>

 Sun has a reasonable calendaring program called Calendar
 Manager which runs over the network and allows users to share
 calendars.  It comes bundled with the DeskSet.

~From: Lee Richardson <lcr@ISI.EDU>

 The Sun application cm (Calendar Manager) would seem to address
 this in a reasonable way, for Sun stations using Sun
 Openwindows.

~From: Charles Tarzian <ct@east.hudtech.com>

 It does exactly what you're looking for.  To use it in a
 multiple vendor environment buy X server software for your Macs
 and PC's and set up accounts for those users on the Sun.  The
 Sun server becomes your mail and calendar server.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Calendar Tool
Env: SunOS (OpenWindows 3.0)
Maker: Sun

~From: Lou Bershad <lrb@cadre.com>

 It lets you view a merged schedule and add appointments to
 multiple calendars and/or you can send e-mail to the
 attendees.  If you choose to let others add their own
 appointments (which we do, because it has a bug where
 appointments scheduled by others do not have alarms associated
 with them), then if they are using the Sun mail tool they can
 drag the e-mail message and drop it into the calendar tool and
 it schedules the meeting for them directly.

~From: Steven Poltrock <poltrock@bcsaic.boeing.com>

 The latest version of calentool in Sun's OpenWindow environment
 will merge several calendars so you can see when there is an
 open time slot.

~From: Peter Loeffler <loeffler@pauke.zfe.siemens.de>

 Its a group calendar with a graphical visualisation for
 browsing multiple calendars of colleagues.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Caucus
Env: "Many, from PCs to Mainframes"
Maker: Camber-Roth
 A Division of Aule-Tek, Inc.    Telephone:  (518) 273-0983
 1223 Peoples Avenue                   Fax:  (518) 276-6380
 Troy, New York 12180            E-Mail:  info@aule-tek.com

~From: Jim Tremblay <tremblay@aule-tek.com>

 Caucus organizes your input as on-line group meetings or
 private messages.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Clockwise
Env: "Unix"
Maker: Phase II sofware corporation
 238 Broadway
 Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139-1926
 (800) 735 2557.

~From: Francois Schiettecatte <francois@welchgate.welch.jhu.edu>

 You can schedule events (using resources such as conference
 rooms, etc) with multiple people. I will notify people by
 email. It will also manage conflicts, etc.

~From: bob <bob@teamate.UUCP>

 Tell them MMB sent you.

~From: Wayne Lyle <sjuphil!wlyle@uu.psi.com>

 Not real sophisicated but it does the trick.  A new release is
 coming out soon to make group scheduling easier.  The price is
 reasonable, a couple hundred dollars for enough tokens to run a
 resonable sized office (a token is needed for each concurrent
 user).  We have a 45 user licence that seems to easily cover an
 office of about 250 people.

 The interface is what appeals to us the most, since it can be
 run from any terminal or from a GUI.  Most of the ones I have
 seen only run from the GUI, and having 200+ terminals makes
 these programs useless.  Not saying this is the best thing but
 at least it does the trick for us.

 They have a pretty good demo policy, for $50 you get a timed
 full working copy.


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Name: Meeting Maker
Env: Mac, Windows (soon)
Maker: ON Technology
 on.tech@applelink, (617) 876-0900

~From: Tim Stephens <stephens@concert.net>

 ON will send you a demo (good for a month) suitable for 25
 users.  This product will also schedule rooms/resources for
 you, and attach text documents/agendas to meeting proposals.

~From: Peter Calingaert <pc@cs.unc.edu>

 Investigate MeetingMaker for networked Macintoshes.

~From: Jeff Cantwell <cantwell@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>

 Meeting Maker for the Macintosh is a very nice program, is easy
 to use, and has lots of features.

~From: Steven Poltrock <poltrock@bcsaic.boeing.com>

 On Technology sells a program called Meeting Maker for the
 Macintosh that exactly addresses your question.

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Name: Office Vision
Env: IBM mainframes
Maker: IBM

~From: Steven Poltrock <poltrock@bcsaic.boeing.com>

 IBM's Office Vision product offers a calendar with similar
 functionality [to other group calendar programs], but it is
 only available for mainframes.

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Name: Synchronize
Env: SunOS 4.1.x systems under Motif, at least (possibly others)
Maker: CrossWind Technologies
 6630 Highway 9, Suite 201
 Felton, CA 95018

~From: Hugh LaMaster <lamaster@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov>

 It seems to do a very good job of integrating individual
 schedules and groups with meetings, etc.
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From: sanjiv@cse.unl.edu (Sanjiv K. Bhatia)
Date: 2 Sep 92 21:46:19 GMT

A good compilation of lists has already been posted by David Sanderson.  I just
thought of pointing out a PD package called appt which runs under Unix (does
not require X windows).  I just checked the archie server and it seems to be
available on five sites.  However, if someone sends me mail, I can send it out
to you as well.  I use it to keep track of my appointments.

Sanjiv
--
Sanjiv K. Bhatia  Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
sanjiv@redbird.umsl.edu  University of Missouri -- St. Louis
voice: (314)-553-6520  8001 Natural Bridge Road
    St. Louis, MO 63121-4499

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From: fredw@fred1.demon.co.uk (Fred Weil)
Subject: Re: Calendar managers: no interaction standard
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 1994 11:56:35 +0000


UNIX products that do calendaring:-

                UNIPLEX Version 7   from UNIPLEX

                Synchronize         from CrossWinds  (may be X.Windows only)

                Cliq                from Quadratron

                Office Power        from ICL

If you want to extend to X.Windows

               UNIPLEX onGO

               Synchronize

               Aster*x


Group Calendar/Scheduling
-------------------------
From: obrecht@imagen.com (Doug Obrecht)
Subject: Group Calendar/Scheduling S/W
Date: 11 Feb 94 21:02:15 GMT


QUESTION:

 Does anyone know if there is a group scheduling shareware package that 
 operates under UNIX (X/openwin/etc) and PC's (DOS or Windows).
 available on the net?  We would like to keep track of and monitor meeting 
 times amoung 40 or so people.
 
 If there are no shareware packages available, how about commercial packages? 

============================================================
The following are addresses and phone numbers for companies mentioned
in the responses.

Uniplex Integration Systems, Inc.
600 E. Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 1400
Irving, TX  75039
800-356-8063; 214-556-0106

CrossWind Technologies, Inc.
6630 Hwy. 9, Suite 201
Felton, CA  95018
408-335-4988

ICL, Inc.
PO Box 19593, 9801 Muirlands Blvd.
Irvine, CA  92713
714-855-5500

Quadratron Systems, Inc.
31368 Via Colinas, Suite 108
Westlake Village, CA  91362
818-865-6655

Russell Information Sciences, Inc.
115 Columbia, Suite 100
Laguna Hills, CA  92656
714-362-4000

Phase II Software Corp.
21-G Olympia Ave., Suite 20
Woburn, MA  01801
800-735-2557; 617-937-0256

On Technology Corporation
1 Cambridge Center, Kendall Square
Cambridge, MA  02142
800-548-8871; 617-374-1400


CaLANdar product
----------------
From: tjw@mitre.org (Terry Woodhouse)
Newsgroups: comp.groupware
Subject: Anyone using CaLANdar from MSI?
Date: 8 Mar 1994 14:24:11 GMT

I am looking for experiences (pro or con) with Microsystems Software
Inc's CaLANdar product.  This is basically a network scheduler plus
some chat and task tracking capabilities.  Any opinions welcome.

Terry Woodhouse
tjw@mitre.org
The MITRE Corp., San Antonio TX

GroupIE and GroupIT
-------------------
Subject: Re: If you use/develop a groupware toolkit, read this (please)!
Date: 8 Mar 94 17:41:58

As GroupIE and GroupIT have been mentioned here, let me post my email
to Timur.

You can do anonymous ftp of GroupIE-related papers from

tk.telematik.informatik.uni-karlsruhe.de:pub/papers/NESTOR

The file 1STREAD.ME contains the references. You would probably
want to look at CSCWWS91, HCI91, ECSCW91, ECSCW93.

However, these papers are not very up-to-date. I am currently
working on a chapter on GroupIE for a book but this will take
some time.

GroupIE and GroupIT are implementations that have been done as
part of my PhD thesis in order to validate new concepts for supporting
distributed teamwork. The software is fully functional but not a product,
especially as far as documentation and user-friendlyness is concerned.

We used GroupIE and GroupIT within project NESTOR to support teamwork
between authors and learners in computer-aided learning. The software,
however, is generic i.e. adaptable to various application domains.

GroupIT (Group Interaction Tool) is an object-oriented graphical
multi-user editor with integrated email functionality. It stands out
for its flexible selection of interaction characteristics.

GroupIE (Group Interaction Environment) is a complete development and
runtime support system for CSCW applications. It is based on a
comprehensive model of distributed teamwork along the aspects of
interaction and coordination.

The software runs on Ultrix DECstations with TCP/IP on top of a
distribution extension to Smalltalk-80 that we wrote.

The model and the system are described in my dissertation
`Tom Ruedebusch, CSCW - Generische Unterstuetzung von Teamarbeit in
verteilten DV-Systemen, DUV (Gabler, Vieweg, Westdeutscher Verlag),
Wiesbaden, 1993, ISBN 3-8244-2043-0' but this book is in german...

Tom

PS: A new article describes the use of GroupIE for cooperation support
in computer-aided authoring and learning and will be published in the
proceedings of ED-MEDIA 94 in Vancouver, Canada.

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Dr. Tom Ruedebusch                          Tel: +49-721-608-4046
Telematics - Telecooperation                Fax: +49-721-388097
Department of Computer Science
University of Karlsruhe
D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany        tom@informatik.uni-karlsruhe.de
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Subject: Re: If you use/develop a groupware toolkit, read
Date: 9 Mar 1994 18:11:25 GMT

Another excellent product for the unix environment (Sun/Openwindows is where
I have used it) is KMS from Knowledge Management Systems. They are located
in the Pittsburgh PA area, but I don't have an address.  

KMS is an extremely powerful distributed hypermedia system which has an 
excellent toolset of basic functions from which users can create application
specific tools and processes.  
-> Note I am not at all associated with the company, just an extremely
   satisfied (unfortunately former) user.

Mike Stoughton   ... who does not speak for
stote@tsun.eglin.af.mil      Sverdrup Technology, Inc



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