Silicon Graphics sets licensing pact with Microsoft

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Silicon Graphics Inc agrees to license computer graphics technology to Microsoft Corp. The deal is seen as especially beneficial for Silicon Graphics, which has developed superior graphics software but has not been able to expand its market beyond a niche of scientific and technical customers. Microsoft will also benefit, gaining a new weapon in its battle against Unix software, which dominates the workstation market. A spokesman for Silicon Graphics says he expects Microsoft to incorporate Silicon Graphics' software into Microsoft's Windows and into an operating system that Microsoft says will run on various processors. Silicon Graphics had previously licensed software to IBM. Silicon Graphics is expected to announce a licensing agreement with Compaq, an IBM rival.

Contracts, Licensing agreements, Silicon Graphics Inc., SGI, Graphics software, Computer graphics, Licensing, Computer Software Industry

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Version of Microsoft's 'Windows' to be offered for workgroups

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Microsoft Corp demonstrates its Windows for Workgroups graphical user interface (GUI), an enhanced version of Windows 3.1. The Workgroup GUI allows networked microcomputers to share files and peripherals and send electronic mail. Workgroups also allows multiple users to access databases simultaneously. Additionally, it provides time management features. Microsoft developed the Workgroups package as part of an overall strategy to get more users to migrate to the Windows platform. The Workgroup package sets the stage for Windows NT, an operating system that is expected to ship by the end of 2nd qtr 1993. Microsoft says it will ship Windows for Workgroups by the end of 1993.

Product development, Workgroup computing, GUI, Graphical user interfaces, Graphical user interface, Work Group Computing, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups (Network operating system)

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