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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Open Software Foundation, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 11, 1994, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Open Software Foundation, Inc. 
(``OSF'') filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney 
General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identifies 
of the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. The 
notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's 
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual 
damage under specified circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 
Act, the identities of the parties and the general areas of planned 
activities, are given below.
    The Executive Sponsors of OSF, which are its voting members are 
AT&T Global Information Solutions Company, Dayton, OH; Digital 
Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA; Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JAPAN; 
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA; Hitach, Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; 
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY; Novell, Inc., 
Provo, UT; and SunSoft, Inc., Mountain View, CA.
    The non-voting members of OSF are 3M Company, St. Paul, MN; 4th 
Dimension Software, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL; ANSA-APM Ltd., Cambridge, UNITED 
KINGDOM; ATRIUM TECHNOLOGIES INC, Austin, TX; Aalborg Univ.-Lab of 
Image Analysis, Aalbord, DENMARK; Alcatel N.V., Paris, FRANCE; Alsys 
Group, San Diego, CA; Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, PA; 
American Express Travel Related Services, Phoenix, AZ; Andersen 
Consulting, Chicago, IL; Andersen Consulting, Tokyo, JAPAN; Argonne 
National Laboratory, Argonne, IL; Aristotelian University of 
Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GREECE; Arizona State Univ/Engineering Comp 
Serv, Tempe, AZ; Ascom Timeplex, Woodcliff Lake, NJ; Atlantic Richfield 
Company, Plano, TX; Auspex Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; Australian 
National University, Canberra, AUSTRALIA; Banyan Systems, Inc., 
Westboro, MA; Barclays Bank PLC, Knutsford, Cheshire, ENGLAND; Battelle 
Pacific Northwest, Richland, WA; Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., Whippany, 
NJ; Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, NJ; Bond University, 
Queensland, AUSTRALIA, Boston University, Boston, MA; Brigham Young 
University, Provo, UT; British Telecommunication Public Ltd. Co, 
Felixstone, ENGLAND; Brown University, CS Dept., Providence, RI; Bull 
User Society, Bull-Europe, Fontenay-sous-Bois, FRANCE; Bureau of the 
Census/Casic Staff, Washington, DC; CCL/ITRI, Chutung, Hsinchu, TAIWAN; 
CERN, European Org. for Nuclear Research, Geneva, SWITZERLAND; CSIRO 
Division of Information Technology, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA; CSK 
Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN; California Polytechnic State University, San 
Luis Obispo, CA; Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA; 
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; Central & South West 
Services, Dallas, TX; Centre Universitaire D' Informaique, Geneva, 
SWITZERLAND; Centre de Recherche Public-Cntre Univ, Luxembourg, 
LUXEMBOURG; Centre for Development of Telematics, New Delhi, INDIA; 
Centre for Open Systems, Belrose, NSW, AUSTRALIA; Centrum voor Wiskunde 
on Infroatica, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS; Chalmers University of 
Technology, Gothenburg, SWEDEN; Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., San 
Francisco, CA; Chinese Open Systems Association, Taipei, TAIWAN; 
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territor, HONG KONG; 
Chung-Ang University, Seoul, KOREA; Citicorp, New York, NY; City 
Polytechnic of Hong Kong, Kowloon, HONG KONG; Clarkson University, 
Potsdam, NY; Clemson University, Clemson, SC; Columbia University, New 
York, NY; Communication Culture Research Universitat Hannover, 
Hannover, GERMANY; Computer Associates International, Inc., Islandia, 
NJ; Computer Center Piksi, Bandung, INDONESIA; Computer Institute of 
Japan, Ld., Yokohama, JAPAN; Computing Laboratory, Univ. of Kent, 
Canterbury, Kent, ENGLAND; Concurrent Computer Corp, Tintin Falls, NJ; 
Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, TX; Cornell University, 
Ithaca, NY; Cranfield Information Technology Inst., Fairways, Pitfield, 
Kiln Farm Milton Keynes, UNITED KINGDOM; Cranfield Institute of Tech-
Pot Grad, Cranfield, Bedford, ENGLAND; Cray Research, Inc., Mendota 
Heights, MN; DATSI Univ. Polytechnic Madrid, Madrid, SPAIN; DECUS U.S. 
Chapter, San Jose, CA; DISA Center for Standards, Reston, VA; DSTC PTY 
LTD, Old, AUSTRALIA; Daimler-Benz AG, Postfach, GERMANY; Dalhousie 
University, Halifax, CANADA; Data General Corporation, Westborough, MA; 
Defence Research Agency, Electronics Div, Malvern, Worcs, ENGLAND; 
Department of Defense-Fort Meade, Fort Meade, MD; Deutsche Bundesport 
Telekom, Bonn, GERMANY; Duke University, Durham, NC; E.N.S.I.E.G., 
D'Heres Cedex, FRANCE; EDS C4 Program Division, Troy, MI; Engineering 
and Physical Sciences-Atlas Centre--Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 
Chilton, Didcot, ENGLAND; Esigetel, Avon, FRANCE; Expersoft 
Corporation, San Diego, CA; Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND; 
Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM; Edith Cowan 
University, Churchlands, AUSTRALIA; Electric Power Research Institute, 
Palo Alto, CA; Electronics & Telecommunications Rsch, Daejeon, KOREA; 
Elf, Paris La Defense, FRANCE; Enabling Technologies Group, Inc., 
Atlanta, GA; European Telecomm. Informatic Services, Brussels, BELGIUM; 
FIM-University of Linz, Linz-Auhof, AUSTRIA; Fachhochschule Wiesbaden, 
Wiesbaden GERMANY; Fallmann und Bauernfeind, Linz, AUSTRIA; Flinders 
Univ. of South Australia, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA; Florida International 
University, Miami, FL; Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; Foundation of 
Res. & Tech. Hellas, ICS Institute of Computer Science, Heraklio, 
GREECE; Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA; Fraunhofer-Institut 
IAO, Stuttgart, GERMANY; Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, GERMANY; 
Fundacao paro o Desenvolvimento dos, Lisboa, Codex, PORTUGAL; GKSS 
Forschungszentrum Geesthaht GmbH, Geesthacht, GERMANY; GMD, Sankt 
Augustin, GERMANY; GTE, Irving, TX; Government Communications 
Headquarters, Gloucester, ENGLAND; Gradient, Technologies, Inc., 
Marlbourough, MA; Griffith University School of Computing & Info 
Technology, Nathan, AUSTRALIA; Grumman Data Systems, Bethpage, NY; 
Guardian Royal Exchange, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, ENGLAND; Hal 
Computer Systems, Inc., Campbell, CA; Harvard Univ.--Div. of Applied 
Sciences, Cambridge, MA; Harvard University--Office of Info Tech, 
Cambridge, MA; Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA; Hebrew University of 
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, ISRAEL; Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, 
FINLAND; Herbert H. Lehman College, West Bronx, NY; Hitachi Data 
Systems Corporation, Santa Clara, CA; Honeywell, Inc., Phoenix, AZ; 
Hong Kong Univ. of Science & Technology, Kowloon, HONG KONG; Household 
International, Northbrook, IL; Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, 
CA; Hughes Applied Information Systems, Landover, MD; IBM Corporation-
JAPAN, Tokyo, JAPAN; IMAG, Grenoble Cedex, FRANCE; INRIA, Le Chesnay, 
FRANCE; IRIT, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, FRANCE; ITT Hartford 
Insurance, Hartford, CT; Imperial College of Science, Tech, Medic, 
London, ENGLAND; Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Bombay, INDIA; 
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; Info. Communication Inst. of 
Singapore, Singapore Telecommunication Academy, SINGAPORE; Information 
Builders, Inc., New York, NY; Informix Software, Inc., Menlo Park, CA; 
Ing. C. Olivetti & C. S.p.A., Ivrea, ITALY; Institut Eurecom, Valbonne, 
FRANCE; Institut Superieur D' Info. et'Automati, Vandoeuvre Les Nancy, 
FRANCE; Institut fur Wirtschaftsinformtik, Saarbrucken, GERMANY; 
Institute Mahajlo Pupin, Beograd, YUGOSLAVIA; Institute for Defense 
Analyses, Alexandria, VA; Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan, 
R.O.C., TAIWAN; Institute of Systems Science, Kent Ridge, Singapor, 
SINGAPORE; Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica, Porto Codex, PORTUGAL; 
Integrated Computer Solutions, Cambridge, MA; Intel Corporation, Santa 
Clara, CA; Intellisoft Corporation, Acton, MA; InterWorks, Iowa City, 
IA; Integraph Corporation, Palo Alto, CA; Interlink Computer Sciences, 
Fremont, CA; JC Penney, Dallas, TX; Johns Hopkins University/Appl Phys 
Lab, Laurel, MD; KAPSCH Aktiengessellschaft, Vienna, AUSTRIA; KEIO 
University, Yokohama, JAPAN; Kendall Square Research Corp., Waltham, 
MA; Konkuk University, Seoul KOREA; Korea Advanced Institute Science/
Tech Chungryang, Seoul, KOREA; Korea University, Seoul KOREA; Kwangwoon 
University-IE Lab, Wodye-dong Soul, KOREA; Laboratory de l'Accelerateur 
Lineaire, Orsay, Cedex, FRANCE; Landmark Systems Corporation, Vienna, 
VA; Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory of CA, Berkeley, CA; Lawrence 
Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA; Legent Corporation, 
Westborough, MA; Leibniz Richenzentrum, Muenchen, GERMANY; Locus 
Computing Corporation, Inglewood, CA; Loral Corporation, San Jose, CA; 
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM; MAXM Systems 
Corporation, Vienna, VA; Mystech Associates, Falls Church, VA; Mamram 
Computer Training Cente, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL; Manchester Computer Centre/
Unv. of Man., Manchester, ENGLAND; Martin Marietta Corporation, 
Bethesda, MD; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; 
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA; Mead Data Central, Dayton, 
OH; Medical Center of Delaware, New Castle, DE; Mercury Communications 
Ltd., Brentford, Middlesex, ENGLAND; Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc., New 
York, NY; Michigan Department of Transportation, Lansing, MI; Michigan 
State University, East Lansing, MI; Micro Focus, Palo Alto, CA; 
MicroUnity Systems Engineering Inc., Sunyvale, CA; Microsoft 
Corporation, Redmond, WA; Mirrors International, Inc., Taipei, TAIWAN; 
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Kamakura, Kanagawa Pr, JAPAN; Mobil E 
& P Services, Dallas, TX; Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 
AUSTRALIA; Montana State University, Bozman, MT; Montran Corporation, 
New York, NY; Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL; NASA/Langley Research 
Center, Hampton, VA; Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN; National 
Central University, CHUNG-LI, TAIWAN; National Centre for Software 
Technology, Juhu, Bombay, INDIA; National Cheng Kung University, 
Tainan, TAIWAN; National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC, 
TAIWAN; National Computer Board, Singapore, SINGAPORE; National 
Institute for Higher Education, Castle Troy, Limerick, IRELAND; 
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; National Tsing Hua 
University, Hsin chu, TAIWAN; National Westminster Bank Plc, London, 
UNITED KINGDOM; NetLabs, Inc., Los Altos, CA; New Jersey Institute of 
Technology, Newark, NJ; New York University, New York, NY; Nijmegen 
University, UCI, Nijmegen, THE NETHERLANDS; Nippon Telegraph and 
Telephone Corp., Yokosuka-shi, Kanaga, JAPAN; Nokia Telecommunications, 
Espoo, FINLAND; North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; 
NorthWestern University, Evanston, IL; Northeast Parallel, Syracuse, 
NY; Nova University--CCIS Dept., Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Ntl. Ctr. for 
High-Performance, Taipei, TAIWAN; OGAWA Laboratory, Tokyo, JAPAN; OKI 
Electric Industry Co., Warabi-Shi, Saitama, JAPAN; Open Horizon, Inc., 
San Mateo, CA; Office of Information Technology, McLean, VA; Ohio State 
University, Columbus, OH; Open Environment Corporation, Cambridge, MA; 
Open Systems Associates, Inc., Reston, VA; OpenConnect Systems, Inc., 
Dallas, TX; Oracle Corporation, Belmont, CA; Oregon Graduate Institute 
of S. & Tech., Beaverton, OR; Osterreichisches Forschungszenrum Seibe, 
Seibersdorf, AUSTRIA; PeerLogic, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Pennsylvania 
State University, University Park, PA; Peregrine Systems, Inc., 
Carlsbad, CA; Persetel (Pty) Ltd., Sandton, Johannesbur, SAUDI ARABIA; 
Petrotechnical Open Software Corp., Houston, TX; Phillips Petroleum 
Company, Bartlesville, OK; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; Project 
Athena, MIT, Cambridge, MA; Protek, Maidenhead, Berkshire, ENGLAND; 
Pune Univ.: Ctr. for Advanced Computing, Pune, Maharas, INDIA; Purdue 
University, West Lafayette, IN; Queensland University of Technology, 
Brisbane, AUSTRALIA; RRZ Uni Koln, Kiln, GERMANY; RUS-Rechenzentrum 
Univ., Stuttgart, GERMANY; RWTH-Aachen, Lehrstuhl Informatik, Aachen, 
GERMANY; Rabobank Nederland Facet ABC, Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS; 
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Ritsumeikan University, 
Kyoto, JAPAN; Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY; Royal 
College Maria Cristina de Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Es, SPAIN; S.I.A. 
S.p.A., Milan, ITALY; SCO, Ministry of Defense, Singapore, Singapore, 
SINGAPORE; SIGMA System, Inc., Tokyo, JAPAN; SIP M/S SIP DG/TI-SCS, 
Rome, ITALY; Systems Partners, Inc., Orinda, CA; Schlumberger, Austin, 
TX; Secom Information System Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Sematech, Inc., 
Austin, TX; Seoul National University, Seoul, KOREA; Shell 
International, The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS; Shell Oil Company, Houston, 
TX; Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems, Paderborn, GERMANY; Societe 
Int'l De Telecom Aeronautiqes, Valbonne, FRANCE; Software AG, 
Darmstadt-Ebers, GERMANY; Software-Industrie Support Zentrum, Dortmund, 
GERMANY; Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN; Stanford University, Stanford, 
CA; State University of Ghent (Belgium), Zwijnaarde, BELGIUM; Stratus 
Computer Inc., Marlboro, MA; Superconducting Super Collider Lab, 
Dallas, TX; Sweden Post, Stockholm, SWEDEN; Sybase, Inc., Emeryville, 
CA; Sycomore S.A., Paris la Defense, FRANCE; Syracuse University, 
Syracuse, NY; TRW, Inc., Carson, CA; Tandem Computers, Cupertino, CA; 
Tatung Institute of Technology, Taipei, TAIWAN; Technical University of 
Budapest, Budapest, HUNGARY; Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 
Haifa, ISRAEL; Telecom Finland Ltd., Helsinki, FINLAND; 
Telecommunications Research Lab of AOTC, Clayton, Victoria, AUSTRALIA; 
Template Software, Inc., Herndon, VA; The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA; 
the Computing Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, TAIWAN; The Mitre 
Corporation, Bedford, MA; the Odissey Project c/o Applied Network 
Technology, Guildford, Surrey, ENGLAND; The Royal Hong Kong Jockey 
Club, Happy Valley, HONG KONG; The Santa Cruz Operation, Santa Cruz, 
CA; The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX; The University 
of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CANADA; Tivoli Systems Inc., 
Austin, TX; Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo, JAPAN; Transacr Corporation, 
Pittsburgh, PA; UCA Berkeley-Computer Science Dept., Berkeley, CA; U 
Texas Health Science Ctr--San Antonio, San Antonio, TX; U.R.A.C.O.M./
Univ. Paul Sabatir, Ramonville, CEDEX, FRANCE; UCLA Computer Science 
Dept., Los Angeles, CA; US Postal Service, Washington, DC; USAF ESD, 
Blackfriars, London, ENGLAND; Union Bank of Switzerland, Zurich, 
SWITZERLAND; Unisys Corporation, Roseville, MN; Univ. California 
Extension Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA; Univ. Central de Venezuela, 
Miami, VENEZUELA; Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; Univ. 
of California-Academic Computing, Los Angeles, CA; Univ. of Chicago 
Computer Science Dept., Chicago, IL; Univ. of Melbourne, Parkville, 
Victoria, AUSTRALIA; Univ. of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, 
AUSTRALIA; Univ. of Western Sydney, MacArthur, Campbelltown, NSW, 
AUSTRALIA; Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona, Barcelona, SPAIN; 
Universitat Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, GERMANY; Universitat 
Politecnica De Catlunya, Barcelona, SPAIN; Universite Catholique de 
Louvain, Louvain La Neuve, BELGIUM; University College London, London, 
ENGLAND; University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Erlangen, GERMANY; University 
of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; University of Auckland, Auckland, 
NEW ZEALAND; University of Bilkent, Ankara, ENGLAND; University of 
Bologna, Bologna, ITLAY; University of Bremen, Bremen, GERMANY; 
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CANADA; University of CA, 
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA; University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, 
CANADA; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, ENGLAND; University of Cape 
Town, Rondebosch, SOUTH AFRICA; University of Dublin, Dublin, IRELAND; 
University of Durham, Durham, UNITED KINGDOM; University of Florida, 
Gainesville, FL; University of Guelph, Guelph, CANADA; University of 
Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; 
University of Indonesia, Jakarta, INDONESIA; University of Iowa, Iowa 
City, IA; University of Karlsruhe-Computing Center, Karlsruhe, GERMANY; 
University of Lowell, CS Dept., Lowell, MA; University of Maryland, 
College Park, MD; University of Massachusetts-CS Dept., Amherst, MA; 
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; University of Milan, Milan, 
ITALY; University of Minnesota, Morris, MN; University of Missouri-
Kansas City, Kansas City, MO; University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; 
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ENGLAND; 
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN; University of Pittsburgh, 
Pittsburgh, PA; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; 
University of Stellen Bosch, Stellen Bosch, SOUTH AFRICA; University of 
Strathclyde, Glasgow, SCOTLAND; University of Texas, TX; University of 
Tokyo, Tokyo, JAPAN; University of Tromso, Tromso, NORWAY; University 
of UTAH, CS Dept., Salt Lake City, UT; University of Vermont, 
Burlington, VT; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; University 
of Waikato, Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND; University of Washington, Seattle, 
WA; University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA; University of 
Wisconsin, Madison, WI; University of Wisconsin, Madison, Computer 
Sciences Building, Madison, WI; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 
Milwaukee, WI; Uppsala University of Computing Center, Uppsala, SWEDEN; 
VA Polytech Inst./State U. Computer Ctr., Blacksburg, VA; Veritas 
Software Corporation, Santa Clara, CA; Victoria University of 
Wellington, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND; Volpe Nat'l Transportation Systems 
Ctr., Cambridge, MA; Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS; 
Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, CA; Walker Interactive Systems, San 
Francisco, CA; Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worchester, MA; X 
Consortium, Inc., Cambridge, MA; Xerox Corporation, Palo Alto, CA; 
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN; Yonsei University, Seoul, 
KOREA; York University, North York, Ontario, CANADA.
    The purpose of OSF is to undertake cooperative research, 
experimentation and development activities concerning an open and 
portable systems environment to allow users to more easily mix and 
match computers and application software from different suppliers. OSF 
will engage in all necessary activities to accomplish this objective 
including: 1) Conducting research and experimentation to formulate and 
facilitate the development of open systems software technologies; 2) 
conducting research and experimentation to formulate and facilitate the 
development of portable systems extension modules; 3) conducting 
research and experimentation to formulate and to facilitate the 
development of published specifications for functions required to 
enable software portability, to encourage interoperability of systems 
in a multi-vendor environment and to achieve appropriate levels of 
consistency in user interface; 4) conducting research and 
experimentation to formulate and to facilitate the development of 
verification methods and tests for establishing compatibility with 
relevant standards and the venture's specifications; 5) conducting 
research and experimentation to formulate and to facilitate the 
development of encoded forms of application software, not limited to 
the machine architecture on which the software will execute; 6) the 
collection, exchange and analysis of research information to achieve 
the venture's objectives; 7) participation in the definition of open 
systems standards; and 8) the production and marketing of the source 
implementations of the base systems software technologies, or other 
proprietary information, produced through the venture, including the 
granting of licenses.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
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