8/1/2001 (Mammoth Lakes, California)
OpenOSX.com (TM) Offers Educational Discounts

For an unlimited time, OpenOSX.com (TM) is offering members of educational institutions a five dollar discount per CD or CD-subscription ordered. Eligibility requirements are posted electronically at http://OpenOSX.com/edudiscount.html

All OpenOSX.com (TM) products, shipping now on CD, install and fully configure all necessary libraries, programs and files to have the user up and running the World's most powerful and stable UNIX-based software without typing a single 'UNIX' command. "Our products are for Macintosh users who can benefit from the power of UNIX applications without having to learn UNIX. Instead our users may spend their precious time learning what counts - using the world-class software,” says owner Jeshua Lacock. Regular Macintosh "Users" and "System Administrators" alike will find that OpenOSX's products offer a significant savings in time and effort.

The Gimp, Grass and Xfree86 products will install and configure the newest available version of Xfree86 4.1.99.1, (A graphical user interface based on X-Windows) combined with the Orobus Window manager's "Agua Theme". Offering an authentic "Aqua" like experience complete with drop shadows (please see the web-site address below for screenshots).

All OpenOSX (TM) products ship with limited installation support for one machine. The people at OpenOSX (TM) realize that software is constantly updated (especially open source software), so they have created an optional subscription service for their current and future products. Thus ensuring that their user's systems stay current economically. Owner
Jeshua Lacock says "the service is much like having a UNIX system administrator delivered on CD, resulting in a huge savings in time, frustration and money."

OpenOSX.com (TM) was created following the success and popularity of the Gimp 1.2.1 and Grass 5.0b11 CD's, originally sold by OpenOSX's sister company, SierraMaps.com.

The OpenOSX (TM) Product Lineup

Database 1.0 CD
Without typing a single "UNIX" command, the OpenOSX.com (TM) Database 1.0 CD installs and fully configures MySQL 3.23.39, unixODBC 2.0.7, BerkeleyDB and InnoDB built and optimized for Mac OS X. For MySQL administration, the CD will optionally install and configure Apache Web Server 1.3.20, PHP 4.0.6 and phpMyAdmin 2.2.0rc1. The CD also includes de-installation programs, complete documentation in both HTML and PDF formats and source.

OpenWeb 1.0 CD
The OpenWeb CD installs and completely configures Apache Web Server 1.3.20 with PHP 4.0.6 for serving dynamically generated web pages and SSL for secure Internet transactions. It also installs phpShop 0.9.3, a shopping cart solution configured with MySQL to store your data with lightning fast access. To administrate your MySQL back end, the CD will optionally install phpMyAdmin for a web based graphical front-end. As with all of OpenOSX's CD's, there is no need to type any "UNIX" commands in the terminal application. The CD also includes de-installation programs, complete documentation in both HTML and PDF formats and source.

Gimp 1.2.1 CD
This CD installs and fully configures the "Gnu Image Manipulation Program " (GIMP 1.2.1, the open source Adobe Photoshop alternative). For a rich graphical user interface, the CD installs XFree86 4.1.99.1 and GTK. Extra fonts, patterns and brushes, complete documentation in both HTML and PDF formats and de-installation programs are also installed. Purchasers of the Gimp 1.2.1 CD from SierraMaps.com will receive $10 discount off the purchase of the new CD.

Grass 5.0 pre1 GIS CD
Ten minutes after inserting the OpenOSX.com (TM) Grass CD (GRASS 5.0 pre1, the open source alternative to ArcView), the world's most powerful and complete open source Geographical Information System (GIS) will be running on your Mac without typing a single Unix command! Also installed are XFree86 4.1.99.1 Tcl/Tk 8.3, PostgreSQL, and unixODBC along with documentation, sample data, tutorials and de-installation programs. This installation includes NVIZ, a 3D visualization program. Purchasers of the Grass 5.0 b11 CD from SierraMaps.com (our sister company) will receive $10 discount off the purchase of the new CD.

XFree86 4.1.99 CD
By simply double-clicking the package icon, this CD installs XFree86 4.1.99 bundled with the Orobus window manager configured with the "Agua" theme, resulting in a "Aqua" like experience, with X-Window applications of your choice. This CD offers nearly identical functionality as Tenon's Xtools product for a small fraction of the price. This software layer allows the possibility of running thousands of X-Windows applications available, Gimp and Grass being two examples, in Mac OS X. The CD also installs the full source code, documentation for and de-installation programs.

For more information please visit http://OpenOSX.com (TM)

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