What is CDE? What is COSE and how does it relate to Motif?
[Last modified: Sept 94] Answer: [For more current information, see also the subjects which follow this one.] NOTE: This info dates back to a Nov. ’93 conference. Most of the words should be credited to the lecturer, Nicholas J. Aiuto (nick@ps.quotron.com) of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Any mistakes or inaccuracies are mine, however. I would appreciate updates and corrections…kenton@nojunk.rahul.net COSE is Common Open Software Environment, a major interoperability effort started by HP, Sun, Novell/UNIX System Labs (USL), IBM, and SCO, with over 70 other companies pledging their support. The COSE announcement was made in March, 1993 and a “COSE CDE Conference” was held in San Jose in October, 1993. CDE is the Common Desktop Environment component of COSE. CDE is “a specification for components and services to give the UNIX desktop common and consistent capabilities like those found in other widely used environments (Mac, Windows).” [from class notes] CDE is not public domain; it will
