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SUN Offers Software Discounts

SUN Offers Software Discounts Bill Simmons Sun Microsystems is offering substantial discounts to universities on selected software until June 30, 1989. Review the listing below and determine if one or more of the application packages is something you need. A price listing and ordering information can be found on the previous page.

SunTrac

is a fast, easy-to-use planning and scheduling package. Its window-based project management system combines traditional Gantt, PERT and critical path techniques with a unique dynamic risk-assessment and schedule optimization method. Designed for use in a distributed project environment, SunTrac's graphic display and presentation-quality output communicate details instantly. With mouse-driven, graphical interface, SunTrac permits quick, easy, accurate incorporation of ongoing project changes, providing a "living" management plan for even the most dynamic projects.

SunWrite/Print/Draw

is a WYSIWYG word processing and page layout program that creates and integrates text and graphics.

SunWrite includes style sheets, a spelling checker, a search and replace feature, text and graphics frames, multiple columns and more.

SunPaint is a pixel-based graphics editor that helps you create artwork and edit scanned images. It moves, rotates, copies, inverts and flips regions; plus offering more than 40 fill patterns and 25 brush shapes.

SunDraw is an object-oriented graphics editor for creating charts and precision graphics. With SunDraw you can create curves, polygons, lines, circles, arcs and much more. SunDraw uses SunWrite fonts which can be modified for special effects.

Artisan

is a family of painting and illustration programs. Available in 24-bit, 8-bit grayscale, and 1-bit monochrome versions, Pop-up menus and multiple overlapping windows make Artisan a powerful yet easy-to-use program. Paint features include Airbrush, Blending Brush and Geometric Objects. Artisan also provides user-customizable palettes, color matching and transparency functions. Input from Sun raster files and Perfect Byte scanners is supported, with output to color film recorders, color printers and PostScript devices.

Equation Editor

is a WYSIWYG tool for writing and publishing high quality equations and mathematical expressions. A standalone utility, it can be used to produce arbitrarily complex, multilevel equations. Because output is produced in standard forms (such as PostScript and TEX), equations can be imported into documents using a variety of publishing systems.

FrameMaker

is computer publishing software designed for users in a broad variety of professional disciplines. Powerful, cost-effective and easy to use, FrameMaker provides full- featured authoring and document layout tools--including capabilities for creating, manipulating and importing graphics. Users can create a wide range of documents, from long, complex technical manuals to newsletters and viewgraphs.

Publisher

is a professional publishing tool designed to meet the needs of both the casual user and the professional publisher. The Publisher provides the ease of use associated with conventional WYSIWYG systems, but adds the high quality features ordinarily available only in high-end systems: integrated text, graphics, tables, and mathematical equations.

SAS System

is an integrated software system that gives you complete control over data management, analysis and presentation. The software is composed of more than 100 flexible programs that can be used "as is" or customized for particular needs. These built-in programs are grouped into logical, modular components for data entry, retrieval and management; statistical and mathematical analysis; and report writing and graphics. This package bundles five SAS system components: Base SAS, SAS/STAT, SAS/IML, SAS/GRAPH and SAS/FSP.

If you purchase one of these discounted packages, the ECN will load the software on your Sun. Please note that with the wide range of applications on the market today, ECN personnel cannot be experts on all applications. Thus the ECN can offer only very limited assistance in using the applications listed above.

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