Besides providing the Windows display interface for X applications running under the
Interix subsystem, users can also configure the X server to access software running on remote UNIX and Linux hosts.
Interix allows customers to run their UNIX applications side-by-side with Windows(R) NT applications on the Intel processors in Dell's workstation products.
Interix, which is a native UNIX subsystem, eases customer migration from a proprietary UNIX/RISC environment to a more flexible NT/Intel solution with no loss in application performance.
Interix is available now as a factory-install option on all Dell Precision WorkStations products initially in the United States, Canada and Latin America.
Interix, originally known under the name OpenNT, can run Unix applications on NT either from the console, from an X-Window or serial terminal, from Windows clients, Windows Terminal Server, or via remote Telnet.
Interix supports both Posix 1 and Posix 2, and Softway claims it provides "a full-featured and native Opens Systems environment on Windows NT." Microsoft has won some major government and defense contracts through partnering with Softway.
"Interix provides IT managers with a flexible option for deploying their information systems software on high-powered, cost-effective Intel-based server platforms," said Michael C.
-- Simultaneous support for existing 32-bit Interix applications running side-by-side with Interix/64 applications in addition to off-the-shelf Windows applications running on Windows 2000.
Beginning immediately, customers of VarCity and Unidirect will be able to purchase Interix, a complete software platform enabling UNIX system applications to run on Windows NT.
Interix is a one-of-a-kind solution that gives customers the best of both worlds."