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third in a series functions and file formats. "%"/: imi, ,1-2-3 development across platforms. ' kg 4 pljwit mixed architectures.
of articles on The second, more important part of s Mi: ". However, there is growing evidence A common API called Datalens has
the strategic di- the strategy goes beyond simple file" ;/; that 1-2-3 for the Macintosh has become, J been developed to provide bidirectional
rections that Lo- sharing, providing enterprisewide appli- bi a new priority within Lotus, particulaf;:: ; (yaccess to external databases. Datalens is
tus Development  cations with cooperative processing and. | /« ly because the lack of a good spread- ':/'/' a key technology for all Lotus products . ,
Corp. is pursu- distributed data. '" gr NE eli sheet, product in the Macintosh market | ', z and future applications. |

ing and the sig- In addition to DOS, OS/2 and OS/2 Ex:;/: leaves a large hole in the Lotus cross-, |; ij k ) Release 3 has a new menu choice,
nificance of tended Edition, current platforms for vij! platform strategy. S "« %W)6) | Data External,' which opens large cor-

those strategies which 1-2-3 is under development in: ;/%//: 'The clear mestage from Lotus is that..: '/ porate databases through the familiar 1-
to organizations  clude IBM S/370 MVS and VM, AS/400, Mai tit will offer front-end tools for major " '': '; 2-3 interface. Lotus will provide certain .
planning for NeXT, Unix, Macintosh and Suni ' ii '| platforms to access corporate data. če lj Datalens drivers for key databases, but
the 1990s. — An agreement between Lotus and Dig-i: j", sistent features and functioris will be: ' ' will rely on database vendors to develop

As a matter of ital Eguipment Corp. (DEC) to develop V | available for DOS, OS/2, OS/2 Presenta- | z additional drivers.
practice, Lotus and market products for the VAX envi:/: vy tion Manager, MVS, VM, VMS, Unix, Sun, | As shown in the figure, Datalens tech-
does not formal-  ronment was announced in November: ":'' Macintosh and NeXT operating systems. ' nology will be applied to all versions of
ly articulate its corporate strategy and | -- a — | 1-2-3, including 1-2-3/G under Presenta- .
goals. Its current strategy, therefore, BA SHE ' tion Manager, 1-2-3/M under MVS or VM,
may become clear only after the fact. Lotus' Cross-Platform Strategy | 1-23 for the Macintosh, Symphony re:
Still, the company appears to be follow- kit | | lease 3.0 and Lotus/DBMS. It will also be
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ronment; Mod go SO TEH Enter rise "SOL; <4 im | vendors.
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Lotus 1-2-3 by offering products that: a ai | ODL re rer € | APIs from which to choose, each with

provide superior access to corporate si
data across multiple hardware plat- ' 5;
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enterprisewide applications that distrib-::
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products through an application pro: .
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Within the next 18 months, there |
should be a significant number of new .
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(ability: The following are soon to be...
completed and released: 1-2-3/G,

, Lotus/DBMS, Notes, 1-2-3/M and 1-2-3

amming interface (API | SENU RE OTVL IH TE | TITIH AX/VMS.
sa polie Koti zyehoc poe | | S/370, MVS and VM DEC VAX/VMS | Macintosh | Hi: | Sai delay of 1-2-3 release 3 has
environment of DOS on older hardware, :: FENSI o ET a am NE KU MNE | Ime backed up products such as 1-2-3/M, Lo- , Wi!
and OS/2 Presentation Manager and the. |. DO5,OS/2, OS/2EE 400 — x | KT | Sun. | tus' mainframe spreadsheet, and 1-2-3/G, | MY.
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a graphical spreadsheet, for OS/2 Presen- ' if,
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products will be introduced. Lotus has
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spreadsheet, products to meet the de- | ii pre bi | s :

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sopreleja iv a au ppear. be fo g Meni distinci initiatives ( along with the standard version. Three A

l OT graphics and charting software with to cope with a complex mix of environments, while : planning. | versions are offered: the Standard Edi-
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