3COM Chooses Bristol Technology's Wind/U For Cross-Platform Development Solution.RIDGEFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 1997--3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ) and Bristol Technology Inc. today announced that 3Com licensed Bristol's Wind/U(R) cross-platform development software for future releases of the Windows and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). versions of its Transcend(R) Enterprise Manager product, a network management application for the 3Com line of products. Historically, 3Com had separate teams to develop and maintain the Windows and UNIX versions of its product. "Wind/U will enable us to maximize resources by using a single source code base to develop multiple versions of our product," said Bob Browning, program manager, 3Com Network Management Division. "This will give us a competitive advantage by enabling us to concentrate our efforts on strengthening our product and bringing it to market faster." "Wind/U meets all of our needs in terms of features without any performance degradation DEGRADATION, punishment, ecclesiastical law. A censure by which a clergy man is deprived of his holy orders, which he had as a priest or deacon. , which is critical to our network management product," said Jim Demers, principle software engineer, 3Com Network Management Division. "Wind/U has exceptional support for key features such as OLE, registry The configuration database in all 32-bit versions of Windows that contains settings for the hardware and software in the PC it is installed in. The Registry is made up of the SYSTEM.DAT and USER.DAT files. Many settings previously stored in the WIN.INI and SYSTEM. , and threads." Bristol's Wind/U family of products enables software developers to use a single source code base for development on multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. , including Windows 95, Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , UNIX, OpenVMS and OS/390. This results in shorter development cycles, lower software maintenance costs, and higher return on investment as applications move more quickly to market. "We are very pleased that 3Com, the leading global data networking company, chose Wind/U for its cross-platform development solution," said Keith Blackwell Black·well , Elizabeth 1821-1910. British-born American physician who was the first woman to be awarded a medical doctorate in modern times (1849). , president of Bristol Technology. "This is testimony that Wind/U is not only the most robust and stable cross-platform tool, but the proven solution for enterprise applications." About 3Com 3Com Corporation has helped more than 50 million people gain access to critical information through high-speed networks. Designed to serve large enterprises, service providers, small offices and homes, 3Com products provide a scalable architecture to meet the present and future connectivity needs of today's users. With research and development on three continents, 3Com is one of the data networking industry's largest and fastest growing companies. 3Com's innovative marketing, engineering, sales, and support simplify communication, optimize optimize - optimisation network reliability and protect customer investments. For further information, call 1-800-NET-COM. About Bristol Technology Ridgefield, Conn.-based Bristol Technology Inc., founded in 1991, develops, markets, and supports cross-platform development products. Over the past five years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time company has grown at an average annual rate of 75 percent. In addition to Wind/U, its products include HyperHelp(TM), software for creating UNIX-based on-line help systems with WinHelp functionality; Xprinter(TM), software for adding sophisticated printing capabilities to UNIX-based applications; and Jprinter(TM), a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Pronounced "wiz-ee-wig." It refers to displaying text and graphics on screen the same as they will print on paper or display on a Web page. network printing system for Java. For more information, please visit Bristol's home page: http://www.bristol.com. (c) 1997 Bristol Technology Inc. Bristol Technology and Wind/U are registered trademarks, and HyperHelp, Xprinter, and Jprinter are trademarks of Bristol Technology Inc. 3Com and Transcend are registered trademarks of 3Com Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Bristol Technology Inc. Leslie Evans, 203/438-6969 x149 LeslieE@bristol.com |
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