BlueCat Linux Gains Multimedia Functionality.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2000 LynuxWorks (http://www.lynuxworks.com) and Metro Link (http://www.metrolink.com) today announced that Metro Link's X Window System extension, Metro-Media, is now running on BlueCat Linux, bringing multimedia functionality to embedded applications. This combination of technology gives developers, working in the enhanced Linux distribution from LynuxWorks, the ability to embed MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). video in their target devices. Metro-Media features include image capture and display, audio capture and playback, hardware-accelerated MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 support, full-motion video capture and playback, and full-motion video capture and playback with real-time support. Metro Link has also ported its mission-critical X server, Metro-X, and other X Window System products to BlueCat Linux. "We are pleased to have Metro Link onboard with BlueCat Linux," said Robert Morris, VP of Marketing for LynuxWorks. "As we move embedded Linux into mission-critical applications, we know that Metro Link software will provide the necessary reliability for the overall success of those projects." This latest version of BlueCat Linux is based on a common code base for consistent and tested performance and functionality across all embedded CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. families. BlueCat Linux 3.0 offers common Linux APIs, development tools, booting options, functionality and tested performance and stability across the different processors. About LynuxWorks LynuxWorks, Inc. is a provider of open source and true real-time embedded solutions for the post-PC era. LynuxWorks supports industry standards in communications, aerospace and defense, consumer and business electronics, industrial control systems, Internet infrastructures, automotive/transportation, medical devices, and retail industries. LynuxWorks products include the open-source BlueCat Linux; the scalable, Linux-compatible LynxOS(R) real-time operating system (operating system) Real-Time Operating System - (RTOS) Any operating system where interrupts are guaranteed to be handled within a certain specified maximum time, thereby making it suitable for control of hardware in embedded systems and other time-critical applications. ; software frameworks for high-availability systems; development tools and technical support worldwide. Information about LynuxWorks is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.lynuxworks.com/. About Metro Link Metro Link Inc., a software development company founded in 1989, specializes in graphics display technology solutions for embedded, Linux, and UNIX operating systems. Metro Link's products include a full suite of X Window System software and UPnP-enabled protocol stacks and custom device drivers. X.Org, the worldwide X Window System consortium, has contracted with Metro Link to maintain and enhance the X Window System source code. Metro Link's products are used by Lucent, Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL ORCL Oracle (stock symbol) ), Red Hat (Nasdaq:RHAT RHAT Red Hat (stock symbol) RHAT Rainwater Harvesting Association of Tanzania RHAT Register Hba Attributes ), Intel, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) (Nasdaq:IBM), Compaq, Sun (Nasdaq:SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ), Hewlett Packard, VA Linux (Nasdaq:LNUX), and others in such projects as the Boeing 777, the Space Shuttle, 767 AWACS AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) Mobile, long-range radar surveillance-and-control centre for air defense. Used by the U.S. Air Force since 1977, AWACS is mounted in a specially modified Boeing 707 aircraft, with its main radar antenna affixed to a rotating dome. , the Acuson Computed Sonography sonography: see ultrasound System, the Army Land Warrior and many other applications that demand proven mission-critical reliability. Metro Link engineers create mission-critical software by utilizing a formal automated quality assurance methodology that is part of ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 international standards. This methodology consists of Metro Link's Multi-Platform Build Environment, Metro Automated Testing Environment and Metro Problem Tracking System. Metro Link's products are based on this robust and feature-rich source code, which conforms to all major software standards. Metro Link was the first company to ship commercial software for Linux, and remains at the core of Linux and other Open Source software development and support. Third-party marks and brands are property of their respective holders. |
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