Bristol Technology Announces Wind/U 4.4; Update Includes Windows 2000 Source Code.Business Editors & Technology Writers DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2000 Bristol Technology, Inc. (www.bristol.com) today announced a new release of their leading cross-platform software, Wind/U(R). This new version uses Microsoft (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) Windows 2000 source code for updated features such as Windows Common Controls. Important new COM features such as COM Smart Interface Pointers are included, as well as updated ATL (Active Template Library) A set of software routines from Microsoft that provide the basic framework for creating ActiveX and COM objects. Stemming from the standard template library (STL) that comes with C++ compilers, ATL includes an object wizard that sets up 3.0 and OpenGL 1.2.1. Wind/U enables software developers to use a single source code base for porting Windows applications to 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). . The results are shorter development cycles, lower software maintenance and developer training costs, and higher return on investments as applications move more quickly to market. Developers can also utilize Bristol's Tributary product with Wind/U to make Windows development and UNIX porting a seamless endeavor. Tributary provides developers with the added benefit of using Visual Studio as the development environment for both Windows and UNIX development. "Knowledge Technologies International (KTI KTI Kiinteistötalouden Instituutti (Finnish: Institute for Real Estate Economics) KTI Key Technical Issue KTI Kaney Transportation, Inc. KTI KG-84 Trunk Interface ) has successfully used Wind/U for the last five years. KTI is the technology powerhouse behind the knowledge revolution and the world's most successful provider of software and services empowering the Knowledge-Based Organization (KBO Noun 1. KBO - any of many minor planets in the Kuiper belt outside the orbit of Neptune at the edge of the solar system Kuiper belt object minor planet, planetoid - any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun )," said Bob Humes, product manager at KTI. "Wind/U has given us a competitive advantage in offering our customers high-quality, cross-platform solutions. In turn, KTI's technology, based on Wind/U, has become a vital, competitive asset for our customers." "Wind/U 4.4 is the latest release of our widely used, robust cross-platform software," said Chane Cullens, Bristol's President. "Hundreds of customers, including Nortel Networks, Lucent, Hewlett-Packard, and Sybase deliver UNIX solutions with Wind/U that are leaders in their markets. We are happy to continue to provide software developers with the superior cross-platform solution." Availability Wind/U 4.4 is available immediately on Sun Solaris 7 & 8, HP HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. 11 and 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) AIX 4.3.x platforms. Wind/U is also available on RedHat Linux 6.1, SuSE Linux 6.3, SGI IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. 6.5, Compaq Tru64, Compaq OpenVMS, and IBM OS/390. About Bristol Technology Headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut, Bristol Technology Inc. delivers software development solutions that make e-business work. Providing award-winning multi-platform application development tools, such as Wind/U, since 1991, Bristol has proven expertise in cross-platform product development for Windows, UNIX, Linux, OpenVMS, and OS/390. This expertise provides a strong foundation for e-business infrastructure products targeted at enterprise application developers. For more information, please visit Bristol's website at: http://www.bristol.com/windu. Copyright (c) 2000 - Bristol Technology, Inc., Bristol Technology and Wind/U are registered trademarks of Bristol Technology Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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