Bristol Technology and SuSE Announce Partnership for Enabling Windows Applications on Linux.Business Editors DANBURY, Conn./HANOVER, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2000 Joint promotion of Bristol's Wind/U cross-platform software and porting expertise on SuSE Linux A Linux distribution from the SuSE Linux division of Novell. Both consumer and enterprise versions are available, and the distribution includes several user interfaces. SuSE Linux comes with the Yet Another Setup Tool (YaST), which is used to install, configure and maintain the OS, as Bristol Technology Inc.(R) and SuSE Linux AG, one of the world's leading Linux(R) providers, today announced a partnership to jointly promote Bristol's Wind/U(R) for Linux cross-platform development software and Bristol's Linux Porting Center for SuSE Linux. Bristol's cross-platform software and services allow developers to quickly port Microsoft (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : 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 applications to Linux. This new relationship will significantly help expand the number of applications on SuSE Linux. "As our customers move to broader commercial use of Linux they will benefit from products such as Bristol's cross-platform software," stated Roland Dyroff, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SuSE Linux AG. "Bristol's Wind/U and Linux Porting Center are helping to make many more applications available on SuSE Linux." "Bristol's symbiotic relationship symbiotic relationship (sim´bīot´ik), n in implantology, that relationship assumed by an implant and the natural teeth to which it has been splinted. with SuSE will directly enhance the effectiveness of the SuSE ISVs by arming them with the software, training, and services they need to efficiently implement their applications on SuSE Linux," said Chane Cullens, Bristol's President. "SuSE is very strong in Europe and growing quickly worldwide. Bristol will leverage this growth and help fuel the Linux revolution with many new SuSE Linux applications." Wind/U for Linux enables developers to compile Microsoft Win32 API and MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class) An application framework for writing Microsoft C/C++ and Visual C++ applications. See application framework. MFC - Microsoft Foundation Class source code directly on SuSE Linux, and create native, desktop and server-based SuSE Linux applications. Wind/U supports Microsoft technologies such as MFC6 and COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. . Hand-in-hand with Wind/U is Bristol's Linux Porting Center. The Porting Center leverages Bristol's expertise in porting millions of lines of code The statements and instructions that a programmer writes when creating a program. One line of this "source code" may generate one machine instruction or several depending on the programming language. A line of code in assembly language is typically turned into one machine instruction. to the Linux Platform. The Porting Center provides hands-on training in Wind/U porting and native Linux development for a full service porting solution. Availability Wind/U for Linux is now available. The Bristol Linux Porting Center is also open for business. About SuSE SuSE is a private company founded in 1992 and is the international technology leader is open source operating systems (OS) software. It's award-winning SuSE Linux 6.3 includes thousands of third party Linux applications supported by extensive consulting and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services , documentation, comprehensive hardware support and an encyclopedic en·cy·clo·pe·dic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an encyclopedia. 2. Embracing many subjects; comprehensive: "an ignorance almost as encyclopedic as his erudition" set of Linux tools. SuSE Linux is a complete OS with an established internet/intranet server solution and comes with all key applications for desktop/client use. Headquartered in Germany, SuSE also has an American based operation, SuSE Inc. based in Oakland, California. SuSE had received many awards for their Linux version including: "Best Linux Distribution" at LinuxWorld Expo 2000 in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Favorite Linux Distributions, Linux World Conference and Expo, February 2000 and March 1999, Reader's Choice Award for Linux Journal, January 1999, PC Magazine, April 1999 and a variety of other influential awards. More information about SuSE and SuSE Linux can be found on their website: http://www.suse.com About Bristol Headquartered in Danbury, Conn., Bristol Technology Inc. develops, markets, and supports the Wind/U family of 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). cross-platform development products. Founded in 1991, Bristol was listed in the 1997 Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing private companies in the United States. Its products also include Tributary(TM), a VC++ add-in for UNIX and OS/390 development; 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(R), 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. Bristol has a European subsidiary in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, and a development center in Banglore, India. Bristol has also recently launched several new eBusiness products that improve the quality, reliability, and performance of eBusiness systems. These products include eXactML, which enables developers to implement eBusiness solutions based on standard Web technologies, and eSleuth, revolutionary transaction analysis software. Reliable eBusiness systems are great. But there is something far worse than your eBusiness system going down -- your eBusiness system staying up but silently mishandling your customer purchase information. Bristol provides software and services that ensure that eBusiness information is getting to the right place, at the right time, with the right content. For more information about Bristol Technology, visit http://www.bristol.com (c) Bristol Technology, Inc., Bristol Technology, Wind/U and Jprinter are registered trademarks of Bristol Technology Inc. SuSE is a registered trademark of SuSE Linux AG. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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