CA-OPENROAD FOR WINDOWS 3.1 AND NT SHIPPING BY CHRISTMAS; Three Months Early, UNIX Version To Ship In March.ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 6, 1994--Computer Associates today announced that CA-OpenROAD for Windows 3.1 and 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. will be out by Christmas while the 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). version, now entering beta, will ship at the end of March --the latter fully three months ahead of the schedule set by The ASK Group, which CA acquired in June. "With all other CA-Ingres development efforts precisely on track, we've been able to respond to clients' wishes and produce the UNIX version three months early," said Predrag Dizdarevic, CA senior vice president for research and development. "This is clearly a strategic product that deserves the kind of development effort only a company with CA's unique programming depth can pull off." Built around a full-function repository, CA-OpenROAD is the new version of the highly-regarded Windows 4GL The predecessor to CA-OpenRoad, it is a client/server development tool for Windows and X terminals. It was originally developed by Ingres Corporation, which was acquired by the Ask Group, and later CA. See CA-OpenRoad. graphical and object-oriented application development tool. It automates client/server application development for CA-OpenIngres as well as applications supporting Oracle, Sybase and Microsoft SQL/Server. CA-OpenROAD features platform-independent performance improvements and a more Windows-oriented look and feel. It includes an unparalleled suite of built-in development aids, including easy-to-use painters, an expressive programming language, powerful vendor-supplied class libraries, and a robust client/server application debugger Software that helps a programmer debug a program by stopping at certain breakpoints and displaying various programming elements. The programmer can step through source code statements one at a time while the corresponding machine instructions are being executed. . "Clients will be pleased that we've met the delivery timetable for Windows 3.1 and Windows NT, but they'll also discover that the UNIX version will roll out at a very much higher level of quality than they had come to expect under ASK," noted Marc Ferrie, a former ASK/Ingres product chief who is now CA-OpenROAD development manager at CA's Alameda Development Center. Client response to the enhanced functionality of CA-OpenROAD has been as enthusiastic as their reaction to CA's higher standard of quality. "CA-OpenROAD lets us have a single version of the source code of our software that we compile for Windows and for three varieties of X Windows See X Window. under UNIX," said Richard Mosteller, vice president-operations at CMstat Corporation in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . "That cuts development costs and eliminates errors." CMstat's product data management software, The CMstat System, manages the configuration of aircraft radar systems at GEC-Marconi, computers at Cray Research See Cray. and high-value products at hundreds of companies around the world. "Our users love the new Windows-centric look and feel of the applications we are creating with CA-OpenROAD," Mosteller said. Australia-based CSP-Prophecy is another CA worldwide applications partner. Its PROPHECY product is considered the financial management and human resource solution of choice for open systems at medium and large organizations. Installed at some 700 major corporate sites in 20 countries and serviced by a network of 30 distributors, PROPHECY is one of the world's most successful CA-Ingres applications. "We are looking at making our applications fully graphical and object oriented See object technology and object-oriented programming. ," said Michael Sharpe, CSP-Prophecy's director of development and applications. "This is not a quick rewrite but a full re-engineering project to make extensive use of GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. and OO facilities. CA-OpenROAD's platform independence will allow our customers to deploy PROPHECY on PC/ Windows, on Windows/NT and on a range of UNIX and Motif platforms. "CA-OpenROAD is very rich in features and much faster than previous versions, and the product has remarkable stability. It gives us great comfort that CA has embraced Ingres so successfully. Our experience with CA-OpenROAD and CA-Ingres demonstrates to us that the products are in safe hands and have a rich future." From desktop to mainframe, Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CA) leads the world in client/server software. Guided by CA90s open architecture, 8,000 dedicated employees in 30 countries develop, license and support more than 300 integrated products that include systems and database management, application development, financial and manufacturing applications and consumer solutions. The world's major industrial, government and research organizations depend on CA, whose fiscal 1994 revenues exceeded $2.1 billion. -0- All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Computer Associates International, Inc. Bob Gordon Bob Gordon may refer to:
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