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CA's MANMAN/X product, which CA acquired from ASK, is based in part on BAAN's Triton software. Under the terms of the settlement announced today, the BAAN-ASK License Agreement has been terminated and all pending litigations between the parties are being dismissed, with prejudice. CA will retain full rights to the MANMAN/X product. Specifically, the settlement agreement gives CA the perpetual PERPETUAL. That which is to last without limitation as to time; as, a perpetual statute, which is one without limit as to time, although not expressed to be so. right to license, support, and enhance MANMAN/X for the benefit of current and future clients. CA can use its own technology as well as a complete set of the Triton Tools 6.0 that BAAN had delivered to customers as of June 23, 1994 (the code BAAN produced to CA during the litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. ) for purposes of supporting and enhancing MANMAN/X. In addition to the Tools 6.0 code just mentioned, CA may continue to use Triton 2.2/5.0 code from which the current version of MANMAN/X is derived, and six Finance modules from the Triton Applications 3.0 code BAAN delivered to ASK in or around May of last year under the License Agreement -- all in connection with supporting or enhancing the Triton-derived components of MANMAN/X. CA will receive no other Triton code or support from BAAN, and CA may not use any of the licensed Triton code or its underlying technology to modify or enhance any CA product other than the Triton-derived components of MANMAN/X (including, for example, CA's Ingres See Ingres 2006. INGRES - A relational DBMS vendor. Tools set). Consistent with the original BAAN-ASK License Agreement, CA will have the right to license Triton Tools to clients in object code, but not source code, form. Both parties said they were pleased with the settlement. Jan Baan, BAAN's 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. stated: "BAAN, with its Triton 3.0 generation, and CA, with its MANMAN/X product (derived in part from Triton 2.2), have different products and are moving in different directions. The settlement agreement ensures that each will now go its separate way." Baan added, "The settlement also protects BAAN's proprietary software. The principal reason BAAN terminated the License Agreement was our interest in preventing the use of Triton technology with other CA products, and the settlement agreement ensures that Triton will not be used to modify any CA products other than MANMAN/X." Sanjay Kumar For the Indian soldier, see . Sanjay Kumar (born Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1962) was the Chairman & CEO of Computer Associates International (now CA, Inc.), until April 2004. He emigrated with his family to the US in 1976 to escape civil unrest in his native Sri Lanka. , CA's President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , said the agreement will allow both companies to move forward as they pursue their separate paths. "Our principal objective in the litigation," Kumar Kumar (from Sanskrit meaning prince or an (unmarried) youth) is an Indian title, given name or family name. As a title it can mean son of a Rājā, prince, or heir apparent and enters in princely compound titles. said, "was to ensure we would have continued access to the Triton Tools Set to support and enhance MANMAN/X for the benefit of current and future clients. The Agreement give us that assurance. It also allows us to strengthen MANMAN/X even further, as it continues to evolve in its own direction, by making full use of CA's state-of-the-art solutions in manufacturing, finance, and related areas. Eventually, Triton and MANMAN/X will be completely different products, with MANMAN/X making only minimal use of Triton code. The agreement assures that we can move steadily in that direction, without any loss of momentum, and in the manner that best serves the needs of our clients." The parties added that the press release shall be the only public statement they will make concerning the agreement, with any additional terms and conditions to remain confidential. CONTACT: BAAN Company Pattie Adams, 415/462-8561 |
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