Cygnus Launches Subscription Service for Open Source Software.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 1999-- Source Code to Popular Open Source Software Projects Now Available on Sourceware CD for Convenient Access and Simpler Installation Cygnus Solutions Cygnus Solutions, originally Cygnus Support, was founded in 1989 by John Gilmore, Michael Tiemann and David Henkel-Wallace to provide commercial support for free software. Its tagline was: Making free software affordable. , the leader in open-source software, today announced the immediate availability of Sourceware(TM) CD, a subscription program for the open-source software projects hosted by Cygnus at http://sourceware.cygnus.com. The Sourceware CD provides convenient access to the latest open-source technologies, such as eCos(TM) (Embedded Cygnus Operating System operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. ), the EGCS EGCS Enhanced Gnu Compiler System EGCS Environmental Generation & Control System compiler, GDB (programming, tool) GDB - GNU debugger. The FSF's source-level debugger for C, C++ and other languages. Developed by many people but most recently Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>, Stu Grossman <grossman@cygnus.com> and John Gilmore <gnu@cygnus. 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. , and Cygwin, which are currently available on the sourceware.cygnus.com Web site. Sourceware.cygnus.com is an open-source Web resource for software developers around the world that provides infrastructural software technologies intended to establish a common, open standard platform for software development. The Sourceware CD provides a complete snapshot of sources and selected binaries for: -0-
-- Cygwin - a UNIX API for Win32 systems,
-- eCos(TM) - the Embedded Cygnus Operating System,
-- EGCS Compiler project - features industry leading embedded
compiler technology,
-- GDB - industry leading embedded and native debugger,
-- Open-Source Tools for the Java(TM) Language - a developer toolkit
and Mauve, a test suite for Java class libraries,
-- binutils, libstdc++, GNATS, automake, autoconf and other open
source sponsored projects.
-0- Over time, Cygnus will release additional projects to the Sourceware site and include them in the Sourceware CD subscription program. Availability The Cygnus Sourceware CD is immediately available and is priced at $19.99 for a single snapshot, or $69.99 for an annual CD subscription (domestic customers only) that includes four quarterly shipments of the latest source code from all Sourceware projects. Sourceware CDs can be ordered immediately at www.cygnus.com/sourcewarecd.com or http://sourceware.cygnus.com/. For more information contact Cygnus at +1-800-CYGNUS1, +1-408-542-9600, or visit the Web site at www.cygnus.com. Cygnus Solutions The market leader in open-source software, Cygnus Solutions offers development tools and operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. based on an open-source model. From GNUPro(R) Toolkit to eCos, the Embedded Cygnus Operating System, Cygnus' open-source and royalty-free software benefits Linux, Windows NT/95, and UNIX systems developers in a wide variety of market segments. Cygnus' products, custom engineering services, and developer support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services enable our customers to bring products to market faster at reduced system development costs. Founded in 1989, with headquarters in Sunnyvale, Cygnus Solutions has sales and engineering offices throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Japan, and Europe. Note to Editors: Cygnus and GNUPro are registered trademarks, and Sourceware and eCos are trademarks of Cygnus Solutions. Open Source is a Certification Mark A certification mark on a commercial product indicates five things:
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