Cygnus Professional Linux Software Developers Kit Available to Compaq Solutions Alliance Members.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 1999-- Program Members Can Access Web Site Evaluations of Cygnus' Industry Leading Software Development Tools and Cygnus Support Package 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 that Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. plans to make available the Cygnus Professional Linux Developers Kit online to members of the Compaq Solutions Alliance (CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics, communications and information technology. ). Cygnus GNUPro(R) Toolkit for Linux, Cygnus Source-Navigator(TM) for Linux, and future Linux software development products from Cygnus will be available to more than 3,500 independent software vendors, consultants and systems integrators who are members of the CSA program. Cygnus is also offering CSA members the industry's first Linux support package for GNUPro tools. Given the growing demand for Linux products, any software developer, software consultant, or system integrator can evaluate Cygnus' Linux products at the CSA Test Drive New Technologies web site (www.compaq.com/csa/). Members can then link to Cygnus to purchase the software at special pricing. GNUPro Toolkit for Linux is a complete software development toolsuite for C and C++ programmers (the only fully supported Linux-based C and C++ development environment). Addressing the needs of the growing Linux community, Cygnus GNUPro Toolkit for Linux, is targeted at software engineers developing commercial applications on the Linux 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. (OS). Cygnus GNUPro is the only commercially viable Linux software development toolsuite. Source-Navigator Enterprise edition is a source code editor A text editor that is specialized for writing software. Large programs would be extremely difficult to write using a standard text editor. Source code editors provide cross references to all the elements within the program so that the programmer can quickly review where and how code is and analysis tool for Linux and other platforms that makes creating, migrating, re-engineering, reusing code, or understanding Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 (year 2000) problems much easier. "As a leader in the Linux market, Compaq is pleased to form this business relationship with Cygnus to offer industry leading development tools for Linux through our CSA program," said Carl Ramsey, Worldwide Director of the Compaq Solutions Alliance, Compaq Computer Corporation. "This is another example of how the CSA program provides independent software vendors, consultants and systems integrators with a broad set of technical and go-to-market services." "We are excited to work with Compaq to extend the availability of Cygnus tools and support for Linux through Compaq's market leading programs," said Duke Walton, Director of Worldwide Channel Sales at Cygnus. "We are also pleased to address the increasing demand for Linux support by working with Compaq to provide Cygnus' first low-cost GNUPro tools support package for CSA members." Industry-leading Software Tools for Linux Cygnus GNUPro features the industry leading GNU gnu (n  ) or wildebeest (wĭl`dəbēst'), large African antelope, genus Connochaetes. compiler - the toolchain used to build the Linux kernel The nucleus of the Linux operating system. The Linux kernel, which was developed by Linus Torvalds, was integrated with software from the GNU Project and other sources to create the actual Linux operating system. See Linux, GNU/Linux and kernel. and the GNU debugger The GNU Debugger, usually called just GDB, is the standard debugger for the GNU software system. It is a portable debugger that runs on many Unix-like systems and works for many programming languages, including Ada, C, C++, FreeBASIC, and Fortran. that is backed by ten years of Cygnus expertise in porting (and maintaining) the GNU technology to more than 125 host/target combinations. Cygnus GNUPro Toolkit for Linux is a complete software development toolkit that includes ANSI-conforming C compiler Noun 1. C compiler - a compiler for programs written in C compiling program, compiler - (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program , ANSI-tracking C++ compiler, the Cygnus Insight(TM) visual debugger, a macro-assembler, linker/loader, binary utilities, libraries, printed and online documentation. Each release of GNUPro undergoes hundreds of thousands of tests to ensure that software developers have tools that work out-of-the-box with high reliability. Cygnus Source-Navigator Enterprise Edition provides a graphical framework for understanding the structure of complex software projects written in C, C++, Java, Tcl, Fortran, Cobol, and Assembly. Source-Navigator works in conjunction with other integrated development environments (IDEs) to combine powerful analysis with traditional software development tools. For more information about the Cygnus Channel Partner program, contact Cygnus corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. at 408/542-9600, 800/CYGNUS-1, channelpartner@cygnus.com, or visit the Web site at www.cygnus.com/partner. CSA The Compaq Solutions Alliance is Compaq's worldwide, industry leading partnership program for independent software vendors, system integrators and consultants, providing a range of services from solution development assistance, discounted equipment purchases to go-to-market programs. For more information on the Compaq Solutions Alliance Program, visit the CSA web site at www.compaq.com/csa. 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 Toolkit to eCos(TM), 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, including consumer electronics, Internet, telecommunications, office automation, networking, aerospace and automotive. 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 customers to bring products to market faster at reduced system development costs. Founded in 1989, with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. , Cygnus 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 the United Kingdom. Note to Editors: Cygnus and GNUPro are registered trademarks, and Insight, Sourceware, and eCos are trademarks of Cygnus Solutions. Open Source is a Certification Mark of the Open Source Initiative. All other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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