Cygnus to Deliver GNUPro Software Development Tools for Oracle Database Development On Linux.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 1999--

Cygnus GNUPro Toolkit Emerges as Development Tools of Choice

for Building on Top of Oracle8i for Linux

Cygnus(R) Solutions today announced it is working with Oracle Corp. to deliver its industry leading GNUPro(R) software development technology for Oracle8i(TM) Linux development.

The agreement provides Oracle access to Cygnus GNUPro technology, value added software components and Cygnus Developer Support services. Cygnus, the largest vendor of Linux-based software development tools, and Oracle, the world's leading supplier of software for information management, will offer Linux users, such as small and medium sized businesses and ISPs, the commercial tools and support required to deploy Oracle solutions on Linux.

"Linux is fast becoming the platform on which to deploy Internet-based applications. With the delivery of Oracle8i on Linux, the Linux marketplace has access to powerful database technologies for a range of enterprise applications," said Alex Daly, president and CEO of Cygnus. "GNUPro from Cygnus ensures that developers and ISVs wishing to extend the reach of the Oracle database on Linux have industry leading software development technologies."

An Industry Leading Technology

Cygnus' GNUPro is backed by ten years of Cygnus expertise in porting (and maintaining) the GNU technology to more than 125 desktop and cross-platform development environments. In fact, Cygnus drives the majority of changes and enhancements to the GNU compiler toolchain and runs hundreds of thousands of tests to ensure that software developers have tools that work out-of-the-box with high reliability.

GNUPro includes ANSI-conforming C compiler, ANSI-tracking C++ compiler, the Cygnus Insight(TM) visual debugger, a macro-assembler, linker/loader, binary utilities, libraries, and printed and online documentation. Cygnus offers more than 100 toolchains, including broad support for Linux, Windows NT/95 and UNIX hosted platforms. Users benefit from Cygnus' premier software engineering services, availability of tools for a wide range of processors, stringent testing (more than five million aggregated controlled and documented tests against all host-target combinations) and custom enhancements.

Availability

Availability and pricing of GNUPro for Oracle Linux Development will be announced at a later time. For more information on GNUPro, the power of Cygnus' source-level support, and the more than 125 cross-development environments supported by Cygnus GNUPro, contact Cygnus corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. at 408/542-9600, 800/CYGNUS-1, [e-mail], or visit the Web site at www.cygnus.com/gnupro.

About Cygnus Solutions 

The market leader in open-source software development technologies for computing applications, Cygnus(R) Solutions offers build-time and run-time solutions based on an open-source model. From GNUPro(R) Toolkit to eCos(TM), the Embedded Cygnus Operating System, Cygnus' open-source and royalty-free software benefits system 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 world-class support services enable developers to bring products to market faster at reduced system development costs.

Founded in 1989, with headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., Cygnus has sales and engineering offices throughout North America, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

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