Fujitsu Software Corporation's NetCOBOL for Linux Now Available; Fujitsu expands NetCOBOL's set of supported platforms to include Linux.Business/Technology Editors SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2002 Fujitsu Software Corporation, a leading supplier of COBOL COBOL: see programming language. COBOL in full Common Business-Oriented Language. High-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the most popular language in the business community. compilers, today announced the general availability of its popular NetCOBOL(TM) product 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. . In addition to this significant commitment to Linux, Fujitsu Software Corporation also announces that the IDE (Integrated Development Environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment ) for this product is built on the Eclipse open source IDE. "Our customers' requests have made NetCOBOL for Linux a mandate," said Ron Langer, Director of Languages for Fujitsu Software Corporation. "Linux has long been praised for its stability -- a feature that is also associated with NetCOBOL. It was clear that we needed to bring NetCOBOL to Linux so we are extremely pleased to be announcing the product's full release." COBOL applications play a vital role in running businesses and Fujitsu's NetCOBOL product line brings vitality to the language. The Linux release includes many features including support for the COBOL 85 standard, object oriented See object technology and object-oriented programming. COBOL extensions, embedded SQL SQL statements that are written into a high-level programming language such as C or Pascal. In a preprocessing stage, the SQL code is converted into function calls, which may be optimized to provide the fastest results. , data file maintenance tools, and NetCOBOL's API for creating CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. Internet applications. It also provides an Eclipse-based IDE that includes an interactive debugger. "Fujitsu joined the Eclipse Consortium earlier this year because it recognizes the benefits of being involved in the open source movement and of providing our customers with IDE's built on the Eclipse foundation The Eclipse Foundation leads the development of Eclipse, the open-source Java application platform and IDE. History In 2003–2004 the Eclipse Consortium, an unofficial consortium of software industry vendors led by IBM, founded The Eclipse Foundation, a ," stated Basim Kadhim, Chief Architect for Languages at Fujitsu Software Corporation. "We see Eclipse delivering leading edge features and allowing other vendors, as well as users, to add complementary functionality." NetCOBOL for Linux was tested and developed on the Intel x86 distribution of Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux, assembled by Red Hat, was a popular, "middle-aged" Linux distribution (not as old as Slackware but older than Ubuntu) upon its discontinuation in 2004.[1] Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994. . NetCOBOL for Linux has a special introductory price of $999 worldwide when purchased from the netcobol.com Web site. This introductory pricing is being offered until August 31, 2002. Thereafter the price will be $1800 in the United States. For more details about NetCOBOL for Linux, visit the NetCOBOL Web site at http://www.netcobol.com. For more details about the Eclipse IDE, please visit the Eclipse Consortium Web site at http://www.eclipse.org. About Fujitsu Software Corporation Fujitsu Software Corporation, based in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , is part of the Fujitsu Limited family. Fujitsu Software Corporation leverages Fujitsu's international scope and expertise in developing and providing information technology solutions. Fujitsu Software Corporation's products include Interstage(TM), e-business infrastructure software that includes the INTERSTAGE Application Server and Interstage i-Flow, and NetCOBOL(TM). The Interstage Application Server enables enterprises to build and run mission critical applications. The Interstage i-Flow Business Process Management Engine empowers enterprises to manage business processes and business process change. NetCOBOL is a COBOL development environment and suite of tools to build fast, mission-critical business systems on open platforms, including Microsoft's .NET Framework. For more information, visit http://www.fsw.fujitsu.com. About Fujitsu Limited Fujitsu (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :6702) is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies, high-reliability/performance computing and telecommunications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts make Fujitsu uniquely positioned to unleash the infinite possibilities of the broadband Internet to help its customers succeed. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu reported consolidated revenues of 5 trillion yen (about US$38 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002. For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com/ Note to Editors: Fujitsu Software Corporation ("FSW") and Fujitsu Limited are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fujitsu Limited of Tokyo. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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