LEADING INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE VENDORS SUPPORT WATCOM C/C++; 'Add-In' Tools Vendors Extend Watcom C/C++ Development System.WATERLOO, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 29, 1994--Watcom International, a subsidiary of Powersoft Corp., today announced that leading independent software vendors (ISVs) Blue Sky Software and Nu-Mega Technologies NuMega Technologies (or NuMega) was a software company founded in 1987 by Frank Grossman and Jim Moskun in Nashua, NH. In 1997 it was acquired by Compuware. Less than a year after its move to Merrimack, NH, the development lab was effectively shut down on June, 11th have developed complimentary products for Watcom's C/C C/C Center to Center C/C Combustion Chamber C/C Command/Control C/C Crew Chief C/C cabin cruiser (US DoD) C/C chief complaint (medical) C/C Channel-to-Channel C/C Communication and Collaboration ++ 10.0 development system. Since the release of version 10.0 in June, 19 new ISVs have joined the Watcom C/C++ Add-In Tools Program, bringing the total number of ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. products that support Watcom C/C++ to over 100. "We implemented Watcom C/C++ support in WinMaker Pro WinMaker Pro - RoboDemo 6.0 to meet the increased demand from C++ developers," said Jorgen Lien, president of Blue Sky Software. "This new release has lead to a sharp growth in our sales to Watcom developers. Watcom's technical excellence and commitment to industry standards such as MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class) An application framework for writing Microsoft C/C++ and Visual C++ applications. See application framework. MFC - Microsoft Foundation Class greatly shortened our time to market." Watcom C/C++ accelerates the development of high-performance, multi-platform, 16-bit and 32-bit applications. Watcom C/C++ 10.0 combines Watcom's industry leading compiler technology with a new, integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE) and comprehensive set of tools. Today's announcements extend Watcom C/C++ with the following add-in products: o WinMaker Pro 6.0 is Blue Sky Software's professional prototyper and code generator See application generator and macro recorder. for Windows, Windows 95 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. 3.5. WinMaker Pro 6.0 automatically generates precise, expert level, fully commented MFC C++ and ANSI C (language, standard) ANSI C - (American National Standards Institute C) A revision of C, adding function prototypes, structure passing, structure assignment and standardised library functions. ANSI X3.159-1989. cgram is a grammar for ANSI C, written in Scheme. code that can be compiled into 16-bit or 32-bit applications for Windows, Windows 95 and Windows NT. o Bounds Checker is Nu-Mega Technologies' automated debugging tool that enables application developers to detect the potentially complex bugs associated with Windows 3.1, including bugs related to DLLs and the Windows API The Windows API, informally WinAPI, is the name given by Microsoft to the core set of application programming interfaces (APIs) available in the Microsoft Windows operating systems. . "The successful alliances Watcom has built with independent software vendors have enabled us to offer a comprehensive solution that benefits C and C++ developers," said Ian McPhee, president of Watcom. "The release of Watcom C/C++ 10.0 has greatly expanded our customer base and enhanced our position as a leading vendor in the C++ compiler market. This increasing momentum is evidenced by growing sales and a sharp rise in the number of ISVs who have aligned their products with Watcom C/C++." "Watcom C/C++ 10.0 has become one of the best-selling tools in its category," said Jeff Largiader, vice president of marketing of Programmer's Paradise, one of the industry's leading mail-order retail software distributors. "The unqualified success of our Watcom C/C++ Essential Add-In Tools Guide, which was greeted with great enthusiasm by independent software developers, is evidence that Watcom has become one of the major players in this market." Since the shipment of version 10.0 in June, 19 new ISVs have developed add-in products for Watcom C/C++, including: 20/20 Software, Inc. -- PC-Install For Windows and DOS provides developers a fast, professional way to distribute software and data files. Blink, Inc. -- Blinker is a compiler-independent Windows linker, a royalty-free 286 DOS extender, a fast DOS dynamic overlay linker and an integrated memory swap function. Blue Sky Software -- RoboHELP is a help authoring tool for Windows and Windows NT that lets users design, test and generate professional Windows Help systems. WinMaker Pro 6.0 is a professional prototyper and C/C++ code generator for Windows, Windows 95 and Windows NT that immediately doubles C/C++ compiler productivity. Cobalt Blue, Inc. -- FOR_C converts FORTRAN-77 to ANSI C, delivering very readable, maintainable code. FOR_C++ converts FORTRAN-77 to AT&T's C++, providing code which is both readable and easy to maintain. Compiler Resources -- Yacc++ and the Language Objects Library is an object oriented rewrite of lex and yacc which creates C++ classes from grammars. CPLEX Optimization, Inc. -- CPLEX Callable Callable Applies mainly to convertible securities. Redeemable by the issuer before the scheduled maturity under specific conditions and at a stated price, which usually begins at a premium to par and declines annually. Library provides high-performance, robust routines for solving linear and mixed integer programming Integer programming Variant of linear programming in which the solution values must be integers. problems. Embedded System Products -- RTXC is a flexible, field-proven and multitasking multitasking Mode of computer operation in which the computer works on multiple tasks at the same time. A task is a computer program (or part of a program) that can be run as a separate entity. real-time kernel for use in a wide variety of embedded applications. KADAK Products Ltd. -- AMX AMX American Motors Experimental AMX Aeromexico Aerovias de Mexico (ICAO code) AMX Air Mobility Express AMX Amberjacks (FAO fish species code) AMX Alabama Motor eXpress 386 Real-Time Multitasking Kernel is designed for use in protected mode 386 and 486 microprocessors. AMX 86 Real-Time Multitasking Kernel is for real mode 80x86/88 microprocessors. NobleNet, Inc. -- EZ-RPC is a suite of client-server development tools that facilitate the distribution of applications across TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. and/or SPX/IPX See IPX. networks. Nu-Mega Technologies -- Bounds Checker is an automated debugging tool that enables application developers to detect the potentially complex bugs associated with Windows 3.1, including bugs related to DLLs and the Windows API. On-Line Data -- OnCmd xBase for OS/2 harnesses the power and the speed of OS/2, enabling users to develop new applications or convert existing xBase applications, such as those developed in FoxPro, Clipper and dBase. Raima Corporation -- Raima Database Manager is a database management system with powerful, flexible, high performance capabilities for professional database application development. Raima Object Manager is a C++ class library that provides the ability to add persistence to objects, simplify storage and retrieval of C++ objects, and automatically maintain relationships between them. Velocis is an embedable, high-performance SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. client/server database engine for C and C++ programmers. StratosWare Corporation -- MemCheck Professional for DOS identifies by exact file and line in source code instances of memory overwrites, unfreed memory, double frees, null pointer assignments, stack corruption, heap corruption and more. Ted Gruber Software -- Fastgraph is a comprehensive, high-performance graphics library, suited for writing games, educational software, scientific and business applications, and home entertainment products on DOS-based systems. Fastgraph/Fonts makes it easy to add bit-mapped character support to Fastgraph applications. Fastgraph/Image is a Fastgraph add-on product that provides functions and utilities for managing resource files containing images and other files. Fastgraph Graphics Power Pack bundles the three above products -- Fastgraph, Fastgraph/Fonts and Fastgraph/Image -- at a reduced price. TeraTech, Inc. -- Offers a variety of programming libraries and utilities for graphics, file and memory management, communications and computation. TeraTech's add-in products are: Ace Comparator comparator Instrument for comparing something with a similar thing or with a standard measure, in particular to measure small displacements in mechanical devices. In astronomy, the blink comparator is used to examine photographic plates for signs of moving bodies. , BarMagic, Dazzle Professional, Dazzle/VB, EMEM, FinLib, PostBar, ProMath, QuickLine, RS232-Lib, SpellCheck, VBlite, VirtWin and VoxLib. Vermont Creative Software -- Vermont HighTest is a sophisticated software testing program, specifically designed for Windows developers. Vermont Views with Designer is an advanced user-interface development system for text-based applications. VisionSoft Corporation -- DataVision is an embedded data management engine for client/server and distributed applications. VisionSoft/DESIGN helps the developer to easily track and perform unit testing and to better track personal software projects and perform full scale integration testing and regression analysis In statistics, a mathematical method of modeling the relationships among three or more variables. It is used to predict the value of one variable given the values of the others. For example, a model might estimate sales based on age and gender. . VisionSoft/REMOTE is a unique family of software program analyzers to monitor, manage and diagnose runtime software problems in most system and application environments. VisionSoft/TEST is a software analyzer product that is a powerful extension to a company's development, quality assurance engineering toolkit. Visix Software, Inc. -- Galaxy Application Environment is a cross-platform development environment designed for creating large-scale, mission-critical applications that are graphical and distributed. Western Wares -- CC-Rider is a complete source code analysis, browsing and documentation tool for large and small C/C++ projects. -0- Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Watcom International Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Powersoft Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :PWRS PWRS Pacific Western Rail Systems (Surrey, BC, Canada model railroading reseller) PWRS Pacific Western Rail Systems (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada) PWRS Prepositioned War Reserve Stock ), is a leading provider of application development tools. Watcom has established itself as an industry-leader in optimizing compiler technology for Intel-based PCs with its Watcom C/C++ products. Watcom introduced its PC-based client/server SQL database servers in 1992, providing the first SQL database servers which deliver the simplicity, openness, scalability and cost effectiveness required for the PC marketplace. On November 14, 1994, Sybase, Inc. and Powersoft announced that the companies' boards of directors had unanimously approved a definitive agreement to merge and create the worldwide leader in client/server software. Watcom is a trademark of Watcom International. Powersoft is a registered trademark of Powersoft Corporation. Sybase is a registered trademark of Sybase Corporation. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
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