LynuxWorks LynxOS and LynxOS-178 to Offer Support for IBM Rational's New Apex 4.4.0 Ada Development Environment.SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Real-time Ada Development Tools Designed to Provide Stringent Reliability and Hard Real-time Requirements for Military and Avionics Industries LynuxWorks(TM) Inc. today announced support for the newly released version of the IBM Rational(R) Ada programming environment, Apex 4.4.0, with its LynxOS LynxOS - A POSIX compliant real-time operating system from Lynx Real-Time Systems. It has a Unix-like interface to application programs.(R) real-time operating system (RTOS) and LynxOS-178(R), a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) operating system that delivers the security and real-time responsiveness needed for safety-critical systems. The new Rational Apex A comprehensive Ada development environment for Unix systems from IBM. It evolved from the original, proprietary hardware-based Ada environment that the company was founded on in 1980. The tools in this environment are being extended to C and C++. The tools in this environment extend to Ada 95/Ada 83 development as well as support for C/C++. The product was originally from Rational Software, which was acquired by IBM in 2003. development environment for real-time, embedded Ada language applications was created to meet the stringent reliability requirements of developers in the military and avionics industries. The development environment features an extensive family of production-quality Ada compilers, cross-compilers, and related tools to allow programmers to debug, understand, tune, and deliver code. The new Apex 4.4.0 release represents state-of-the-art innovation in Ada performance, functionality, and development environments. "LynxOS and LynxOS-178 support IBM Rational's Apex product for a simple reason -- we want to continue the tremendous momentum we've established in the avionics and military markets," said Bob Morris, vice president of sales and marketing, LynuxWorks. "We are proud to have been selected for two of the three third-party RTOSes that the new Rational Embedded Ada Developer package now supports." Availability LynxOS and LynxOS-178 with support for Rational IBM Apex 4.4.0 are available immediately. Please visit www.lynuxworks.com for more details. About LynuxWorks LynuxWorks is a world leader in the embedded software market, providing operating systems, software development products and consulting services for the world's most successful communications, aerospace/defense, and consumer products companies. Established in 1988, the company is a technology leader in the real-time operating systems (RTOS) industry, and a founding member of the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC). LynuxWorks' headquarters are located in San Jose, California. LynuxWorks is a trademark and LynxOS is a registered trademark of LynuxWorks, Inc. IBM, Rational and Apex are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Other brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of the respective holders. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. |
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