Open Source Embedded Web Server From GoAhead Software Now Supports QNX; Brown Computer Company Ports GoAhead WebServer Under Open License Agreement.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 1999-- GoAhead(R) Software, the leading developer of management software for Internet appliances and devices, and Brown Computer Company, experts in QNX-based software projects, today announced the addition of QNX A multiuser, multitasking, real time operating system for PCs from QNX Software Systems, Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario (www.qnx.com), that is noted for its low-memory requirement and rapid response. Similar to Unix, it has been in use since the early 1980s. to the platforms supported by GoAhead WebServer(tm). Under an open source development model, Brown Computer Company recently completed the port to QNX for GoAhead WebServer. This port is one of the many new features oWebServer can greatly enhance the usability of eufacturers the ability to build Web servers into their products without increasing their costs or royalty payments." Embedded Web servers enable remote access and control of any type of embedded system Any electronic system that uses a CPU chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems generally use microprocessors, or they may use custom-designed chips or both. or device. Each system or device can be individually accessed via a unique URt functionality for even greater improvements iir products." About GoAhead WebServer a fast, small-footprint, standards-based embedder Pages (ASP), embedded JavaScript (a subset of JavaScript) and in-memory 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. processing. In addition to QNX, GoAhead WebServer supports VxWorks from Wind River Systems (Nasdaq:WIND); Windows CE (Windows Consumer Electronics) Microsoft's version of Windows for handheld devices and embedded systems that use x86, ARM, MIPS and SHx CPUs. Windows CE .NET superseded Windows CE 3.0. , Windows NT, and Windows 95 and 98 from Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ); Solaris from Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ); Linux; and LynxOS from Lynx Real-Time Systems Lynx Real-Time Systems - A company in Los Gatos, California who distribute LynxOS. http://lynx.com/. E-mail: <sales@lynx.com>, <support@lynx.com>. Address: 16780 Lark Avenue, Los Gatos, CA 95030, USA. , Inc. Support for the GoAhead WebServer is available through a collaborative Usenet newsgroup, news://news.goahead.com, in which GoAhead is an active participant. The source code is currently available for download from GoAhead Software's Web site at http://www.goahead.com/webserver/wsregister.htm, and from Brown Computer Company's site at http://www.browncomputer/goaheadwebserver. About GoAhead Software, Inc. GoAhead Software (http://www.goahead.com) is the leading developer of management software for Internet appliances and devices. The company leverages Internet standards to address the problem of managing devices and appliances from a unique orientation -- from inside the device or appliance. GoAhead's solutions enable manufacturers to reduce or eliminate the need for costly and ineffective external management and support by using the intelligence resident in the device or appliance to internally manage faults and upgrades. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. was formed in 1995 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. About Brown Computer Company Brown Computer Company supplies contract programmers and completed fixed-price projects for electronics, newspaper, semiconductor, textile, aircraft, banking, medical and refining companies. Since 1988, the company has helped customers in North America and Asia with software development, networking and training. They have extensive experience developing software for the QNX operating system, and actively support QNX (versions 2 and 4), Neutrino neutrino (n  trē`nō) [Ital.,=little neutral (particle)], elementary particle with no electric charge and a very small mass emitted during the decay of certain other particles. and Photon. In completing client projects, Brown leverages third party products such as Watcom compilers and Sybase SQL Anywhere, implementing them on a wide range of contemporary embedded hardware including the RadiSys EXPLR2 board as well as custom hardware. For more information about Brown Computer, visit their Web site at http://www.browncomputer.com. GoAhead is a registered trademark of GoAhead Software, Inc. GoAhead WebServer is a trademark of GoAhead Software, Inc. |
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