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Linux Commercial HOWTO
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Mr. Poet <poet@linuxports.com>
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v5.38, 7 March 1999
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This document contains a listing of commercial software and applica-
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tions which are offered for Linux. It is maintained by Mr. Poet
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<poet@linuxports.com>.
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Table of Contents
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1. About this document
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2. Copyright Information
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3. Disclaimer
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4. Related Information
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5. Linux for the Commercial Market?
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5.1 Turnkey systems
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5.2 Large end-user customers
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5.3 Specialized markets
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5.4 Biography
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6. Website Development
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6.1 ASWedit, HTML editor
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6.2 Empress DataWEB
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6.3 EZ-EDIT
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6.4 LinkScan
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6.5 TalentSoft Web+ (WebPlus)
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6.6 VirtuFlex 1.1
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6.7 Visual prolog
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6.8 Web Crossing
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6.9 ThreadTrack and WebTailor from Webthreads.
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7. Databases
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7.1 c-tree Plus
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7.2 Empress
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7.3 Essentia
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7.4 FairCom Server
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7.5 INFORMIX-SE
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7.6 Just Logic/SQL
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7.7 KE Texpress
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7.8 Qddb
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7.9 Raima Database Manager++
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7.10 Empress Embedded RDBMS
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7.11 SOLID Server
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7.12 Velocis Database Server
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7.13 Yard SQL
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8. Data Visualisation and CAD
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8.1 IDL (Interactive Data Language)
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8.2 Megahedron
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8.3 Tecplot 7.0
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8.4 VariCAD
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8.5 VARKON
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8.6 XVScan
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9. Development Tools
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9.1 ACUCOBOL-GT
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9.2 Amzi! Prolog & Logic Server
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9.3 Basmark QuickBASIC
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9.4 Critical Mass CM3
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9.5 Dynace
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9.6 Absoft Fortran 77
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9.7 Finesse
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9.8 ISE Eiffel
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9.9 EiffelBench
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9.10 C-Forge IDE
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9.11 IdeaFix
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9.12 j-tree
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9.13 KAI C++
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9.14 Khoros Pro 2.1
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9.15 MetaCard
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9.16 ObjectManual Release 3.0
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9.17 Critical Mass Reactor
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9.18 Resource Standard Metrics
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9.19 r-tree
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9.20 sdoc (Source Documenter)
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9.21 SEDIT, S/REXX
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9.22 SNiFF+
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9.23 ST/X (Smalltalk/X)
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9.24 tdb (Tcl Debugger)
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9.25 tprof (Tcl Profiler)
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9.26 View Designer/X (VDX)
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9.27 XBasic
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9.28 XMove 4.0 for Linux
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10. Emulation
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10.1 Emulus
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10.2 Executor 2
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10.3 Wabi 2.2 for OpenLinux
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11. Financial Software
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11.1 BB Stock Pro and BB Stock Tool
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11.2 TimeClock
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12. Libraries
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12.1 FontScope
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12.2 INTERACTER
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12.3 Matrix<LIB> - C++ Math Matrix Library
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12.4 PKWARE Data Compression Library for Linux
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12.5 readyBase
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12.6 SIMLIB IG
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13. Mathematics
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13.1 Maple V Release 4 - The Power Edition
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13.2 MATCOM and MATCOM MATH LIBRARY
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13.3 Mathematica 3.0
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13.4 MATLAB and Simulink
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14. Multimedia
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14.1 Peter Lipa and his Journeys
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14.2 Lucka Vondrackova and her Journeys
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14.3 MpegTV Player 1.0
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14.4 Peter Nagy and his Journeys
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14.5 Xaudio
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15. Network Servers
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15.1 Critical Angle X.500 Enabler
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15.2 DNEWS News Server
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15.3 Aventail Internet Policy Manager
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15.4 Aventail VPN
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15.5 WANPIPE
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15.6 Zeus Web Server
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16. Office Tools
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16.1 Corel WordPerfect 8
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16.2 The American Heritage Dictionary Deluxe
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16.3 Applixware Office Suite for Linux
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16.4 D.M.S. Document Management System
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16.5 HotWire EasyFAX
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16.6 NExS, the Network Extensible Spreadsheet
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16.7 Axene Office
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16.8 Projector and Projector/Net
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16.9 The Virtual Office System
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16.10 Axene XAllWrite
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16.11 Axene Xclamation
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16.12 Axene XQuad
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17. Text Processing
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17.1 Edith Pro for X11
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17.2 TeraSpell 97 for Emacs
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18. System Administration Tools
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18.1 Host Factory
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18.2 PerfectBACKUP+
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18.3 Venus
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19. X Windows Related Products
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19.1 Accelerated-X Display Server
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19.2 BXwidgets
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19.3 BXwidgets/DB
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19.4 Laptop, Accelerated-X Display Server
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19.5 MaXimum cde Developer's Edition v1.0
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19.6 Multi-headed, Accelerated-X Display Server
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19.7 OpenGL, Accelerated-X Display Server
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19.8 OSF-Certified Motif
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20. Other Software
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20.1 ABACUS 4
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20.2 BBBS
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20.3 Clustor
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20.4 FootPrints
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20.5 Aladdin Ghostscript
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20.6 Magician
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20.7 journyx WebTime
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20.8 LanSafe
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20.9 LjetMgr
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20.10 Synchronize/CyberScheduler
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21. Free Software for Commercial Hardware
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21.1 Stallion Technologies Multiport Serial Boards
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1. About this document
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This is the Linux Commercial HOWTO. It contains a listing of
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commercial software which is available for Linux. The Linux
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Commercial HOWTO doesn't contain any information on Linux
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distributions -- this is covered by the Distribution HOWTO.
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If you contact any companies or purchase any products listed in this
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document, please mention the Linux Commercial HOWTO.
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This document was originated by Harald Milz <Harald.Milz@Linux.org>.
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and then maintained by Mr. Poet
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It is now maintained by Mr. Poet AND LinuxPorts <poet@linuxports.com>.
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If you need to know more about the Linux Documentation Project or
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about Linux HOWTO's, feel free to contact the supervisor Tim Bynum
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<linux-howto@metalab.unc.edu>.
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Tim Bynum will post the listing to several national and international
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newsgroups on a monthly basis. In addition, the Linux Commercial
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HOWTO can be found on the World Wide Web at
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http://commercial.cyrius.com. New versions of the Linux Commercial
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HOWTO are always placed at this site first, so please be sure to check
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if the copy you are reading is still up to date!
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The Linux Commercial HOWTO is not a forum for product announcements or
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marketing hype; it is a service for potential customers and the whole
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Linux community. Resellers will not be listed; the list is for
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companies who produce their software themselves. Two main goals are
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being aimed at:
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o It shall help companies who want to run Linux to find software
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solutions and applications. The international distribution of this
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list will enhance the contact opportunity.
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o It is meant to prove the commercial useability of Linux and thus to
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encourage other vendors to port their software as well.
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Companies and developers who are offering their products for Linux and
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interested in joining the Linux Commercial HOWTO are invited to fill
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out the following form and contact me at poet@linuxports.com.
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This HOWTO contains tabular entries for each product (example
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follows). The entry format is similar to the Linux Software Map (LSM)
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entry (field/stanza lengths are arbitrary). If you want me to add
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your entry please keep short, otherwise I'll have to shorten your
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data. Furthermore, please send me plain ASCII data; no HTML, and no
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PostScript.
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Category:
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Databases, Data Visualisation, Development tools, Financial
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Software, Mathematics, Multimedia, Network Management, Text
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Processing, X Windows or Other Software.
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Name:
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The name of your application.
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Description:
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Short description of the package, just the basic functionality.
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Distribution media:
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Licensing policy:
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Whatever applies. Is there a free demo or shareware version available
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via FTP or WWW? Where?
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OS provisions:
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Kernel version, XFree86 version, Motif version, RAM, harddisk usage, etc.
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Documentation:
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Printed documentation, page number, online help, language.
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Extra features and add-Ons:
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(and their prices)
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Price range:
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Whatever it costs.
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Vendor:
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Address:
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Phone: (U.S. and Canada: if you like to be reachable internationally,
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please don't enter only a +1 800 or +1 900 number)
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Fax:
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EMail:
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URL:
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Contact:
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2. Copyright Information
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This HOWTO is Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 by Mr. Poet.
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A verbatim copy may be reproduced or distributed in any medium
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physical or electronic without permission of the author. Translations
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are similarly permitted without express permission if it includes a
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notice on who translated it.
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Short quotes may be used without prior consent by the author.
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Derivative work and partial distributions of the Linux Commercial
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HOWTO must be accompanied with either a verbatim copy of this file or
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a pointer to the verbatim copy.
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Commercial redistribution is allowed and encouraged; however, the
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author would like to be notified of any such distributions.
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In short, we wish to promote dissemination of this information through
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as many channels as possible. However, we do wish to retain copyright
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on the HOWTO documents, and would like to be notified of any plans to
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redistribute the HOWTOs.
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We further want that all information provided in the HOWTOs is
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disseminated. If you have questions, please contact Tim Bynum, the
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Linux HOWTO coordinator, at linux-howto@metalab.unc.edu.
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3. Disclaimer
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This HOWTO is not actually a HOWTO in the sense of the Linux
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Documentation Project. Instead, it is an instrument to investigate
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the commercial Linux opportunity and to list applications which were
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already ported and marketed in a native Linux version. As a software
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vendor, you probably know that you can alternatively offer Linux users
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a statically linked SCO version of your application which would
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probably run under the iBCS2 emulator (albeit with a small performance
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penalty and higher memory requirements). Such applications will not
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be listed here.
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I will not select nor deselect any particular product. Instead,
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everyone who wants to have her product included will be serviced.
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However, I reserve the right to shorten individual entries to keep
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things in shape.
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If you don't find a particular product or vendor in this list, this is
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probably due to one of the following reasons:
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o I never heard of that product or vendor and thus didn't try to get
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in contact.
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o I did get in contact, but the vendor didn't answer yet.
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o I did get in contact, but the vendor stated positively that he
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doesn't sell his product for Linux (yet).
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In any case, please get in contact if you feel someone's missing; also
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if you discover any errors in the file.
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Sometimes two vendor's addresses are mentioned in the ``Vendor:''
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field. In these cases I received the information from the German
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subsidiary/distributor. The original manufacturer's address is always
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mentioned first.
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4. Related Information
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There's another document which covers commercial Linux software. It
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is maintained by Alan Cox <Alan.Cox@Linux.org> and can be found at
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http://www.uk.linux.org/LxCommercial.html.
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In addition, feel free to visit the Linux Mall where you can order
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most products presented in this HOWTO.
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5. Linux for the Commercial Market?
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Copyright (C) 1996 iX Multiuser Multitasking Magazin
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Courtesy of iX Multiuser Multitasking Magazin!
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People keep asking me ``When is Linux going to be ready for the
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commercial market''. I guess the first thing to discuss is what is
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meant by "commercial" in this context.
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Some CD-ROM vendors have put the word "commercial" in their name, only
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to have the technical people think their product is good only for use
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by banks and insurance companies. Other people look at their product
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with disdain and say that ``Linux is not commercial quality'', because
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it is missing some feature they need, or they feel it is unstable
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(usually without ever trying it even one time).
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To me, the word ``commercial'' has lost as much meaning in the
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marketplace as some of the other buzzwords:
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o ``Open'' vs ``Proprietary'' (People are now saying UNIX is
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``Proprietary'')
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o ``Workstation'' vs ``PC'' (What is a workstation, anyway?)
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In the old days of computing the commercial market was banks,
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insurance companies and business-oriented facilities where the use of
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COBOL or RPG was the mainstream. The technical market was scientific,
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engineering and manufacturing where FORTRAN and assembly language was
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used. Somewhere along the way the term ``commercial'' seems to have
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gotten twisted around to mean ``ready for the mass market'', versus
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``ready for hackers''.
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For the purpose of this article I will take the second meaning, and
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address whether I think Linux is ready for commercial purposes rather
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than the hobbyist and hacker market, and ready for the mass market
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rather than limited markets.
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For those of you who hate reading long articles, or who are short on
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time, let me give you my conclusion right now. Then you can go out
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and drink beer or other fun activities:
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``Yes, Linux is ready for the commercial market...in some cases''.
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In order for an operating system to be ready for the mass market it
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must have several attributes:
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o have lots of applications
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o be relatively easy to install
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o have lots of applications
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o be relatively easy to maintain
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o have lots of applications
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o be relatively easy to use
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o have lots of applications
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o not crash (much)
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o have lots of applications
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o be economical
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o have lots of applications
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But you can eliminate all of these considerations in today's mass
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market if only one thing is true:
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You have lots of applications.
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after all, there would not be 170,000,000 DOS systems in the world if
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any of the others had to be true.
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I almost added that is has to be economical, but history has actually
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proven me wrong on that. If people added up the total cost of
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ownership, then Apple would certainly have won over the PC. But
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people ignore the human costs of someone else (or even themselves)
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beating their head against the wall trying to get something to work,
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or the system crashing repeatedly, or the fact that the one keystroke
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they can hit the easiest (through practice) is
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<CTRL><ALT><DEL>
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In the old days people were content to spend several hundreds of dol-
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lars on a simple ASCII text editor, or deal with a simple spreadsheet.
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And it took an act of mangement to get them, with lots of Purchase
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Orders. Today, they want multi-media integrated with their operating
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system, and have all the applications available that their neighbor
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(or boss, or compatriot) has available on their system. And they want
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to get these applications easily, certainly no harder than to call up
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on the phone to order them through a catalog, or go down to their cor-
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ner store to get them.
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Now what causes this plethora of applications for an operating system?
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Ease of programming? Good software development tools? Features
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inside the operating system? Stability of the interfaces over time?
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The answer is ``none of these''. While all these attributes may help
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convince an application developer to port, the one overriding issue is
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volume of the operating system platform. Again, if MSDOS were
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compared to MacOS, or even to UNIX and volume were not taken into
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account, we know which two operating systems would have the most
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applications, and they would not be from Microsoft.
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While it is true that several Linux vendors are working on getting
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these applications for the mass market (read this " your mother and
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father"), the number of applications that run on Microsoft platforms
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have been estimated as high as 35,000. SunOS has an estimated 10,000
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applications, with other `commercial UNIX'' systems (including Solaris
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2.x) much lower in number. It will take the Linux vendors a long time
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to get the number of applications necessary to hit the really large
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mass market, particularly if they did not depend on iBCS2 and
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DOS/Windows compatibility (which could supply a fair number of current
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applications), but depended on ``native'' Linux applications.
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So applications are king (and queen) for the mass market, and
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installed base (volume) or the promise of explosive growth (volume) is
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the key to these. But is the mass market the only ``commercial''
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market? The answer is ``no''. The mass market is a subset (albeit
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very large one) of the commercial market. So let's look at what the
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rest of the commercial market needs. We will look at this by
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segmenting the market into:
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o turnkey systems
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o large end-user customers
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o specialized markets
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5.1. Turnkey systems
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When I speak of turnkey systems I typically mean a computer system
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that has one specific (or not so specific) application that runs on
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it. Examples of turnkey systems are point-of-sale terminals,
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reservation systems, CAD systems, etc. But in a larger sense, other
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applications such as Web servers, nameservers (such as BIND), etc.
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could also be considered ``turnkey'', since they have only a few
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necessary programs that have to run on the system.
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Usually turnkey systems are ones that an Independent Software Vendor
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(ISV) or Value Added Reseller (VAR) will chose a hardware system, an
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operating system, port an application to it, then duplicate that
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system 500 to 1000 times without change to the basic application.
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These ISVs and VARs will try to chose the lowest cost solution to fit
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their customer's needs.
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Linux is perfect for these types of applications. The operating
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system is stable enough for the developer to port their application
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and test the application fully. Once it is fully tested and stable,
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the entire package is ``frozen'' and duplicated any number of times
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for the end customer.
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Since the operating system may be freely copied, and it runs on
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inexpensive hardware, their variable costs are minimal. Even a
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developer who is not familiar with the Linux system (so they need help
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getting it running on a platform) will quickly pay back the porting
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and system programmer costs they accrue by not paying $200-$500. per
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license for the operating system. Plus they have all the source code
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for the entire system, in case they run into trouble later on. You
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can buy a lot of Linux support for $200-$500K.
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As I said before, I include Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as part
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|
of this ``turnkey'' environment, for both external internet and
|
|
internal internet. Why overload your expensive, high-powered, highly
|
|
complex general-purpose server to do Web serving when a smaller,
|
|
simpler box can offload it? Why not run your NIS slaves on a Linux
|
|
box? Or perhaps your BIND server?
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|
In the early days of Digital UNIX (known then as DEC OSF/1) we did not
|
|
have very many applications. In fact we had none. The marketing
|
|
staff came to me with sad faces asking if it was possible to sell an
|
|
operating system that had no applications. I invented a term called
|
|
``Turbocharging'', which allowed a Digital UNIX system using the speed
|
|
and power of the Alpha processor (as well as the throughput of our
|
|
networking devices) to offload NIS, NFS, BIND and other services from
|
|
people's overloaded, slower SPARC machines. We also showed people how
|
|
they could use the rsh(1) command to allow the Alpha to do a portion
|
|
of their very CPU intensive processing while delivering the result
|
|
back to the SPARCs on their desk. This allowed the SPARCs to work
|
|
more on applications and less on the other ``system administration''
|
|
tasks that they were performing. We sold lots of Digital UNIX systems
|
|
based solely on executing those tasks. Today, of course, Digital UNIX
|
|
has a lot more applications, and particularly very large memory
|
|
databases that are extremely fast. But the same principle applies.
|
|
The database engine runs on the Alpha system, supplying data to the
|
|
slower SPARC engines as a ``Turbocharger''. I could see Linux systems
|
|
headed in the same direction, following the same path.
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5.2. Large end-user customers
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|
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|
Very large customers often have their own home-grown applications
|
|
which they need to deploy across a wide network of people. Or they
|
|
can have management dictate a certain suite of applications, which
|
|
then can be ported to Linux. Since these customers are so large, their
|
|
operating system costs are huge, and utilizing the savings using the
|
|
Linux operating system they may completely cover the expenses of
|
|
porting their software.
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|
|
|
|
|
Or these very large customers may ``influence'' their layered product
|
|
providers to port to the Linux platform. Finally, they may even
|
|
change some of their computing habits (to use existing programs) if
|
|
the cost savings are enough to warrant it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Companies like Caldera are creating a suite of applications and
|
|
approaching these very large customers to show them the operating
|
|
system savings that they can achieve if they switch to Linux. While
|
|
it is true that every application the customer could ever conceive of
|
|
running may not run on Linux, by using the native applications, the
|
|
iBCS2 applications, the DOSEMU applications, and applications that run
|
|
under WABI, a nice suite of applications could be built to solve their
|
|
needs.
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5.3. Specialized markets
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|
|
|
|
|
Finally there are what I call ``specialized markets''. Markets that
|
|
might buy Linux simply because it is Linux, and not because of the
|
|
application suites that it provides.
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|
|
|
|
|
In the education field there are three main markets:
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|
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o administrative
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|
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o ``campus computing''
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|
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o computer science education
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|
|
|
The administrative part is the ``business'' aspect of the market.
|
|
They are looking for easy-to-use systems that can also handle complex
|
|
administrative tasks that might cover a community the size of a small
|
|
city.
|
|
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|
|
|
The ``campus computing'' is the supply of computing power and service
|
|
for majors of all types, web services and research into non-computer
|
|
science (for example, molecular modeling) research.
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|
|
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|
|
Finally there is computer science education, both on the undergraduate
|
|
and graduate level, as well as research into computer science.
|
|
|
|
|
|
While the administrative sub-market typically relies more on shrink-
|
|
wrapped applications, the other two rely on them to a lesser extent
|
|
(with the computer science education market relying the least). The
|
|
other two markets can utilize a lot more of the freeware and shareware
|
|
applications that are already ported to Linux. This gives them a very
|
|
low-cost (from a software perspective) platform while allowing them to
|
|
see and (often) modify the source code for the applications they use.
|
|
|
|
|
|
More importantly, in the computer science research area, the results
|
|
of the research can be freely distributed to others working in the
|
|
field, or even published as source code to illustrate the results.
|
|
This can not be done with ``commercial'' operating systems.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Some universities are utilizing Linux more and more to run their
|
|
campus. From a ``commercial'' standpoint, their needs are the same as
|
|
many large businesses. Students graduating from college will know
|
|
about Linux, and bring the word to their future employers.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Finally, there is the computer hobbyist and software developer market.
|
|
I relate this market to the amateur radio market. In the amateur
|
|
radio market the radio is often used to simply talk to other people,
|
|
but at the same time the users investigate new ways of using radio,
|
|
and improving it. Many electrical engineers started out as amateur
|
|
radio users. So it can be with Linux, since for the first time both
|
|
the prices of the hardware and the prices of the operating system
|
|
source code are within the reach of mortal people.
|
|
|
|
|
|
In conclusion, I feel that Linux does have the items needed for
|
|
several types of ``commercial'' uses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
o stability and quality
|
|
|
|
o low variable costs for turnkey applications
|
|
|
|
o explosive growth in volume to attract ISVs
|
|
|
|
What Linux really needs is for the ``commercial'' community to
|
|
understand what is going on, and to embrace it where it will be
|
|
useful. This will increase the volume numbers even more, which will
|
|
attract more applications.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Along these lines I would like to ``advertise'' a joint effort of
|
|
USENIX and Linux International to happen in January of 1997 in
|
|
Anaheim, California of the United States. There will be a joint
|
|
USENIX/Linux development conference, and while a certain part of the
|
|
Linux conference will be oriented towards the development of the Linux
|
|
operating system, the bulk of the conference will be oriented towards
|
|
application developers and marketing people, to better understand the
|
|
Linux operating system and how to sell their applications and services
|
|
into the Linux market. We hope to show ISVs, VARs, resellers and
|
|
distributors how they can make money by selling their applications and
|
|
services on top of the Linux operating system.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.4. Biography
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jon ``maddog'' Hall is a Senior Leader in the Digital Equipment
|
|
Corporation UNIX group. He has been in the computer industry for
|
|
twenty-five years, UNIX for sixteen years and has guided the emergence
|
|
of six operating systems, including Alpha Linux. He has an MS in
|
|
Computer Science.
|
|
|
|
|
|
6. Website Development
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
6.1. ASWedit, HTML editor
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
ASWedit is a commercial, comprehensive and easy to use HTML and
|
|
text editor for X Window System and Motif. It offers three
|
|
independent modes: a plain text editing mode and two context-
|
|
sensitive, validating modes for authoring of HTML documents as
|
|
used on the Internet and Intranets. The two HTML modes are:
|
|
standard and experimental.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes, 4-mm DAT, 1/4" and 8mm tapes, Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Per machine basis. The number of users that can run the
|
|
software on the licensed computer is unlimited.
|
|
|
|
A version of the program, called asWedit, is available for free
|
|
for students and staff in education and charitable non-profit
|
|
organizations, and for free evaluation by individuals and
|
|
commercial organizations. It is available via FTP from many
|
|
archives. See http://www.advasoft.com/asWedit.html for details.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux 1.2.13 or higher (ELF), X11R6, Motif 2.0 (not required if
|
|
the statically linked version is used), 5 MB of RAM, 1.5-3.5 MB
|
|
hard disk usage.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed documentation, online help, language: User's Guide (44
|
|
pages), HTML 3.2 extended, Reference Manual (89 pages), HTML 3.2
|
|
experimental, Reference Manual (106 pages). Online, context
|
|
sensitive, hypertext help - 560 KB. Localized resource files
|
|
are available for the following languages: English (default),
|
|
Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Polish, Portuguese,
|
|
Spanish and Swedish. Commands and messages are localized for
|
|
each language but the online help and documentation are only
|
|
available in English.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
The license includes free product upgrades by FTP for a period
|
|
of one year.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Can work with external Unix filters. Highly customizable.
|
|
Supports four different browsers for previewing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
July, 1995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$149. Quantity discounts are available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
AdvaSoft Ltd.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 Hatch Road
|
|
London SW16 4PN
|
|
England
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+44 181 251 0033
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+44 181 251 0011
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
as@advasoft.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.advasoft.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Andre Stochniol
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 30, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.2. Empress DataWEB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Empress DataWEB allows users to easily and rapidly build
|
|
dynamic, interactive, database-fed web applications. No special
|
|
programming language needs to be learned; developers of
|
|
applications simply can use HTML with the Empress extensions for
|
|
accessing the RDBMS.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Please contact vendor for evaluation copies.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
16 MB of RAM; 60 MB harddisk space (additional requirements: web
|
|
browser required).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online help.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Full technical support available, priced separately.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Extra features such as an HTTP server and other tools to
|
|
facilitate the creation of web applications come with the
|
|
software package.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
April, 1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Please contact vendor.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Empress Software Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6401 Golden Triangle Drive
|
|
Greenbelt, MD 20770
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3100 Steeles Avenue East
|
|
Markham, ON L3R 8T3
|
|
Canada
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 301 220 1919 (USA), +1 905 513 8888 (Canada)
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 301 220 1919 (USA), +1 905 513 1668 (Canada)
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@empress.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.empress.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Dick Naedel
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.3. EZ-EDIT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
EZ-EDIT is an online HTML editor, which allows users to
|
|
completly manage their web site through a web browser (edit,
|
|
create, upload, rename/move/copy, create and remove
|
|
directories)! EZ-EDIT is the only editor which features the
|
|
"File Filter" which allows you to specify what file types are
|
|
allowed on your system. Create the look you want by editing EZ-
|
|
EDIT's 16 template files with over 80 tags. Also allows you to
|
|
set disk space limits! Supports form based file uploads, also
|
|
includes a Java page creater. All administration is also done
|
|
through a web browser.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes, Internet (FTP and WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
A free demo is available from our web site. Demo version is
|
|
unlocked to full version with registration key.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux/Intel.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online HTML user and admin manuals (English only).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Update service, support (via EMail).
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
September 17, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$149.95.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Relative Web
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P. O. Box 351
|
|
Saylorsburg, PA 18353-0351
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 610 381 3072
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 610 381 3072
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
ez-edit@relative-web.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.relative-web.com/dynamic/ez-edit/
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
John Bergeron
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
October 6, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.4. LinkScan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
LinkScan operates on Unix an NT servers on both Internets and
|
|
Intranets, LinkScan can test over 40,000 links per hour because
|
|
it is the only link checker that uses multi-threaded
|
|
simultaneous processing. LinkScan has been tested on web sites
|
|
with over 45,000 pages and more than 80,000 links. LinkScan
|
|
also produces two revolutionary types of maps of web sites.
|
|
LinkScan's SiteMap enables the user to produce a site map that
|
|
includes every link on a web site arranged in a hierarchical
|
|
format that resembles a book's table of contents. LinkScan's
|
|
TapMap is an expandable and collapsible site map that allows
|
|
viewers to tap down through the various and multiple levels of a
|
|
web site to quickly and easily navigate and explore the web site
|
|
by tapping on a few control icons.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
A license is required for each server on which the product is
|
|
used. Free evaluation copies of LinkScan may be downloaded from
|
|
our web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Requires Perl 5 or higher.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Complete documentation and a comprehensive FAQ may be read at
|
|
our web site and/or downloaded.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
This product is continuously updated and maintained. Prompt
|
|
responses to all inquiries and problems via EMail or telephone
|
|
as required. No fees for support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
January 7, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$495.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Electronic Software Publishing Corporation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1504 #8-00200 Main Street
|
|
Gardnerville, NV 89410-5273
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
ken@elsop.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.elsop.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Ken Churilla
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
November 6, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.5. TalentSoft Web+ (WebPlus)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
TalentSoft Web+ is a development tool dedicated to developing
|
|
web-based client/server applications without writing low level
|
|
CGI programs. Web+ enables rapid and easy creation of highly
|
|
functional web pages which integrates with databases, file
|
|
systems, EMail, Java applets, your legacy applications (EXEs,
|
|
DLLs), and communicates with other TCP/IP applications using
|
|
sockets. Web+ works with all popular web severs, databases, and
|
|
operating systems and integrates closely with Netscape web
|
|
servers via NSAPI and CGI. Web+ also acts as a multi-threaded
|
|
web middleware that integrates the web servers with databases,
|
|
EMail, TCP/IP sockets, and other applications. Please check out
|
|
the "Teach Me Web+" link on our web site for the coolest
|
|
interactive tutorial with hands on exercises. We are proud to
|
|
be the first to provide dynamic code interpretation on the
|
|
Internet! Now you may start writing and running your own web
|
|
application without buying or installing Web+.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes, CD-ROM and Internet (FTP and WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Free evluation copy available at http://www.TalentSoft.com.
|
|
Trial out version notices displayed by will not time out.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
16 MB RAM, 5 MB HD.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Both printed documentation (about 200 pages) and HTML online
|
|
help. English only.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Free EMail, web+ conference, and phone support. Training
|
|
available for a fee.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
May 1, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
USA, UK, Hong Kong, China, Singapore.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$195 to $1295.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
TalentSoft / Talent Information Management, LLC.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
900 Nicollet Mall, Suite 700
|
|
Minneapolis, MN 55402
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P.O. Box 2997
|
|
Minneapolis, MN 55402
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 612 338 8900
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 612 904 0010
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@TalentSoft.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.TalentSoft.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Victor Tong, Ian Gorrie, Jeff Persche, Tony Tong
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 8, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.6. VirtuFlex 1.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
VirtuFlex 1.1 is a web application builder for adding dynamic
|
|
functionality to a web site. VirtuFlex provides the power to
|
|
transform web sites into live applications by integrating
|
|
databases, fax, EMail and pagers with the web. VirtuFlex
|
|
provides sophisticated functionality that can be added to web
|
|
sites by any HTML developer. VirtuFlex is reusable, modular,
|
|
easy to use, high performance and provides DB connectivity
|
|
almost any database. The componenets of VirtuFlex are a macro
|
|
language, macro processor, DB server and pre-built template
|
|
packs.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
VirtuFLex is licensed on a per domain basis. A free evaluation
|
|
copy is available on our web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux ELF binary format (1.2.x kernels or higher). VirtuFlex
|
|
runs on standard Unix workstations with 8 MB of RAM minimum, 16
|
|
MB recommended.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Available for download from our web site, English.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Basic support four hours. Other support options available -
|
|
call for details.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Pre-built Template-Paks come free with VirtuFlex for shopping
|
|
carts, threaded discussion groups, database application builder,
|
|
quizzes and surveys, web spiders and banner rotators.
|
|
Additional Template-Paks are added on a regular basis.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide through UniDirect, Soft Export and the Internet.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$995, educational discounts available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
VirtuFlex Software Corp.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
930 Massachusetts Avenue
|
|
Cambridge, MA 02139
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 617 497 8006
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 617 492 0486
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
comments@virtuflex.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.virtuflex.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Dan Housman
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
March 17, 1997.
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|
|
6.7. Visual prolog
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
One of the worlds strongest prolog development environments.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM and Internet (WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Manuals supplied on CD-ROM, online help and intro.html lots of
|
|
examples.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
EMail based.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1984.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Prolog Development Center
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
H.J. Holstvej 3-5A
|
|
DK-2605 Broendby
|
|
Dankmark
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+45 36 72 10 22
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+45 36 72 02 69
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@pdc.dk
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.pdc.dk
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Claus Witfelt <witfelt@pdc.dk>
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
November 28, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.8. Web Crossing
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Online conferencing server for the Intranet and Extranet and
|
|
world wide web providing discussion forums and chat rooms. Web
|
|
Crossing is a groupware application server, accessible with any
|
|
web browser, via most web servers. It makes communication more
|
|
efficient and productive than newsgroups or EMail mailing lists.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
commercial; fully-functional demo available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$995, unlimited users.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Lundeen & Associates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P.O. Box 2900
|
|
Alameda, CA 94501
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 510 521 5855
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 510 522 6647
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@lundeen.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://webcrossing.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 16, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.9. ThreadTrack and WebTailor from Webthreads.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
ThreadTrack and WebTailor are lightweight browser and server
|
|
independent CGI script packages, developed under Linux, that add
|
|
state to web servers. ThreadTrack is used for tracking the
|
|
activity of individual visitors to a web site, and WebTailor is
|
|
used to dynamically modify the content of a web site in response
|
|
to a visitor's profile or actions.
|
|
WebTailor uses a simple server-side scripting language to modify
|
|
the site's content. The language, targeted to non-technical web
|
|
designers, is easy to learn and use. For the more technical,
|
|
the CGI interface has been expanded to enable parameter passing
|
|
on a per visitor basis between scripts running on different
|
|
pages.
|
|
|
|
ThreadTrack tags individual visitors to a web site with a unique
|
|
identifier that remains with them for their visit. Each
|
|
visitor's session is recorded click-by-click, so a database of
|
|
aggregate and individual activity is available for reports.
|
|
Comprehensive reporting is included, and the data (dBase III) is
|
|
easily transferrable to custom reporting packages.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
30 Day fully functional eval available from
|
|
http://www.webthreads.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Any version of Linux on x86, a.out and ELF.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Web site and online provided with the package.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
EMail support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Msql interface. Registration site management addition.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
June, 1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
ThreadTrack starts at US$295. WebTailor starts at US$895.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Webthreads, L.L.C.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1919 Gallows Road, 10th floor
|
|
Vienna, VA 22182
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 703 848 9027
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 703 848 2444
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@webthreads.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.webthreads.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Gavin Sutcliffe
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
March 18, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7. Databases
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.1. c-tree Plus
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Based on advanced B+tree (balanced) algorithm, c-tree Plus API
|
|
handles all aspects of database I/O. Program single user or
|
|
multi-user non-server applications royalty free and migrate
|
|
existing c-tree Plus applications to the FairCom Server by
|
|
recompiling.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes and CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
c-tree Plus is licensed on a per programmer basis. Single-user,
|
|
multi-user and multi-user non-server royalty-free distribution.
|
|
Contact FairCom for possible restrictions: general purpose
|
|
database and application development systems prohibited.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
3 MB hard drive space; 128 KB of RAM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed manuals distributed with product; full online
|
|
documentation with CD-ROM, available in English and Japanese.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Three months of full technical support from purchase date.
|
|
Unlimited technical support and product updates available
|
|
thereafter with c-tree Plus maintenance program.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
October, 1995.
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$895 includes source.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
FairCom
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4006 W. Broadway
|
|
Columbia, MO 65203-0100
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 573 445 6833
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 573 445 9698
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
Faircom@faircom.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.faircom.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Tamra Brown <tami@faircom.com>
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
FairCom Europe
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Via Patrioti 6
|
|
I-24021 Albino
|
|
Italy
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+39 35 773 464
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+39 35 773 806
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
Europe@faircom.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
FairCom Japan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ikeda Bldg. #3 4F, 112-5
|
|
Komei-chou, Tsu-city MIE 514
|
|
Japan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+81 059 229 7504
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+81 059 249 723
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
FairCom do Brasil Ltda.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+55 11 3872 9802
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+55 11 3862 1752
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
Brazil@faircom.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 7, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.2. Empress
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Empress for Linux is a multimedia RDBMS for members of the
|
|
rapidly growing Linux developer community. Key components of
|
|
the package include the powerful Empress RDBMS as well as
|
|
dynamic SQL, Empress 4GL, Empress GUI Builder for rapidly
|
|
developing graphical front-ends to Empress applications, a WWW
|
|
HTML toolkit, and a grahical point and click interface to the
|
|
Empress RDBMS development environment. A streamlined, single-
|
|
user version of this product, Personal Empress for Linux, is
|
|
available also.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Free demos are available via FTP. Must contact vendor.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Empress GUI Builder requires OSF Motif version 1.2.4 or 2.0. 16
|
|
MB RAM. 80 MB Disk Space. 486 CPU or better.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed documentation.
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Full technical support available, priced separately.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Other features which are components of the package include
|
|
shared libraries, shared memory, math library functions and a C
|
|
language interface.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
December, 1995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Product is priced by number of concurrent users. Please contact
|
|
vendor.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Empress Software Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6401 Golden Triangle Drive
|
|
Greenbelt, MD 20770
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3100 Steeles Avenue East
|
|
Markham, ON L3R 8T3
|
|
Canada
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 301 220 1919 (USA), +1 905 513 8888 (Canada)
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 301 220 1919 (USA), +1 905 513 1668 (Canada)
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@empress.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.empress.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Dick Naedel
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.3. Essentia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Database Engine.
|
|
|
|
Some Features: Remote databases, client/server, automatic
|
|
consistency check, incremental backup, mirroring, shadowing,
|
|
distributable database, journaling, versions, RISE, object
|
|
oriented DBMS, implements relational model three tier
|
|
client/server architecture, cooperative servers, language
|
|
independent user-configurable (English, Spanish, Portuguese).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
4/8 mm. DAT, 150/525 MB tape. Academic version available from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
o ftp://ftp.inter-soft.com
|
|
|
|
o http://www.inter-soft.com/html/products/essentia
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Commercial. Free version for Linux available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
10 MB disk space.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Available in PostScript and HTML.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Contact essentia-info@inter-soft.com for more information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
SQL Server, ODBC Interface for Windows, JDBC Interface, User
|
|
servers.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1993.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
Argentina, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Venezuela and USA.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Linux version for free (with some restrictions). Other prices
|
|
available on request.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
InterSoft Argentina S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cordoba 883 9th. Floor
|
|
Capital Federal (1054)
|
|
Argentina
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+54 1 318 8900
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+54 1 318 8997
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@inter-soft.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.inter-soft.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.4. FairCom Server
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
High performance, multi-threaded, transaction processing server.
|
|
Features include: industrial quality transaction processing,
|
|
including full commit and rollback; intermediate save points and
|
|
complete logging; automatic log management; restart/disaster
|
|
recovery; user passwords; access security and online
|
|
administration; deadlock detection/resolution; read/write locks
|
|
at the record/individual key level; more.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes and CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
The FairCom Server is licensed on a per machine basis. Contact
|
|
FairCom for specific licensing questions.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
2 MB of RAM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed manuals distributed with product; full online
|
|
documentation with CD-ROM, available in English and Japanese.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Three months of full technical support from purchase date.
|
|
Unlimited technical support and product updates available
|
|
thereafter with Server maintenance program.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
October, 1995.
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$445-$6795 depending upon platform and number of users.
|
|
Special licensing and OEM agreements available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
FairCom
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4006 W. Broadway
|
|
Columbia, MO 65203-0100
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 573 445 6833
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 573 445 9698
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
Faircom@faircom.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.faircom.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Tamra Brown <tami@faircom.com>
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
FairCom Europe
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Via Patrioti 6
|
|
I-24021 Albino
|
|
Italy
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+39 35 773 464
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+39 35 773 806
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
Europe@faircom.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
FairCom Japan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ikeda Bldg. #3 4F, 112-5
|
|
Komei-chou, Tsu-city MIE 514
|
|
Japan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+81 059 229 7504
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+81 059 249 723
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
FairCom do Brasil Ltda.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+55 11 3872 9802
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+55 11 3862 1752
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
Brazil@faircom.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 7, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.5. INFORMIX-SE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
INFORMIX-SE is an SQL-based database engine for small- to
|
|
medium-range applications. It is the ideal solution for
|
|
businesses that want the power of SQL without complex database
|
|
administration requirements. With over a decade of proven
|
|
reliability, INFORMIX-SE has a strong track record among Unix
|
|
database servers.
|
|
|
|
INFORMIX-ESQL/C: Productivity, flexibility, portability, and
|
|
standards are what programmers can achieve with the use of
|
|
INFORMIX-ESQL for C. Developers can continue to use these
|
|
familiar third-generation languages (3GLs) for developing
|
|
applications and gain the advantage of using SQL to access data
|
|
from those applications. Developers don't have to build their
|
|
own database functions saving development time and effort.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM and Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Free development license. Runtime Licenses must be purchased
|
|
separately. Information on both is available at
|
|
http://www.informix.com/informix/solutions/linux/lx.html.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
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The database server process requires 1.2 MB to run, and can be
|
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installed with 6 MB of disk space.
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|
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Documentation:
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Online manuals.
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|
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Product support:
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Annual technical support and software maintenance contracts.
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|
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|
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Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
TBD.
|
|
|
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|
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Available since:
|
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July 22, 1998.
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Countries with distribution:
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World wide.
|
|
|
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Price range:
|
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To go along with your free development license, Informix offers
|
|
attractively priced maintenance contracts through Informix-
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|
Assurance:
|
|
http://www.informix.com/informix/services/csp/assurance/assurance.htm
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Vendor:
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Informix Software, Inc.
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EMail:
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sales@informix.com, http://www.informix.com/cgi-bin/contact.pl
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URL:
|
|
http://www.informix.com
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Last modified:
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September 21, 1998.
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7.6. Just Logic/SQL
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|
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Description:
|
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Relational Database Management System
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|
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|
|
Distribution media:
|
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3.5" diskettes.
|
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|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Unlimited runtime included.
|
|
|
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|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed manual, examples.
|
|
Product support:
|
|
EMail, fax or phone.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
|
|
o client-server option: lets run applications on several computers
|
|
running Windows or Linux, that access a central database on a
|
|
Linux system.
|
|
|
|
o web-enabling option: passthrough between an HTTP Web server and
|
|
a Just Logic/SQL database. No C or Perl required. SQL commands
|
|
are embedded directly within HTML files. Compatible with
|
|
Netscape, Apache, NCSA and all other CGI-compliant HTTP servers.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1993.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$149-$395.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Just Logic Technologies
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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P.O. Box 63050, 40 Commerce Street
|
|
Nun's Island, Montreal, QC H3E 1V6
|
|
Canada
|
|
|
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|
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Phone:
|
|
+1 514 761 6887
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 514 642 6480
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@justlogic.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.justlogic.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Luc Vallieres
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 5, 1997.
|
|
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|
|
7.7. KE Texpress
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
KE Texpress is a high-speed client server database engine that
|
|
supports object-oriented, relational and free text data
|
|
structures and operations. It is particularly suited to
|
|
applications with large data sets, complex operations and large
|
|
numbers of concurrent users. KE Texpress is used for a wide
|
|
variety WWW database applications. Vertical applications
|
|
include collections management, library systems, vital
|
|
statistics, archives, text retrieval and records management.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (FTP and WWW) and tape.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Commercial product licensed by number of concurrent users. A 30
|
|
day free trial is available at our web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux ELF and a.out libraries. Requires about 30 MB disk space.
|
|
Runs on over 20 other varieties of Unix and Windows NT.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed and HTML documentation is available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Annual technical support (EMail, fax and phone) and software
|
|
maintenance contracts.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
|
|
o Texhtml WWW module - publish KE Texpress databases on the web
|
|
|
|
o Texql - SQL-like structured query language
|
|
|
|
o TexAPI - applications programming interface with client
|
|
libraries for Windows (C, C++ and VB), Unix and Macintosh System
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
o TexODBC - ODBC drivers for Windows
|
|
|
|
KE Software has an extensive consulting service assisting
|
|
clients to develop KE Texpress database applications.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1984.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
USA, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Malaysia.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$2,000 to $100,000+.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
KE Software Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
303-601 West Broadway
|
|
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4C2
|
|
Canada
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 604 877 1960
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 604 877 1961
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@kesoftware.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.kesoftware.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Andrzej Kowalski
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.8. Qddb
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Qddb is fast, powerful and flexible database software that runs
|
|
on Unix. Some of its features include: Tcl/Tk programming
|
|
interface, easy to use, you can have a DB application completely
|
|
up and, running in about 5 minutes, using nxqddb. CGI interface
|
|
for quick and easy online databases and guestbooks. Fast, and
|
|
powerful searching capability. Report generator. Barcharts and
|
|
graphs. Mass mailings with EMail, letters and postcards.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes, tape and Internet (FTP and WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
GNU and Commercial versions available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
GNU version comes with source code. Binary packages available
|
|
for Linux, FreeBSD, and BSD/OS(BSDI) --- RPM and buildkit
|
|
format.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online documentation and PostScript files available. Printed
|
|
manuals also available upon request.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
User and programmer support available along with upgrade
|
|
contracts.
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Tcl/Tk programming interface, CGI interface, report generator,
|
|
many useful free and commercial applications built with Qddb.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
See http://www.hsdi.com/orders
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Herrin Software Development, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
41 South Highland Avenue
|
|
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 606 886 8202
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 606 277 3239
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@hsdi.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.hsdi.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Eric Herrin
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
November 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.9. Raima Database Manager++
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Low-level high performance database engine with C API and C++
|
|
class library, for embedding in applications. This database is
|
|
used in thousands of leading commercial applications. Includes
|
|
source for C++ class library that encapsulates database
|
|
navigation and object storage and retrieval into C++ classes,
|
|
adding an object-oriented interface. Supports multiple database
|
|
models, including relational, network model, and combined.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes and tape.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Pay for development license, distribute runtime copies freely.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Extensive documentation available from Raima Corporation,
|
|
dealing with all aspects of database, C API and C++ class
|
|
library.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Available from Raima Corporation on annual basis, raining
|
|
available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Windows GUI Report Writer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1984, originally called db_VISTA.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
Direct in the USA, use distributors internationally - Germany,
|
|
England, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Russia, Estonia,
|
|
Argentina, Columbia, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Finland,
|
|
Taiwan, other countries.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
RDM++ Database Module is US$995 for single user, US$2,395 for
|
|
multi-user. System is US$1,395 for single user, US$3,395 for
|
|
multi-user (System includes RDM++ database, QUERY SQL query tool
|
|
and REVISE database restructuring tool). All versions available
|
|
with source code for extra cost.
|
|
|
|
Depends on machine class; lowest is US$3,995 without system
|
|
utilities; US$6,195 with system utilities.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Raima Corporation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4800 Columbia Center
|
|
701 5th Avenue
|
|
Seattle, WA 98104
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 800 327 2462, +1 206 515 9477
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 206 748 5200
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@raima.com
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.raima.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Dave Morse
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
March 18, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.10. Empress Embedded RDBMS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
The Empress Embedded RDBMS is an embedded systems developer's
|
|
toolkit. The RDBMS engine is fast, compact and easy-to-embed.
|
|
Additionally, this package possesses superior bulk object
|
|
handling capabilities. Embedded Empress RDBMS is Internet ready
|
|
with a JDBC/ODBC bridge available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Please contact vendor for evaluations copies.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
32 MB of RAM, 60 MB disk disk space.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed documentation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Full technical support available, priced separately.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Extra features included with the toolkit are Empress Report
|
|
Writer and enhanced Internet capabilities (ability to use Java
|
|
applets, etc.) via the HTML toolkit.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
January, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Starting at US$1000 for PCs, US$4000 for typical workstations,
|
|
US$16,000 for mid-range servers.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Empress Software Inc.
|
|
|
|
6401 Golden Triangle Drive
|
|
Greenbelt, MD 20770
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3100 Steeles Avenue East
|
|
Markham, ON L3R 8T3
|
|
Canada
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 301 220 1919 (USA), +1 905 513 8888 (Canada)
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 301 220 1919 (USA), +1 905 513 1668 (Canada)
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@empress.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.empress.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Dick Naedel
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.11. SOLID Server
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
SOLID Server is a database engine for new applications and
|
|
products. It is extremely easy to set up, and has a small
|
|
footprint. SOLID Server is standards-compliant and full of
|
|
power. It is perfectly suited for distributed use in countless
|
|
copies. Its maintenance is care-free, requiring minimal or no
|
|
administrator attention.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes and Internet (FTP and WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Copy-protected.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
At least 2 MB RAM, recommended are 8 MB; harddisk about 3-4 MB.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
English manuals and online help. WWW.
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1994.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
SOLID Desktop US$99, SOLID Server US$199/seat, SOLID Web Engine
|
|
US$495.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Solid Information Technology Ltd
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Huovitie 3
|
|
FIN-00400 Helsinki
|
|
Finland
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+358 9 477 4730
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+358 9 477 47 390
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@solidtech.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.solidtech.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.12. Velocis Database Server
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Velocis Database Server is designed for database application
|
|
developers who are looking for a high performance client/server
|
|
or web database engine. Velocis is a scaleable SQL
|
|
client/server database engine that provides a rich set of
|
|
architectural choices and APIs including ANSI SQL, SQL C-API,
|
|
low-level C-API, C++ class libraries, and support for custom
|
|
APIs. Unlike typical relational client/server database
|
|
products, Velocis supports both relational and pointer-based
|
|
network model databases in any combination as well as processing
|
|
on either side of the client/server equation. The choices of
|
|
multiple operating platforms, APIs, processing locality (client
|
|
or server), and database model can be mixed and combined to
|
|
satisfy the performance requirements of virtually any
|
|
application.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes and tape.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Pay for development license. Runtimes are requires to
|
|
distribute applications.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Extensive documentation available from Raima Corporation,
|
|
dealing with all aspects of database, C API and C++ class
|
|
library.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Available from Raima Corporation on annual basis, raining
|
|
available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Windows GUI Report Writer, Raima Object Manager.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1993, originally called Raima Database Server.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
1-8 users: US$1,995, 1-25 users: US$3,995, unlimited: US$8,995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Raima Corporation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4800 Columbia Center
|
|
701 5th Avenue
|
|
Seattle, WA 98104
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 800 327 2462, +1 206 515 9477
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 206 748 5200
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@raima.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.raima.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Dave Morse
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
November 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.13. Yard SQL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
The YARD company offers the following products:
|
|
|
|
|
|
o YARD-SQL -- Relational SQL client/server database with
|
|
compliance to X/Open XPG4 and ANSI SQL 92 including network
|
|
support for accessing remote databases
|
|
|
|
o YARD-ESQLC -- Embedded SQL for C
|
|
|
|
o YARD-ODBC -- ODBC interface for MS Windows clients
|
|
|
|
o YARD-X -- Motif client for database access (No development tool)
|
|
|
|
o YARD-JDBC -- Java Interface
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM and Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
License number and activation key for each product and
|
|
installation with user dependent licenses. A Private Edition
|
|
(limited to 1 user and 5 MB database) for non commercial private
|
|
use and for evaluation is available at ftp://ftp.yard.de.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux ELF version; RAM usage: 1 MB (minimum) for shared memory,
|
|
500 KB per user. Disk usage: YARD-SQL 10 MB, YARD-ESQLC 1 MB,
|
|
YARD-ODBC 1.5 MB and YARD-X 5 MB.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed 600 pages reference and users guide in German. English
|
|
documentation is available only as PostScript file.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Upon request.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
All products also available for other widely distributed Unix
|
|
systems (e.g. SCO Unix, SPARC Solaris, IBM, HP, SGI).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
January, 1994.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
Contact YARD Software GmbH for information about resellers.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Upon request.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
YARD Software GmbH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wikingerstr. 18
|
|
D-51107 Koeln
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+49 221 98664 99
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
yard@yard.de
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.yard.de
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FTP:
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ftp://ftp.yard.de
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Contact:
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Thomas Schonhoven <thomass@yard.de>
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Last modified:
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August 4, 1997.
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8. Data Visualisation and CAD
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8.1. IDL (Interactive Data Language)
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Description:
|
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IDL is powerful software for data analysis, visualization, and
|
|
application development. IDL's features include flexible I/O,
|
|
object-oriented programming, 2D plotting, 3D graphics, volume
|
|
rendering, image processing, mathematics, statistics, a cross-
|
|
platform GUI toolkit, plus a high-level, array-oriented
|
|
programming language. Use IDL for visual data analysis, rapid
|
|
prototyping, or application development. IDL programs,
|
|
including their graphical user interfaces, are portable across
|
|
Linux, Windows 3.11, Windows 95, Windows NT, Mac, PowerMac, Unix
|
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and VMS.
|
|
|
|
The IDL-Student Version is a functionality-limited version of
|
|
IDL 5.0. It is designed to compliment IDL-teaching lab
|
|
environments and give students access to software specifically
|
|
designed for technical curriculums including physics, astronomy,
|
|
engineering, earth sciences, medical sciences and computer
|
|
science. For more information or to place an order, visit our
|
|
web site.
|
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|
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|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM and Internet (FTP).
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|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Free demo CD-ROM available or download via FTP.
|
|
|
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|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
IDL 5.0 for Linux is built using the Linux 2.0.18 kernel and the
|
|
Red Hat version 4.0 Linux distribution.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
3000+ pages of documentation on paper and hypertext online help.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Customer support service, maintenance/update service, training
|
|
and consulting are available. In addition, a Usenet group is
|
|
devoted to IDL.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
ENVI: remote sensing image processing application, DataMiner:
|
|
ODBC database access, HDF, CDF, netCDF support, animation,
|
|
volume slicer, high resolution mapping.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
May, 1997.
|
|
|
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|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
Ask vendor.
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|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Contact vendor/distributor.
|
|
|
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|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Research Systems, Inc.
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|
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|
2995 Wilderness Place
|
|
Boulder, CO 80301
|
|
U.S.A.
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|
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|
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|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 303 786 9900
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 303 786 9909
|
|
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@rsinc.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.rsinc.com
|
|
|
|
FTP:
|
|
ftp://ftp.rsinc.com
|
|
|
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|
|
Last modified:
|
|
November 5, 1997.
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|
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8.2. Megahedron
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
A flexible and powerful 3D graphics engine controlled by a high-
|
|
level interpreted language called SMPL. With it, you can learn
|
|
about 3D, write your own interactive simulations, animations,
|
|
and ray-tracings. You can even write your own shaders,
|
|
customize procedural objects and motions, and use up to 64
|
|
computers at once for net rendering. Includes executables for
|
|
Windows 95, Windows NT x86 and Alpha, SGI Irix and Linux.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM, ISO-9660 and Rock Ridge.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Very flexible. The owner is allowed to run as many copies as
|
|
they can, on any platforms. Demo version, full documentation
|
|
and sample images and scripts available on our web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Supports kernel 1.2.8 or 1.3.15. Non-ELF, a.out executable
|
|
(QMAGIC). 16 MB of RAM minimum recommended. 7 MB free disk
|
|
space recommended.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
In HTML on CDROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Private news server, EMail. Patches on web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Everything included on one CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
August, 1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide, direct and through dealers.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$99
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Syndesis Corporation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
235 South Main Street
|
|
Jefferson, WI 53549
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 414 674 5200
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 414 674 6363
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
syndesis@threedee.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.threedee.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
John Foust <jfoust@threedee.com>
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
November 3, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.3. Tecplot 7.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Tecplot is interactive data visualization software for XY
|
|
plotting, 2D and 3D mesh, contour, vector, scatter, and shade
|
|
plots. For more information, see the Amtec Engineering web
|
|
site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM and Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Either personal licenses (node locked) or network licenses.
|
|
Evaluation copies available on CD-ROM or by anonymous FTP.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
12 MB minimum, Linux 1.2 or newer (available in both statically
|
|
linked and dynamically linked versions). Use the statically
|
|
linked version if your system does not have Motif 1.2 or newer
|
|
installed. 32 MB RAM is recommended.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed User's and Reference Manuals, full online help.
|
|
English.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Update and technical support included with license for first
|
|
three months. Extra charge (ask for EUSS) after that. Training
|
|
courses available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
V7 since September 1996, V6 since August 1993.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
Many, see Amtec web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$1795 for personal license, US$2395 for single-user network
|
|
license, US$1795 for each additional user. All prices the USA
|
|
and Canada only.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Amtec Engineering, Inc
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PO Box 3633
|
|
Bellevue, WA 98009-3633
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 800 676 7568, +1 425 827 3304
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 425 827 3989
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
tecplot@amtec.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.amtec.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.4. VariCAD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Mechanical CAD system available for Linux and Windows 95 and
|
|
Windows NT.
|
|
|
|
The system is equipped with all basic resources necessary both
|
|
for constructors' and designers' work in engineering. It
|
|
includes functions for 3D modeling, 2D drawing, editing,
|
|
transformations, working with user defined objects, block, group
|
|
and symbol creating capabilities. The whole system is very
|
|
customizable and widely open.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM, Internet (WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Free demo version available on our web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Kernel version 2.0 or higher, XFree86 version 3.1+, RAM 16 MB,
|
|
harddisk 20 MB, libc 5.4.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online help, English.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
New version about every three months.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
New versions during first year free.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1991.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$dollar;199-$499.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
VariCAD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
931 Greenbriar Avenue
|
|
Ottawa, ON K2C 0J8
|
|
Canada
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P. O. Box 38
|
|
Liberec 2
|
|
460 02
|
|
Czech Republic
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 613 723 5319
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 613 723 5319
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
mail@varicad.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.varicad.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Petr Placek
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 15, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.5. VARKON
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
A high level development tool for CAD and Product modeling
|
|
applications. Interactive parametric modelling in 2D and 3D
|
|
with object oriented database. High level CAD and modelling
|
|
language MBS included.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Free binary for Linux.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Requires X but not Motif. Needs 3 MB of harddisk for basic
|
|
installation and 3MB of RAM to run.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
400 pages of documentation included in the free version for
|
|
Linux.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Service with continous updates and free consultation available
|
|
for US $75/month.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Additional plotterdrivers available free of charge.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
July, 1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Linux version is free of charge.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Microform AB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Henningsholmsgatan 4
|
|
S-703 69 Orebro
|
|
Sweden
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+46 19314932
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+46 19314969
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@microform.se
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.microform.se
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Johan Kjellander
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
September 30, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.6. XVScan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Image scanning and manipulation software for HP ScanJet
|
|
scanners.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (EMail and FTP). 4mm DDS2 DAT tape or 3.5 diskettes
|
|
(additional US$15 in the USA, US$25 international).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
XVScan is based on XV and is not available in demo version due
|
|
to licensing restrictions. Distributed with full source code.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux, tested with 1.2.x and 2.0.x, requires a recent generic
|
|
SCSI driver support to be built in (no earlier than 1.1.79).
|
|
Motif is not required. Any XFree version (X11R5, X11R6).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online, WWW, English.
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Updates free for first year.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Also available for HP-UX, BSD/OS 2.2 and 3.0, SunOS 4.1.x,
|
|
Solaris 2.x, and FreeBSD.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
May, 1995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$50 for FTP or EMail shipping. Additional US$15 for media in
|
|
the United States, US$15, internationally. Mastercard, Visa and
|
|
Discover, and American Express Credit Cards accepted.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
tummy.com, ltd.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3506 Stratton Drive
|
|
Fort Collins, CO 80525-2722
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 970 223 8215
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 408 490 2728
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
xvscan@tummy.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.tummy.com/xvscan
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Sean Reifschneider <jafo@tummy.com> or Evelyn Mitchell
|
|
<efm@tummy.com>
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9. Development Tools
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.1. ACUCOBOL-GT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
ACUCOBOL-GT is an ANSI-85 COBOL development system with
|
|
compiler, runtime, debugger, support utilities and
|
|
documentation. It offers single source hardware independence,
|
|
GUI COBOL, client/server capabilities, multithreading support,
|
|
and data source flexibility. Additionally, ACUCOBOL-GT is year
|
|
2000 compliant.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
currently 3,5" diskettes (A CD-ROM is planned for 2Q/98).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Runtime license for each installed application including license
|
|
fees for all products free of charge 30 day evaluation copy
|
|
available on our web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux a.out and ELF. Tested on Red Hat Linux 4.1 with kernel
|
|
version 2.0.30.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed dccumentation for all products (english), online
|
|
documentation for web evaluation copy.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Update service (annual fee is 20% of product list price),
|
|
training courses for core products (DM 600/day at scheduled
|
|
dates), technical support included in update service.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
February, 1995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$1.500 for single user development system (Linux), US$300 for
|
|
each additional developer, runtime fees on request (price is
|
|
depending on contract form).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor (Germany):
|
|
Acucobol Deutschland GmbH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Otto-Hahn-Str. 9
|
|
D-61381 Friedrichsdorf
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+49 6175 93310
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+49 6175 1429
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
aschmidt@acucobol.de
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Annette Schmidt
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor (USA):
|
|
Acucobol, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7950 Silverton Avenue, Suite #201
|
|
San Diego, CA 92126
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 800 COBOL 85, +1 619 6897220
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 619 566 3071
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@acucobol.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.acucobol.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Jeff Freedman
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
November 1, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.2. Amzi! Prolog & Logic Server
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Amzi! enables the easy integration of intelligent components
|
|
with conventional applications allowing you to add logic-bases
|
|
that give advice, configure and tune systems, diagnose problems,
|
|
apply business rules, monitor processes and parse documents.
|
|
Your applications access a logic-base of rules just as a
|
|
database server accesses records. The rules are expressed in
|
|
Prolog which has powerful, built-in search and pattern matching
|
|
capabilities. The Amzi! Logic Server is encapsulated as a C++
|
|
Class and C API Interface. You can add your own Prolog
|
|
functions in C/C++. Includes: compiler, listener, debugger,
|
|
linker, EXE, generator, call-in/call-out Logic Server API, full
|
|
documentation, comprehensive Prolog tutorial and lots of sample
|
|
code.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet.
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
The Professional Edition includes an unlimited, royalty-free
|
|
license. The Personal Edition is limited to distributing
|
|
applications for non-commercial use only.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
About 350 KB of RAM for typical small application, 3-4 MB disk.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
HTML format, includes full Prolog tutorial.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Subscription Plus service provides automatic updates for a full
|
|
year, $198. Custom development services available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Linux Support:
|
|
No Linux system included. For Amzi! software, free tech support
|
|
for registered users by phone, fax and EMail.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
November 3, 1995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Personal (Shareware), $49. Professional, $298.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Amzi! inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40 Samuel Prescott Drive
|
|
Stow, MA 01775
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 508 897 7332
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 508 897 2784
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
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info@amzi.com
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URL:
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http://www.amzi.com
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Contact:
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|
Mary Kroening
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Last modified:
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August 4, 1997.
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9.3. Basmark QuickBASIC
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Description:
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The Basmark QuickBASIC Compiler is a multi-user IBM-PC BASICA,
|
|
MBASIC and Microsoft QuickBASIC Compiler designed to provide
|
|
performance and consistency across a variety of machines (e.g.
|
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i386 and i486, Pentium, SPARC, RS/6000, HP PA-RISC) under Unix,
|
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AIX, SunOS, Linux, HP-UX and Xenix.
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Distribution media:
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Internet.
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Licensing policy:
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Per machine, no run-time restrictions.
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OS provisions:
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GNU GAS and LD must be installed.
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Documentation:
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400+ page manual, release and installation notes available in
|
|
hardcopy form for an additional US$50 (plus shipping).
|
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|
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|
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Product support:
|
|
Updates available for US$139 less shipping. Maintenance
|
|
contracts available.
|
|
|
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|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
C-ISAM (Informix Inc.) Interface in C source code form. Cost is
|
|
US$35.
|
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|
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Available since:
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December, 1993.
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Countries with distribution:
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World wide.
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|
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Price range:
|
|
US$195.
|
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|
|
Vendor:
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Basmark Corporation
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P.O. Box 40450
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Cleveland, OH 44140
|
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U.S.A.
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Phone:
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+1 216 871 8855
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Fax:
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+1 216 871 9011
|
|
|
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EMail:
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|
jgo@basmark.com (for orders)
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.basmark.com
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|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Joseph O'Toole (for orders)
|
|
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Last modified:
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November 4, 1997.
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9.4. Critical Mass CM3
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Description:
|
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Systems development compiler and runtime.
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|
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Distribution media:
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Internet (WWW).
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|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Commercial with library source, evaluation licenses available
|
|
for download at http://www.cmass.com/cm3.
|
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|
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|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux/ELF.
|
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|
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|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Optional.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
See http://www.cmass.com/cm3
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
May, 1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
USA.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$479/seat.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Critical Mass, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Critical Mass, Inc.
|
|
225R Concord Avenue
|
|
Cambridge, MA 02138
|
|
U.S.A.
|
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|
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|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 617 354 6277
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 617 354 5027
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@cmass.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.cmass.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
May 19, 1997.
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|
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|
|
9.5. Dynace
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Dynace (pronounced like ``dynasty'' without the ``t'') is a
|
|
preprocessor, include files and a library which extends the C
|
|
language with advanced object oriented capabilities, automatic
|
|
garbage collection and multiple threads. Dynace is designed to
|
|
solve many of the problems associated with C++ while being
|
|
easier to learn and containing more flexable object oriented
|
|
facilities. Dynace is able to add facilities previously only
|
|
available in languages such as Smalltalk and CLOS without all
|
|
the overhead normally associated with those environments.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (WWW); including full C source code.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
One license per programmer; Applications are royalty free. Full
|
|
system is on http://www.edge.net/algorithms. Free for non-
|
|
commercial use.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Any Linux.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
310 pages; in Postscript, HP PCL, or TeX DVI.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Dynace-support@edge.net
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Complete Windows development system.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
December, 1993.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$599.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Algorithms Corporation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3020 Liberty Hills Drive
|
|
Franklin, TN 37067
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 800 566 8991, +1 615 791 1636
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 615 791 7736
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
blake@edge.net
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.edge.net/algorithms
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Blake McBride
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.6. Absoft Fortran 77
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
VAX/VMS compatible ANSI Fortran 77 compiler and debugger.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Single user license; multi-user packages also available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux 1.2.13.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
300+ pages hard copy documentation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
No-charge technical support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
March, 1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$525-$2,000.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Absoft Corporation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2781 Bond Street
|
|
Rochester Hills, MI 48309
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 248 853 0050
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 248 853 0108
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@absoft.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.absoft.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Wood Lotz
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 7, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.7. Finesse
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
OSF/Motif GUI for shell scripts.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Finesse is a fully commercial product for other Unixes where
|
|
nodelocked licenses are possible. The Linux version is freely
|
|
available via FTP. Floppy medium is DM 90.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
ELF Libraries. X11R6. No Motif required.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
PostScript File.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
No support for free version.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
May, 1995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Free demo. Commercial version with support on request.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
science + computing GmbH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hagellocher Weg 71
|
|
D-72070 Tuebingen
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+49 7071 9457 0
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+49 7071 9457 27
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@science-computing.de
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.science-computing.de
|
|
|
|
FTP:
|
|
ftp://ftp.science-computing.de/pub/finesse.
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Olaf Flebbe
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
February 25, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.8. ISE Eiffel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
ISE Eiffel is a seamless object-oriented development
|
|
environment. ISE Eiffel provides an integrated solution for
|
|
software developers through pure object-oriented methods, from
|
|
analysis and design through code generation, maintenance, and
|
|
reverse engineering.
|
|
|
|
The components of ISE Eiffel include EiffelBench, EiffelBase,
|
|
EiffelBuild, EiffelVision, EiffelLex, EiffelParse, EiffelNet,
|
|
EiffelStore, ObjEdit, EiffelCase, EiffelMath, EiffelWeb, DLE
|
|
(Dynanic Linking in Eiffel) and SCOOP (Distribution/Concurrency
|
|
mechanism).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM and Internet (FTP and WWW)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
No run-time fees are required for products, commercial or
|
|
otherwise, developed with ISE's technology. In the case of
|
|
commercial products we simply require the product and its
|
|
documentation to acknowledge ISE Eiffel clearly. The copyright
|
|
holder must acknowledge the product's use/incorporation of ISE
|
|
Eiffel by (a) Featuring "ISE Eiffel" prominently in product
|
|
documentation, and (b) Featuring an "ISE Eiffel" software window
|
|
or pop-up message clearly visible during the copyrighted
|
|
product's installation process.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux ELF or a.out.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed documentation. Additional online help.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Update service, maintenance, training available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
August, 1994.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Starting at US$99.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Interactive Software Engineering, Inc.
|
|
|
|
ISE Building
|
|
270 Storke Road, 2nd Floor
|
|
Goleta, CA 93117
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 805 685 1006
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 805 685 6869
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@eiffel.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.eiffel.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
October 3, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.9. EiffelBench
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Object-oriented CASE Workbench.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM and Internet (FTP and WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
No run-time fees are required for products, commercial or
|
|
otherwise, developed with ISE's technology. In the case of
|
|
commercial products we simply require the product and its
|
|
documentation to acknowledge ISE Eiffel clearly. The copyright
|
|
holder must acknowledge the product's use/incorporation of ISE
|
|
Eiffel by (a) Featuring "ISE Eiffel" prominently in product
|
|
documentation, and (b) Featuring an "ISE Eiffel" software window
|
|
or pop-up message clearly visible during the copyrighted
|
|
product's installation process.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux ELF or a.out.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Eiffel: The Environment. Language References.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Update service, maintenance, training available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
August, 1994.
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Starting at US$99.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Interactive Software Engineering, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISE Building
|
|
270 Storke Road, 2nd Floor
|
|
Goleta, CA 93117
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 805 685 1006
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 805 685 6869
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@eiffel.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.eiffel.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
October 3, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.10. C-Forge IDE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
C-Forge is a highly scalable, multi-user integrated development
|
|
environment that provides full project management and complete
|
|
edit, compile and debug cycle support. Includes its own full-
|
|
featured editor, revision control tool and diff tool. Drag and
|
|
drop is enabled throughout the environment. Allows easy
|
|
configuration and use of external tools. Currently supports
|
|
C/C++ -- more languages on the way.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Single user and floating multi user licenses available. Free
|
|
demo available at our web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Works with Linux kernels 2.0.x and 2.1.x. Installations
|
|
available in tar.gz and RPM formats.
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
By EMail.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
We add the features you want to future versions of C-Forge.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
February, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$30 for single user version. Contact for corporate pricing
|
|
policies. Educational discounts available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Code Forge Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
consult@codeforge.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.codeforge.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Yuri Mironoff
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
February 8, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.11. IdeaFix
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
The InterSoft Development Environment for Applications in Unix,
|
|
or IdeaFix, is a set of programming tools and utilities designed
|
|
to provide an integrated environment for programmers as well as
|
|
end-users. The aim of IdeaFix is to maximize performance and
|
|
productivity for both.
|
|
|
|
For the end-user, IdeaFix offers a user-friendly interface and
|
|
an online help system. IdeaFix provides the developer with
|
|
tools to simplify development of such design criteria as
|
|
relational databases and modular structured programming.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
4/8 mm. DAT, 150/525 MB tape. Academic version available from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
o ftp://ftp.inter-soft.com/pub/ideafix
|
|
|
|
o http://www.inter-soft.com/html/products/ideafix
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Commercial.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
20 MB disk space, and GNU C/C++ compiler.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Available in PostScript.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Contact ideafix-info@inter-soft.com for more information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
SQL server, Dali - Development Environment, Cracker for Windows.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1986.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
Argentina, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Venezuela and USA.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Linux version for free (with some restrictions). Other prices
|
|
available on request.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
InterSoft Argentina S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cordoba 883 9th. Floor
|
|
Capital Federal (1054)
|
|
Argentina
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+54 1 318 8900
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+54 1 318 8997
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@inter-soft.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.inter-soft.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
|
|
9.12. j-tree
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Harness the power of Java clients while maintaining a legacy
|
|
database on wide variety of O/S. Java API with c-tree Plus'
|
|
ISAM functionality gives Java functionality through native
|
|
methods/RMI. j-tree utilizes the power/flexibility of FairCom's
|
|
full line of database Servers.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
A licensed copy of c-tree Plus, thereafter royalty free.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
2 MB of RAM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Full online documentation with CD-ROM, available in English and
|
|
Japanese.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Three months of full technical support from purchase date.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
August, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Upon request.
|
|
|
|
|
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Vendor:
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FairCom
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4006 W. Broadway
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Columbia, MO 65203-0100
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U.S.A.
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Phone:
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+1 573 445 6833
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Fax:
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+1 573 445 9698
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EMail:
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Faircom@faircom.com
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URL:
|
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http://www.faircom.com
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|
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Contact:
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|
Tamra Brown <tami@faircom.com>
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Vendor:
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FairCom Europe
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Via Patrioti 6
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I-24021 Albino
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Italy
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Phone:
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+39 35 773 464
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Fax:
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+39 35 773 806
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EMail:
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Europe@faircom.com
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Vendor:
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FairCom Japan
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Ikeda Bldg. #3 4F, 112-5
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Komei-chou, Tsu-city MIE 514
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Japan
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Phone:
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+81 059 229 7504
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Fax:
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+81 059 249 723
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Vendor:
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FairCom do Brasil Ltda.
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Phone:
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+55 11 3872 9802
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Fax:
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+55 11 3862 1752
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|
|
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EMail:
|
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Brazil@faircom.com
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Last modified:
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August 9, 1997.
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9.13. KAI C++
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Description:
|
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The KAI C++ compiler provides conformance to the latest draft
|
|
standard, high performance, low abstraction penalty, identical
|
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syntax and libraries on all supported platforms and superior
|
|
customer support. No other compiler is as close to the draft
|
|
standard.
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|
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|
Distribution media:
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Internet (FTP and WWW).
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|
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Licensing policy:
|
|
Commercial. 30 day free trial available at
|
|
http://www.kai.com/kcc_howto.shtml
|
|
|
|
|
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OS provisions:
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|
Red Hat Linux 2.1 or later. Other Software: gcc 2.7.2.1. Disk
|
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space: 15 MB.
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|
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|
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Documentation:
|
|
Complete online documentation is supplied.
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|
|
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|
|
Product support:
|
|
No-charge technical support. Annual Support service provides
|
|
automatic updates for a full year, US$79.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
May, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
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Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$395 single processor; US$545 multiprocessor.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Kuck & Associates, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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1906 Fox Drive
|
|
Champaign, IL 61820-7345
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 217 356 2288
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 217 356 5199
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
kai@kai.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.kai.com/kcc_howto.shtml
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Bruce Leasure <bruce@kai.com>
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
July 14, 1997.
|
|
|
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|
|
9.14. Khoros Pro 2.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Khoros Pro 2.2 is a software development environment with
|
|
extensive image processing, software development, and data
|
|
visualization capabilities.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Single user license comes with Khoros Pro CD-ROM. For software
|
|
developers, independent software developer licenses are
|
|
available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux 2.0.18, gcc 2.7.2, Fortran compiler f2c 19951025+ AT&T
|
|
Bell Labs.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed documentation; Installation Guide and User's Guide come
|
|
with the CD-ROM. Five volume Developer's Manual set available
|
|
from KRI.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Training in Software Development and Digital Image Processing
|
|
scheduled through 1998. See
|
|
http://www.khoral.com/training/training.html.
|
|
|
|
Maintenance, technical and engineering support may be purchased
|
|
from KRI on a negotiated basis.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
August, 1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide. Addison Wesley selling to educational market.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Single user Khoros Pro 2.2 is US$549. Independent software
|
|
developer licenses start at US$5,000 and go up depending on
|
|
platforms and organization structure. Royalty agreements can be
|
|
negotiated.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Khoral Research Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6001 Indian School NE Suite 200
|
|
Albuquerque, NM 87110
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 505 837 6500
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 505 881 3842
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@khoral.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.khoral.com
|
|
|
|
FTP:
|
|
ftp://ftp.khoral.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Annie MacFarlane <annie@khoral.com>
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.15. MetaCard
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
MetaCard is a GUI development and multimedia authoring tool
|
|
compatible with Apple Corporation's HyperCard. Anyone can use
|
|
MetaCard to build GUI applications and hypermedia documents
|
|
using a powerful, direct manipulation editor and an easy-to-
|
|
learn scripting language.
|
|
|
|
|
|
MetaCard goes beyond HyperCard by including support for color
|
|
controls and images, vector graphics, scrollbars, and dialog
|
|
boxes. MetaCard's scripting language has support for arrays,
|
|
custom (user defined) object properties, and is based on high-
|
|
perforance "virtual compiler" technology. Stacks developed with
|
|
MetaCard are portable among all popular Unix platforms and
|
|
Windows 95/NT and can be distributed with without licensing fees
|
|
or royalties.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes and Internet (FTP and EMail).
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
MetaCard can be licensed to a single, named individual, but can
|
|
be used on any machine or combination of machines by that user.
|
|
Multiple user packages are also available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The save-disabled distribution is available via anonymous FTP
|
|
from ftp://ftp.metacard.com/MetaCard and
|
|
ftp://ftp.uu.net/vendor/MetaCard.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
The Linux engine is built on a 1.2.13 ELF system. Minumum 8 MB
|
|
RAM for runtime, 16MB RAM for development. Minimum 640x480x8
|
|
screen resolution for runtime, 800x600x8 for development.
|
|
Development system requires about 5MB disk space. GUI is Motif-
|
|
compliant, but does not require Motif libraries.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Complete online documentation is supplied. Printed
|
|
documentation is an extra-cost option.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Free EMail technical support, phone support available at extra
|
|
cost.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
A library version of MetaCard that can be linked directly to C
|
|
programs (Embedded MetaCard) is available at extra cost.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
June, 1992.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$995 for single-user all-platform development license.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
MetaCard Corporation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4710 Shoup pl.
|
|
Boulder, CO 80303
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 303 447 3936
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 303 499 9855
|
|
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@metacard.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.metacard.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.16. ObjectManual Release 3.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Automated documentation generator from C++ programs. Generates
|
|
doucmentation in various formats including HTML, RTF, MIF along
|
|
with Java classes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (FTP and WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Single, Multiple, Site and Floating Licenses.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux ELF.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Provided in PostScript along with the distribution.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Free for 30 days. Then a contract based on six month to a one
|
|
year cycle.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
New release are released every quarter.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
USA.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$2295 for most flavours of Unix. Free of charge for Linux
|
|
users that work in a non-commercial environment.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
ObjectSoftware, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3519 Misty Meadow Drive
|
|
Dallas, TX 75287
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 214 373 2021
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 972 662 0756
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
objsoft@netcom.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.obsoft.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Bobby Sardana
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
September 30, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.17. Critical Mass Reactor
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Distributed application development environment.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Commercial with library source, evaluation licenses available
|
|
for purchase.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux/ELF.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Extensive documentation included (printed and online)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Optional.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
See
|
|
http://www.cmass.com/reactor/overview/index.html#reactor_features
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
May, 1996.
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
USA.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$479-$3500/seat. Discounts are available for non-commercial
|
|
and academic use.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Critical Mass, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Critical Mass, Inc.
|
|
225R Concord Avenue
|
|
Cambridge, MA 02138
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 617 354 6277
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 617 354 5027
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@cmass.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.cmass.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
May 19, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.18. Resource Standard Metrics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
A source code metrics and quality analysis tool for C and C++.
|
|
This creates standard metrics like Lines of Code, Cylcomatic
|
|
complexity and functional analysis. This tool is portable
|
|
across most all popular operating systems. The quality analysis
|
|
checks for semantic errors that most compilers miss and enforces
|
|
stardard software development standards.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Software can be downloaded from our
|
|
|
|
web site or EMailed or shipped on floppy disk in ZIP and tar
|
|
format.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Shareware licensing for the demo version which processes one
|
|
file. Commercial single user and network licenses will process
|
|
any number of files of any size from wild cards at the command
|
|
line, from a list or recursively descend a directory tree.
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux 1.2.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Comes with full online documentation or printed text file.
|
|
English language only.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
1 Email support. 1 year software maintenance available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Some license come with unmodifiable source code for compiling on
|
|
your specific OS. Each license comes with a pretty printing
|
|
utility and a DOS to Unix conversion utility.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
March, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$99.99 for single user non-source code version to US$999.95
|
|
for the network source code license.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
M Squared Technolgies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2128 Hidden Pine Lane
|
|
Apopka, FL 32712
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 407 880 2627
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 407 880 2627
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
m2tech@reachus.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.m2tech.net
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
September 25, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.19. r-tree
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
r-tree report generator in C source code.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Provides complex, multi-line reports by handling virtually every
|
|
aspect of report generation. The only programming requirement
|
|
is to call the r-tree report function, which reads c-tree data
|
|
files, performs calculations, monitors control breaks and
|
|
accumulators and produces a formatted report. Complete with C
|
|
source code. Requires c-tree Plus.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes and CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
r-tree Plus is licensed on a per programmer basis. Royalty-free
|
|
distribution. Contact FairCom for possible restrictions.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed manuals distributed with product; full online
|
|
documentation with CD-ROM, available in English and Japanese.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Three months of full technical support from purchase date.
|
|
Unlimited technical support and product updates available
|
|
thereafter with r-tree maintenance program.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
October, 1995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$445.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
FairCom
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4006 W. Broadway
|
|
Columbia, MO 65203-0100
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 573 445 6833
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 573 445 9698
|
|
EMail:
|
|
Faircom@faircom.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.faircom.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Tamra Brown <tami@faircom.com>
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
FairCom Europe
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Via Patrioti 6
|
|
I-24021 Albino
|
|
Italy
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+39 35 773 464
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+39 35 773 806
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
Europe@faircom.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
FairCom Japan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ikeda Bldg. #3 4F, 112-5
|
|
Komei-chou, Tsu-city MIE 514
|
|
Japan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+81 059 229 7504
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+81 059 249 723
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
FairCom do Brasil Ltda.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+55 11 3872 9802
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+55 11 3862 1752
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
Brazil@faircom.com
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 7, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.20. sdoc (Source Documenter)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
This program helps to create a complete, indexed documentation
|
|
from your sources (C, tcl, Perl currently available, other will
|
|
follow soon).
|
|
|
|
You add documentation information to your scripts using pod
|
|
(Plain old documentation), the documentation format also used in
|
|
Perl. The documentation options provided by pod are simple and
|
|
easy to learn but powerfull enough to create nice and good
|
|
looking documents.
|
|
|
|
sdoc uses this information to create a pod-document which in
|
|
turn may be transformed to HTML, LaTeX (and PostScript), nroff
|
|
or just plain text.
|
|
|
|
The preview function of tdoc lets you create documentation
|
|
interactively - add or modify your documentation to the source
|
|
file and check the output for correctness.
|
|
|
|
Here are some highlights:
|
|
|
|
|
|
o Documentation is included in source file, no separate files
|
|
needed
|
|
|
|
o Powerfull formatting options combined with easy learning
|
|
|
|
o Good looking documentation can be created without hassle
|
|
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o Automated indexing
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|
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o Output may be in HTML, PostScript and a lot of other formats
|
|
(have a look at the perlpod manual page or at available pod
|
|
converters).
|
|
|
|
The Tcl Documenter is also available as a commercial version.
|
|
This version adds the following features:
|
|
|
|
|
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o Significantly faster
|
|
|
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o May optionally use Netscape to display preview pages.
|
|
|
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o Includes the package concept to further automate file selection.
|
|
|
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o Direct connection to emacs for file editing
|
|
|
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o Direct creation of postscript output
|
|
|
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o Full support, upgrades
|
|
|
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o Complete documentation
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes and Internet (EMail and WWW).
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
You can download the public domain version of sdoc from the
|
|
neosoft tcl archive:
|
|
|
|
|
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o http://www.neosoft.com/tcl/ftparchive/sorted/development
|
|
|
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o ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/tcl/sorted/development
|
|
|
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|
OS provisions:
|
|
You need an ELF based system with X11.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Context sensitive help and complete documentation in Pod format.
|
|
Available as PostScript on request.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Installation support included, additional support available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
July, 1996.
|
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|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
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Price range:
|
|
Contact softWorks for pricing details. Discounts for students
|
|
and educational institutions available.
|
|
|
|
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|
Vendor:
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|
softWorks, Richard Schwaninger
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Theodor-Koernerstr. 173
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A-8010 Graz
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|
Austria
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|
Phone:
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+43 316 686590
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Fax:
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+43 316 686590
|
|
|
|
EMail:
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|
risc@ping.at
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|
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|
URL:
|
|
http://members.ping.at/risc
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Richard Schwaninger
|
|
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Last modified:
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August 7, 1997.
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9.21. SEDIT, S/REXX
|
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|
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|
|
Description:
|
|
SEDIT is a powerful Unix text editor patterned after IBM's XEDIT
|
|
editor. It operates with a GUI under X windows or in character
|
|
mode from a tty device. S/REXX is a full Unix implementation of
|
|
IBM's SAA procedural language except that the numeric digit
|
|
specification is limited to 15 digits. S/REXX functions as an
|
|
imbedded macro language for SEDIT as well as providing a
|
|
powerful modern programming language alternative to shell
|
|
scripting languages. SEDIT and S/REXX may be purchased in a
|
|
bundle or individually. See our web site for more information
|
|
including pricing for Linux, etc. For additional information,
|
|
please contact one of the local distributors listed on the web
|
|
site or mail us at sedit@dialup.FranceNet.fr
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
4mm, 8mm, 1/4" or 3.5" diskettes and Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
SEDIT and S/REXX are licensed products. See the above WWW site
|
|
for details. For demo purposes, a short term license key will
|
|
be provided on request to anyone who obtains the product via
|
|
ftp.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
We believe these products will work with any recent stable Linux
|
|
kernel since 1.1.18 supporting a.out format. Motif is fully
|
|
bound with SEDIT and SEDIT is distributed with XFree86 3.1
|
|
shared libraries for use if your system is not at that level.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Documentation is furnished in PostScript form, in extensive
|
|
online help files, and in optional printed manuals.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Technical support is available for all licensed users. For
|
|
maintenance, see the above URLs.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
A REXX interactive graphical debugger is available as an
|
|
optional feature as are printed manuals, physical media, and on
|
|
going maintenance. See the above URLs.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
The original Linux version has been available since 3rd quarter
|
|
1995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
SEDIT and S/REXX are available worldwide. The URLs should be
|
|
consulted for current information.
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Pricing information should be requested from the local
|
|
distributor responsible for your country. An economical 2 user
|
|
license is available for Linux without media or printed
|
|
documentation with other options for more users, S/REXX,
|
|
hardcopy manuals, etc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Benaroya
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31 Rue de Constantinople
|
|
F-75008 Paris
|
|
France
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+33 1 47 22 22 13
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+33 1 47 22 06 17
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sedit@dialup.FranceNet.fr
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.sedit.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Robert Benaroya
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.22. SNiFF+
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
SNiFF+ is an open, scalable and multiplatform programming
|
|
environment for C/C++, Java, CORBA IDL and Fortran. The main
|
|
goal in developing SNiFF+ was to create an efficient and
|
|
portable programming environment with a comfortable user
|
|
interface and special support for object oriented programming.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM and Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Trial license avialable.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux 1.2 or 2.0.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed documentation and HTML version.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Extensions for other programming languages available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
TakeFive Software GmbH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jakob-Haringer-Strasse 8
|
|
A-5020 Salzburg
|
|
Austria
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+43 662 4579150
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+43 662 4579156
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@takefive.co.at
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.takefive.co.at
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
November 3, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.23. ST/X (Smalltalk/X)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
ST/X is a complete implementation of the Smalltalk programming
|
|
language with development environment providing all of the
|
|
advantages you would expect from Smalltalk: a fully object
|
|
oriented programming language, a graphical development
|
|
environment with editors, browsers, symbolic debugger,
|
|
incremental compiler and just-in-time compilation to machine
|
|
code as well as an extensive class library.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
There are non-commercial, evaluation and commercial licences
|
|
available. There is also demo version on the Internet, although
|
|
it is quite old, this should be updated at some time in 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
ST/X requires 32 MB or more of memory and 100 MB hard disk
|
|
space.
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
The ST/X documentation is available online as hypertext (HTML).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
eXept Software AG provides mentoring, training, and consulting.
|
|
Onsite support is also available. For the commercial licence
|
|
there is an update service and maintenance support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
ST/X includes a supplementary stand-alone machine code compiler
|
|
and the possibility to embed C code directly into Smalltalk
|
|
methods. This allows the exploitation and use of existing C
|
|
libraries or a performance improvement in the speed of time
|
|
critical operations. An integral part of ST/X is an HTML
|
|
browser which is fully implemented in Smalltalk. It supports
|
|
network loadable Smalltalk applets and smalltalk scripts
|
|
embedded in HTML pages. This allows the development of Internet
|
|
and Intranet applications analogous to Java.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
ST/X has been available as a beta version on the Internet for
|
|
quite a while. eXept Software AG has been further developing
|
|
and marketing ST/X since 1996. Claus Gittinger (the developer
|
|
from ST/X) is a founding member of eXept.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
There are non-commercial, evaluation and commercial licences
|
|
available. The commercial licence costs US$3,500. A six month
|
|
evaluation licence costs US$350. The non-commercial license is
|
|
available for US$150 plus shipping and handling.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
eXept Software AG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Besigheimerstr. 1
|
|
D-74369 Loechgau
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+49 7143 870045
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+49 7143 870048
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@exept.de
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://home.t-online.de/home/exept
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
David Queeney
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 5, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.24. tdb (Tcl Debugger)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
This is a debugger for tcl scripts. It allows interactive
|
|
debugging of tcl/tk programs and speeds up your development
|
|
cycle.
|
|
|
|
Here are some highlights:
|
|
|
|
o Step by step execution with breakpoints
|
|
|
|
o Display and manipulation of local and global variables
|
|
|
|
o On-the-fly source code modifications and fast programm restarts
|
|
|
|
o Graphical user interface, easy use
|
|
|
|
o Easy configuration and installation
|
|
|
|
The commercial version adds the following features:
|
|
|
|
o Full screen context display
|
|
|
|
o Hot link to editor (currently emacs)
|
|
|
|
o Scripting and user extensibility (tcl)
|
|
|
|
o Plugin support (script, popup)
|
|
|
|
o A lot faster
|
|
|
|
o Full support, upgrades
|
|
|
|
o Complete documentation
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes and Internet (EMail and WWW)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
You can download the public domain version of tdb from the
|
|
neosoft archive:
|
|
|
|
|
|
o http://www.neosoft.com/tcl/ftparchive/sorted/development
|
|
|
|
o ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/tcl/sorted/development
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
ELF based system with X11.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note that tdb requires changes to the base tcl C-libraries and
|
|
also depends on dynamic loading. Please check out the info
|
|
package for further details. You don' need tcl installed to use
|
|
the debugger, all necessary code is included.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The commercial version may be purchased in source form and
|
|
support for porting to other platforms is available. Please
|
|
contact softWorks for details.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Context sensitive help and complete documentation in HTML
|
|
format. Available as PostScript on request.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Installation support included, additional support available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Debugger-PlugIns for speacialized debug tasks (e.g. to debug tk
|
|
widget hierarchies are also available).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
July, 1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$450 for a binary version, US$750 for the source code, with a
|
|
10% discount for students and educational institutions.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
softWorks, Richard Schwaninger
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Theodor-Koernerstr. 173
|
|
A-8010 Graz
|
|
Austria
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+43 316 686590
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+43 316 686590
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
risc@ping.at
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://members.ping.at/risc
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Richard Schwaninger
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 7, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.25. tprof (Tcl Profiler)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
This is a profiler for tcl scripts. It allows the creation of
|
|
profiling data from your tcl programms and later analysis and
|
|
detailed inspection through a graphical frontend.
|
|
|
|
This tool is especially well suited if you encounter performance
|
|
problems with your tcl scripts. Instead of rewriting the whole
|
|
application in C you can isolate time-critical procedures and
|
|
speed them up (if necessary using C).
|
|
|
|
Here are some highlights:
|
|
|
|
o Call flow display
|
|
|
|
o Barcharts for number of calls, CPU time and real time
|
|
|
|
o Tabular display of profiling data set
|
|
|
|
o Analyse both tcl procs and commands written in C
|
|
|
|
o Graphical user interface, easy use
|
|
|
|
o Simple aquisition of profiling data
|
|
|
|
o Easy configuration and installation
|
|
|
|
tprof is available both as a public domain and as a commercial
|
|
version. The commercial version adds the following features:
|
|
|
|
|
|
o Zoom in on interesting subsets of the data
|
|
|
|
o Printout of data sets
|
|
|
|
o PostScript (eps) images of charts and tables
|
|
|
|
o Merging of multiple data sets
|
|
|
|
o Exporting data sets in different formats to inspect them further
|
|
(eg. sc/xspread, Wingz, DBase, text)
|
|
|
|
o A lot faster
|
|
|
|
o Full support, upgrades
|
|
|
|
o Complete documentation
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes, Internet (EMail and WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
You can download the public domain version of tprof from
|
|
sunsite.unc.edu and it's mirrors.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
You need an ELF based system with X11.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Context sensitive help and complete documentation in HTML
|
|
format. Available as PostScript on request.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Installation support included, additional support available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
October, 1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Contact softWorks for details and discounts.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
softWorks, Richard Schwaninger
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Theodor-Koernerstr. 173
|
|
A-8010 Graz
|
|
Austria
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+43 316 686590
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+43 316 686590
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
risc@ping.at
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://members.ping.at/risc
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Richard Schwaninger
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 7, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.26. View Designer/X (VDX)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Motif interface builder that generates C and C++ code. VDX
|
|
provides WYSIWYG view, widget tree browser, resource editor,
|
|
widget templates and more tools to design user interfaces.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Free demo version. Purchase of license key that removes
|
|
restrictions of the demo version. Three types of licenses are
|
|
available: company license, host license, student license.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux, ELF, X11R6, Libc.5, 5 MB on harddisk.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online help, English. PostScript manual, English. A German
|
|
version of the manual is available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Minor update (1.x to 1.x) free. Free EMail support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
December, 1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
DM 800 (approximately US$470), Major update (1.x to 2.x) DM 500
|
|
(approximately US$295).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Bredex GmbH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fallersleber-Tor-Wall 23
|
|
D-38100 Braunschweig
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+49 531 24 33 00
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+49 531 24 33 099
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@bredex.de
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.bredex.de
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Regina Heine
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
October 13, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.27. XBasic
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
XBasic is a comprehensive visual program development environment
|
|
that integrates a powerful editor, advanced 32/64-bit BASIC
|
|
compiler, debugger, GuiDesigner and GraphicsDesigner. XBasic is
|
|
written entirely in XBasic.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Each copy is licensed on a per machine basis.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux (ELF 1.2.13 or higher).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
300+ page electronic manual (Word format).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
US$3 per minute.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
January, 1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide,
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$195.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Basmark Corporation
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P.O. Box 40450
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Cleveland, OH 44140
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U.S.A.
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Phone:
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+1 216 871 8855
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Fax:
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+1 216 871 9011
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EMail:
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jgo@basmark.com
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URL:
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http://www.basmark.com
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Contact:
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Joseph G. O'Toole
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Last modified:
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November 4, 1997.
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9.28. XMove 4.0 for Linux
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Description:
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XMove is a software package for design, prototyping and testing
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the graphic user interface of a software system dealing
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dynamically changing values. This conception shall be partially
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reflected in the name XMove, which is also the abbreviation of
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"X Window System Meter Object Visualization and Editing Tool".
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X Window System: XMove is based completely on the standard X
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Windows System. XMove was specifically designed to support this
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standard for graphics user interfaces. In many applications
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XMove can be used complementary to OSF/Motif.
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Meter Object: Meter Object is the reference to the dynamic
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features of XMove. Using XMove the user can provide dynamic
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attributes for any graphics object in addition to the definition
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of static behavior.
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Visualizing: means that the displaying and managing of the
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application-specific graphics, which can be designed
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interactively usign XMove, is done by XMove during of the
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application.
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Editing Tool: stands for the interactive possibilities of
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creating the static and dynamic parts of an application-specific
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graphyc usign the XMove editors.
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XMove generate the necesary C++ code for X Windows System to
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develop the application in a very sample way. XMove is an
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object oriented graphics developing system.
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Distribution media:
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CD-ROM, Internet (EMail and WWW).
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Documentation:
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PostScript manuals are included with the package.
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Available since:
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March, 1997.
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Countries with distribution:
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World wide.
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Price range (Europe, Asia, Australia):
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o US$6,000 (including the editor and libraries).
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o US$3,500 (only the editor)
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o US$3,500 (only the library)
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Price range (America):
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o US$5,000 (including the editor and libraries).
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o US$3,000 (only the editor)
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o US$3,000 (only the library)
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Vendor:
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Future Technologies
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Via B. Cairoli, 1
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I-33170 Pordenone
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Italy
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Phone:
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+39 434 20 91 07
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Fax:
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+39 434 20 95 10
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EMail:
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info@futuretg.com
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URL:
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http://www.futuretg.com
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Contact:
|
|
Giovanni A. Orlando
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Last modified:
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August 12, 1997.
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10. Emulation
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10.1. Emulus
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Description:
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Emulus is an X-Windows/Motif application which uses TCP/IP to
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establish a connection to an IBM mainframe host, emulating a
|
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3270 terminal. Emulus supports mainframe graphics, including
|
|
3270 graphics datastream extension used by mainframe SAS
|
|
Software. Other features include customization through dialogs,
|
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a scripting facility to record and playback host interaction,
|
|
EasyPads (customized windows of buttons), and cut and paste
|
|
between Emulus and other X applications. Emulus also comes with
|
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Helplus, an hypertext help viewer modeled after WinHelp. It is
|
|
used to provide online help for Emulus, but can also be used to
|
|
develop Help for other X applications.
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Distribution media:
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CD-ROM.
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Licensing policy:
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Licensing is per CPU.
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OS provisions:
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Linux 1.2 or higher, 8-16 MB RAM, 5 MB hard disk; Motif
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statically linked.
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Documentation:
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|
Printed book, man pages, online help, English.
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|
Product support:
|
|
Technical Support from SAS Institute.
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|
Price range:
|
|
US$99; includes hardcopy documentation, and Technical Support
|
|
for one year.
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|
Vendor:
|
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SAS Institute Inc.
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SAS Campus Drive
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|
Cary, NC 27513
|
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U.S.A.
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|
Phone:
|
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+1 919 677 8000
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 919 677 8166
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
saspjh@unx.sas.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.sas.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Phil Herold
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
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|
|
|
10.2. Executor 2
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|
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|
|
Description:
|
|
Executor 2 allows your Linux system to run many Macintosh
|
|
applications, including commercial software like Adobe Photoshop
|
|
and Illustrator, Quark XPress, Microsoft Word and Excel and
|
|
Quicken, as well as lots of Macintosh shareware, freeware and
|
|
demoware. A compatibility database is available at our web
|
|
site. Executor 2 also allows you to read and write Macintosh
|
|
formatted media without losing important meta-data information
|
|
like the file type and file creator.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Commercial software with a time limited demo available from our
|
|
web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux/X and Linux/SVGAlib.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
30 page mini-manual in CD-ROM jewel-box case, additional
|
|
tutorial information available on our web site and in the Usenet
|
|
group comp.emulators.mac.executor.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Each Executor 2 CD-ROM contains Executor/DOS and Executor/Linux.
|
|
You can switch between them, but are allowed to only run one at
|
|
a time.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Suggested Retail: US$249. Educational Institutions: US$149,
|
|
Full-time Students: US$65.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
ARDI
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Suite 4-101
|
|
1650 University Boulevard, NE
|
|
Albuquerque, NM 87102
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 505 766 9115
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 505 766 5153
|
|
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
questions@ardi.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.ardi.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
November 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
10.3. Wabi 2.2 for OpenLinux
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Description:
|
|
Caldera licensed and ported SunSoft's Wabi technology to enable
|
|
end users to run popular Windows 3.1 applications on Linux-based
|
|
system software. Channel Partners and customers can utilize
|
|
Caldera Wabi 2.2 for Linux running on Caldera OpenLinux, an open
|
|
source environment, to remotely manage Windows 3.1 applications
|
|
at home, in the office or on the road. Channel Partners who
|
|
create customized turn-key solutions based on environments like
|
|
SCOR OpenServer 5 or Windows NT can now use the Wabi/COL
|
|
solution to increase revenues by lowering overall cost and
|
|
system requirements. The suggested retail price for Wabi 2.2
|
|
for Linux is US$199. The product requires Linux on a 386 (or
|
|
higher) Intel-based processor, 16 MB RAM (24 MB recommended),
|
|
VGA-quality video and 10 MB disk space.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
One user per licensed copy. No shareware or FTP.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Runs on Caldera Network Desktop and OpenLinux.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online and printed manual.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
30-days installation support via EMail and phone.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
November 18, 1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
47 countries worldwide; see our web site for local reseller.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$199 with additional licenses at US$179. Educational pricing
|
|
is US$149 with additional licenses at US$129.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Caldera, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
633 S. 550 E.
|
|
Provo, UT 84606
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 800 850 7779, +1 801 377 7687
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 801 377 8752
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
orders@caldera.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.caldera.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Nathan Hatch
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
November 14, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11. Financial Software
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11.1. BB Stock Pro and BB Stock Tool
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
BB Stock Pro and BB Stock Tool are powerful stock charting,
|
|
tracking and analysis tools for investors. Features include
|
|
stock charting, technical analysis, market timing, portfolio
|
|
management. In addition, it has customized alerts, automatic
|
|
stock split detection and management, stock screening, most
|
|
active issues and big price movers, personalized watch list,
|
|
Auto-Run, and builtin Easy Stock Update via Internet with either
|
|
direct connection or behind firewall via proxy server.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (FTP and WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Per machine license. 30 day free trial is available at our web
|
|
site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux 2.0 ELF.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Context sensitive online help, and User's Guide in HTML, viewed
|
|
with web browser.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Free technical support. Frequently asked questions and answers
|
|
available at our web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
Sun SPARC version available since December 1993. Linux version
|
|
available since April 1995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
USA, Canada, Sweden, Germany, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Linux version is US$99.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Falkor Technologies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P.O. Box 14201
|
|
Fremont, CA 94539
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 510 505 0700
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
skyline@falkor.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.falkor.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Henry Chen
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
March 18, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11.2. TimeClock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Employee time and attendance package for small to medium sized
|
|
businesses. Includes custom report module, interface to
|
|
barcode/magnetic card readers (Employee ID), and data export
|
|
module.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
One CPU, unlimited users.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed manual and online HTML manual included with software.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Free, usually 20 minute response time.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Barcode/magnetic card interface.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1992 XENIX and MS-DOS version, 1994 AIX version, October 1996
|
|
Linux version.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
USA.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$149.99.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Quality Software Solutions, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1322 Dodds Avenue
|
|
Chattanooga, TN 37404
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 888 423 5757, +1 423 821 5757
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 423 629 0744
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
dbryson@tclock.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.tclock.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Donald Bryson
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
12. Libraries
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12.1. FontScope
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Type 1 Font Rasterizer Library. Allows users to arbitrarily
|
|
scale, skew or rotate characters in Type 1 fonts and get back
|
|
either a bitmap or an outline. Product includes full sources.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Single user license with product. Since product includes full
|
|
sources and our resources are limited, it is sold with no
|
|
warranty and no support. Support contracts may be purchased at
|
|
additional cost. OEM licenses, site licenses and enterprise-
|
|
wide licenses available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
A manual, nicely typeset in 2-column format, is available with
|
|
the distribution as a PostScript file.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Support contracts may be purchased at additional cost.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
October 15, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$39.95. California residents subject to sales tax. Price
|
|
subject to change without notice.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
CurveSoft, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2053 Grant Road, Suite 555
|
|
Los Altos, CA 94024
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 800 563 0843, +1 510 843 6485 (Sales only)
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 650 254 0900
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@curvesoft.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.curvesoft.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Munagala V. S. Ramanath
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
October 24, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12.2. INTERACTER
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
INTERACTER is a portable user-interface and graphics subroutine
|
|
library for Fortran software developers. INTERACTER-based
|
|
programs are portable to a wide range of Fortran compilers
|
|
running on Unix, VMS, Windows, DOS. The Linux version supports
|
|
f2c and g77 (ELF). Functions include menus, text windows,
|
|
forms, graphics primitives, presentation graphics, hardcopy
|
|
(many formats) and operating system interface.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes and 4mm DAT.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
INTERACTER-based programs can be distributed royalty free.
|
|
Linux demo program available at http://www.demon.co.uk/issltd.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux version supports X Windows (via Xlib), graphics terminals
|
|
or Linux console (colour text-mode). Requires g77 or f2c.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Two-volume English language printed manual.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Free lifetime technical support. New releases every six months.
|
|
Chargeable software updates.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Optional INTERACTER Toolkit provides form designer, graphics
|
|
file viewer, online help, hardcopy post-processor and set-up
|
|
file editor.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
October, 1995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
Distributors in North America, Europe and Australia.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Linux version: US$675 (UK L450).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Interactive Software Services Ltd.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Westwood House
|
|
Littleton Drive
|
|
Huntington
|
|
Staffs WS12 4TS
|
|
United Kingdom
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+44 1543 503611
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+44 1543 574566
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
support@issltd.demon.co.uk
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.demon.co.uk/issltd
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
October 1, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12.3. Matrix<LIB> - C++ Math Matrix Library
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Matrix<LIB> is a Matlab Compatible C++ Matrix Class Library,
|
|
designed for development of advanced scientific high-level C++
|
|
code. Our main design objective was to keep the C++ source code
|
|
clear and similar to the equivalent Matlab code, making your
|
|
shift from Matlab to C++ easier. If you know how to program
|
|
Matlab, you already know how to use our Matrix<LIB> C++ Math
|
|
Library. The code was carefully optimized for maximal
|
|
performance, too. Matrix<LIB> is also included in the MATCOM V2
|
|
distribution.
|
|
|
|
The library includes complex math, binary and unary operators,
|
|
powerful indexing capabilities, signal processing, file I/O,
|
|
linear algebra, string operations and graphics. Over 300
|
|
mathematical functions are included in Matrix<LIB>.
|
|
|
|
MS Windows and many Unix platform are supported with a variety
|
|
of C++ compilers. An evaluation version (fully functional, 30
|
|
days limited) is available for free download from our web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
From single license to site license. Contact The MathTools for
|
|
details.
|
|
|
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|
|
OS provisions:
|
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Linux 1.2, gcc 2.6.3 or later, 8 MB of RAM, 15 MB on disk.
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Documentation:
|
|
Users manual and library reference in various formats (MS Word,
|
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MS Write, plain text, PostScript).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
A fast product support is given by EMail only. The support
|
|
section in the web page give immediate access to a wealth of
|
|
resources, technical support, answers to frequently asked
|
|
questions, technical documents and more.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
MathTools Accelerator: provides significant performance gains
|
|
for Matrix<LIB> programs using Linear Algebra and matrix
|
|
multiplication, on a Pentium with the Visuall C++ compiler.
|
|
|
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|
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Available since:
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November, 1996.
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Countries with distribution:
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World wide.
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|
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|
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Price range:
|
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US$499 (US$249 for academic institutes).
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Vendor:
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MathTools, Ltd.
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P.O. Box 855
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Horsham, PA 19044-0855
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U.S.A.
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Phone:
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+1 212 208 4476
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Fax:
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+1 888 628 4866, +1 215 957 1719
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|
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EMail:
|
|
info@mathtools.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.mathtools.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Robert G. Ford
|
|
Last modified:
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August 7, 1997.
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12.4. PKWARE Data Compression Library for Linux
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Description:
|
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The library does lossless compression and consists of
|
|
compression, an extraction, and an error checking routine. To
|
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maintain flexibility and keep the library's code size at a
|
|
minimum, the PKWARE Data Compression Library does not create
|
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.ZIP compatible archives.
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|
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|
|
Distribution media:
|
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3.5" diskettes.
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Licensing policy:
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Per machine with no runtime royalties.
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OS provisions:
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Intel x86, 36 KB RAM for compressing and 13 KB RAM for
|
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uncompressing, 1 MB on hard disk.
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Documentation:
|
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Printed 33 page manual and separate installation notes in
|
|
English. Example code provided on disk.
|
|
|
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|
|
Product support:
|
|
No-charge. Technical support via phone, fax or EMail.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Also compatible with FreeBSD.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
September 14, 1995.
|
|
|
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|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy, Germany, The
|
|
Netherlands, Japan, and the UK.
|
|
|
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|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$450. Educational discount available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
PKWARE, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
9025 N. Deerwood Drive
|
|
Brown Deer, WI 53223-2480
|
|
U.S.A.
|
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|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 414 354 8699
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 414 354 8559
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@pkware.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.pkware.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Bob Gorman
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 5, 1997.
|
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|
|
12.5. readyBase
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
A dynamic embeddable database library with a C API, Perl module,
|
|
and Java interface.
|
|
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|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM and Internet (FTP and WWW).
|
|
|
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|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Commercial license. A free 30 day demo is available.
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|
|
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|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Kernel 2.0.x. 1MB RAM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online documentation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Update service, maintenance, training and prices thereof.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
March, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
USA.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$1295 for 1 developer and 50 end-user license
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Dynamical Systems, Ltd.
|
|
|
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|
|
175 W. Jackson Boulevard, Suite A253
|
|
Chicago, IL 60604
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 312 341 1755
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 312 341 1891
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@dynamical-systems.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.dynamical-systems.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Gary Kuper
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
April 22, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
12.6. SIMLIB IG
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Description:
|
|
SIMLIB IG is a C library. It enables the user to communicate
|
|
with an Evans & Sutherland image generator (Liberty and ESIG
|
|
Systems) using a very efficient raw Ethernet protocol. There is
|
|
no need for using opcodes, since SIMLIB IG provides an API to
|
|
the functionality of the image generators.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
4mm DAT tar format and 3.5" diskettes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Commercial.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux 2.0.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed manual in English, source code examples on media.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$2,500.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
KNIENIEDER Simulationstechnik
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Technologiezentrum Tirol
|
|
Eduard Bodemgasse 5
|
|
A-6020 Innsbruck
|
|
Austria
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+43 512 390415 650
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+43 512 364000 20, +43 512 364000 30
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
office@knienieder.co.at
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Stephan Haidacher
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
September 29, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13. Mathematics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13.1. Maple V Release 4 - The Power Edition
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Maple V Release 4 is the powerful computer algebra system used
|
|
by mathematicians, engineers, and scientists for teaching and
|
|
research. Maple V lets you perform a wide range of symbolic and
|
|
numeric computations quickly and accurately. It includes more
|
|
than 2500 built-in math functions, 2D and 3D graphics,
|
|
animation, and more. New features in Release 4 include
|
|
outlining, styles, and hyperlinking, typeset math notation in
|
|
input, output, and text, full text search of Help Database and
|
|
new computational and plotting facilities.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
License for unlimited use in time of the bought version,
|
|
floating license with user based pricing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux kernel 2.0.0 or above, X11 R6.1 or above (for running X11
|
|
GUI components), 12 MB of RAM suggested. The binaries are
|
|
available in ELF format only.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
3 books: "Maple V - Learning Guide", "Maple V - Programming
|
|
Guide", "The Maple V Handbook". Also available in German:
|
|
"Einfuehrung in Maple V" und "Programmieren mit Maple V".
|
|
Documentation and help in English, a variety of books available
|
|
in different languages.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Updates/maintenance depending on license, please call the
|
|
distributor or WMSI.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Share library via EMail and FTP. Free mailing list available
|
|
(maple_group@daisy.waterloo.edu).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
September, 1994.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
USA/Canada, Europe and Asia.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Waterloo Maple Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
450 Phillip Street
|
|
Waterloo, ON N2L 5J2
|
|
Canada
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 519 747 2373
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 519 747 5284
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@maplesoft.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor in Germany:
|
|
Scientific Computers GmbH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Franzstr. 106
|
|
D-52064 Aachen
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+49 241 47075 0
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+49 241 44983
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
maple@scientific.de
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Andreas Himmeldorf
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13.2. MATCOM and MATCOM MATH LIBRARY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
MATCOM is a Matlab to C++ compiler and C++ MATRIX MATH LIBRARY.
|
|
MATCOM compiles Matlab source files (M-Files) to C++ source
|
|
code. The resulting code is linked with the supplied C++ Matrix
|
|
class library to create standalone executables or MEX files.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The C++ code and library can be integrated in products, royalty
|
|
free, saving the need to translate the algorithm prototype.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Compiled code runs significantly faster than the original
|
|
interpreted source.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Matrices of doubles, floats, ints and chars are supported,
|
|
providing lower memory usage for many applications, especially
|
|
signal and image processing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
MS Windows and many Unix platform are supported with a variety
|
|
of C++ compilers. An evaluation version (fully functional, 30
|
|
days limited) is available for free download from our web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
From single license to site license. Contact The MathTools for
|
|
details.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux 1.2, gcc 2.6.3 or later, 8 MB of RAM, 15 MB on disk.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Users manual and library reference in various formats (MS Word,
|
|
MS Write, plain text, PostScript).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
A fast product support is given by EMail only. The support
|
|
section in the web page give immediate access to a wealth of
|
|
resources, technical support, answers to frequently asked
|
|
questions, technical documents and more.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
MathTools Accelerator: provides significant performance gains
|
|
for MATCOM programs using Linear Algebra and matrix
|
|
multiplication, on a Pentium with the Visual C++ compiler.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
May, 1995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$499 ($249 for academic institutes).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
MathTools, Ltd.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P.O. Box 855
|
|
Horsham, PA 19044-0855
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 212 208 4476
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 888 628 4866, +1 215 957 1719
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@mathtools.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.mathtools.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Robert G. Ford
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 7, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13.3. Mathematica 3.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Mathematica 3.0--Known for delivering quick, accurate numeric
|
|
and symbolic solutions, Mathematica is ideal for creating
|
|
interactive technical reports and presentations that include
|
|
text, active formulas, graphics, and customizable buttons and
|
|
palettes. Breakthrough new features, such as an innovative
|
|
typesetting system that can do math, now make Mathematica even
|
|
easier to use.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Commercial, 30 day fully functional demo CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Kernel 1.2 or higher.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
The Mathematica Book 1400 pages. Complete book and additional
|
|
help files online.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Three service levels, see http://www.wolfram.com/service for
|
|
details.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
About 15 application packages.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
October, 1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$1295, academic and student discounts, site licenses
|
|
available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Wolfram Research Europe Ltd
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 Blenheim Office Park
|
|
Lower Road
|
|
Long Hanborough
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
|
OX8 8LN
|
|
UK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+44 1993 883400
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+44 1993 883800
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@wolfram.co.uk
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.wolfram.co.uk
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
May 25, 1998.
|
|
13.4. MATLAB and Simulink
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
MATLAB is a high performance language for technical computing.
|
|
It integrates computation, visualization, and programming in an
|
|
easy-to-use environment where problems and solutions are
|
|
expressed in familiar mathematical notation. MATLAB supports
|
|
the development of large complex applications. Features include
|
|
the M-file Performance Profiler for algorithm optimization, the
|
|
integrated visual editor and debugger, and powerful interactive
|
|
tools for signal processing and control system design.
|
|
|
|
Simulink is a powerful, interactive software package for
|
|
modeling, analyzing, and simulating dynamic systems. It
|
|
provides extremely accurate simulations of nonlinear continuous-
|
|
time systems and systems with multiple modes of operation.
|
|
Features include support for conditionally executed subsystems;
|
|
state-of-the-art solvers; usability improvements such as signal
|
|
and port labeling; and new blocks.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM and Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Using GlobeTrotter (FLEXlm) CPU locked or floating network
|
|
options. Contact The MathWorks for details.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux 2.0.18, 32 MB of RAM, 40 MB disk space (60 MB to include
|
|
all help files and documentation).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed documentation, online help, MATLAB Reference Guide
|
|
(HTML).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
The MathWorks supports a variety of Internet-based services to
|
|
provide product information and services 24 hours a day. These
|
|
services give immediate access to a wealth of resources, product
|
|
data sheets, technical support, answers to frequently asked
|
|
questions, user-contributed materials, open-forum discussions,
|
|
and more.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
MATLAB Extensions: MATLAB Compiler, MATLAB C/C++ Math Library.
|
|
|
|
Toolboxes: Fuzzy Logic, Signal Processing, Image Processing,
|
|
Spline, Symbolic Math, Neural Network, Control System, Robust
|
|
Control, Mu-Analysis & Synthesis, System Identification,
|
|
Optimization, Statistics, Financial, Frequency Domain System
|
|
Identification, Higher-Order Spectral Analysis, Communication,
|
|
LMI Control, Model Predicitve Control, NAG Foundation, Neural
|
|
Network, Partial Differential Equation, QFT Control Design,
|
|
Symbolic Math and Extended Symbolic Math, Wavelet.
|
|
|
|
Simulink Extensions: Simulink Accelerator, Real-Time Workshop.
|
|
|
|
Blocksets: Fixed-Point, DSP, Nonlinear Control Design.
|
|
Available since:
|
|
June, 1995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Upon request.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
The MathWorks, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 Prime Park Way
|
|
Natick, MA 01760
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 508 647 7000 x7322
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 508 647 7002
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
efroio@mathworks.com, brian@mathworks.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.mathworks.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Enza Froio (Marketing), Brian Bourgault (Technical)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
March 27, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14. Multimedia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14.1. Peter Lipa and his Journeys
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
This is a multimedia CD-ROM about world-known jazzman Peter
|
|
Lipa. It is the first product from edition Journeys of Groups
|
|
and Singers from KDK Company to contain Linux version of the
|
|
program directly on the CD-ROM. The CD-ROM contains more than 8
|
|
hours of near-CD quality music (101 songs in full length), more
|
|
than 30 minutes of videos, 2 hours of spoken word, more than 120
|
|
photos, 10 karaoke songs and a lot of other information
|
|
(Bratislava Jazz Days, various performances all over the world,
|
|
TV and theatre performances, ...). The CD-ROM is multilingual:
|
|
English, German and Slovak.
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Program is free, data licensed per CPU.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux kernel 2.0.27 or higher (may work with 1.2), XFree86 3.2
|
|
(may work with older X11R6 versions), 16 MB of RAM, 10-30 MB of
|
|
disk space, no Motif, Intel Linux ELF.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online and short description of controls in CD-ROM booklet
|
|
(English, German and Slovak).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
October 14, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$30 plus shipping, includes unlimited free program upgrades
|
|
(via FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
KDK Company, Ltd.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vodna 8
|
|
040 01 Kosice
|
|
Slovakia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+421 95 6233335
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+421 95 6233336
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
linux@kdk.sk
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|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.kdk.sk, http://obchod.kdk.sk (virtual store).
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Ivan Schreter
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
November 1, 1997.
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|
|
14.2. Lucka Vondrackova and her Journeys
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
This is a multimedia CD-ROM about Lucka Vondrackova, young Czech
|
|
singer and actress. This CD-ROM is multilingual: English,
|
|
Slovak and Czech. The product does not yet contain Linux
|
|
version of the program directly on the CD-ROM (The Linux version
|
|
of the program is supplied on an extra diskette or can be
|
|
downloaded via FTP). The CD-ROM contains more than three hours
|
|
of music (all Lucka's songs in full length), 9 videoclips, all
|
|
lyrics to Lucka's songs with notes and guitar accords, more than
|
|
130 photos, a lot of interesting interviews, 10 karaoke songs
|
|
and a lot of other information about Lucka.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Multimedia data on CD-ROM, program on diskette or via FTP.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Program is free, data licensed per CPU.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux kernel 2.0.27 or higher (may work with 1.2), XFree86 3.2
|
|
(may work with older X11R6 versions), 16 MB of RAM, 10-30 MB of
|
|
disk space, no Motif, Intel Linux ELF.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online and short description of controls in CD-ROM booklet
|
|
(English and Slovak).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
October 14, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$34 plus shipping, includes unlimited free program upgrades
|
|
(via FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
KDK Company, Ltd.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vodna 8
|
|
040 01 Kosice
|
|
Slovakia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+421 95 6233335
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+421 95 6233336
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
linux@kdk.sk
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.kdk.sk, http://obchod.kdk.sk (virtual store).
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Ivan Schreter
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
November 1, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14.3. MpegTV Player 1.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Real-time MPEG Video player (with audio) and Video-CD player.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Shareware for personal and non-profit use. Commercial licenses
|
|
required for commercial and governmental use.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online help and HTML manual on web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Can stream video from networks.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Shareware registration fee is US$10. Commercial licenses:
|
|
please contact MpegTV at sales@mpegtv.com.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
MpegTV LLC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
90 Divisadero Street, #15
|
|
San Francisco, CA 94117
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 415 864 6466
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@mpegtv.com
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.mpegtv.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Tristan Savatier
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
December 23, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14.4. Peter Nagy and his Journeys
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
This is a multimedia CD-ROM about Peter Nagy, Slovak pop singer.
|
|
This CD-ROM is available in Slovak only and does not yet contain
|
|
the Linux version of the program directly on the CD-ROM (The
|
|
Linux version of the program is supplied on an extra diskette or
|
|
can be downloaded via FTP). The CD-ROM contains more than four
|
|
hours of music (154 song samples, 38 songs in full length), 9
|
|
videoclips, 222 song lyrics, 93 song notes with guitar accords,
|
|
120 photos, 8 interviews, citations from the book Musicross,
|
|
information about all albums of Peter Nagy and a lot of other
|
|
information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Multimedia data on CD-ROM, program on diskette or via FTP.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Program is free, data licensed per CPU.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux kernel 2.0.27 or higher (may work with 1.2), XFree86 3.2
|
|
(may work with older X11R6 versions), 16 MB of RAM, 10-30 MB of
|
|
disk space, no Motif, Intel Linux ELF.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online and short description of controls in CD-ROM booklet
|
|
(Slovak only).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
October 14, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$34 plus shipping, includes unlimited free program upgrades
|
|
(via FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
KDK Company, Ltd.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vodna 8
|
|
040 01 Kosice
|
|
Slovakia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+421 95 6233335
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+421 95 6233336
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
linux@kdk.sk
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.kdk.sk, http://obchod.kdk.sk (virtual store).
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Ivan Schreter
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
November 1, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14.5. Xaudio
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
MP3 Player.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Free for personal and non-profit use. Commercial licenses
|
|
required for commercial and governmental use.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online help and HTML manual on web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Can stream CD-quality audio from networks.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Free for personal and non-profit use. Commercial licenses:
|
|
please contact MpegTV at sales@mpegtv.com.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
MpegTV LLC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
90 Divisadero Street, #15
|
|
San Francisco, CA 94117
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 415 864 6466
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
xaudio@mpegtv.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.xaudio.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Gilles Boccon-Gibod
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
December 23, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15. Network Servers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15.1. Critical Angle X.500 Enabler
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
The Critical Angle X.500 Enabler allows an LDAP-only directory
|
|
server to be integrated into an X.500 directory service, such as
|
|
the PARADISE international white pages directory or an
|
|
enterprise messaging directory service. It supports all
|
|
X.500(88) operations, including authentication.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Licensed per server.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Reference platform is Red Hat Linux 3 or later for Intel.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
English documentation is included.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
An upgrade subscription is also available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
A single server license is US$495.
|
|
|
|
|
|
There is also (in 1997) a special version, PARADISE X.500
|
|
Enabler, exclusively for universities. This version does not
|
|
include the support for authentication or modification
|
|
operations; it is intended only for searching public
|
|
information. A single server license of PARADISE X.500 Enabler
|
|
is currently US$95.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Critical Angle Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4815 W. Braker Lane #502-385
|
|
Austin TX 78759
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@critical-angle.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.critical-angle.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Mark Wahl
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 5, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15.2. DNEWS News Server
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
DNEWS is an advanced, full featured NNTP based news server. It
|
|
is suitable for ISP's and Corporate Intranets. DNEWS can be
|
|
used as a replacement for INN or cnews and will generally result
|
|
in improved performance and much lower administration. Features
|
|
include: easy installation and management, flexible expire
|
|
settings, flexible access restrictions, EMail confirmation of
|
|
posts, XOVER extentions implemented, streaming extentions built
|
|
in, dynamic sucking feeds option, news to web gateway included.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Commercial, DNEWS is try before you buy software and can be
|
|
downloaded from our web site for free trial.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
No special requirements
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
A user manual is provided in HTML format. Online help included.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Supported by Netwin LTD.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
DNEWSWEB - A news to web gateway. Allows local and Usenet news
|
|
groups to be added to ordinary HTML pages and allows users to
|
|
read and post to local and Usenet news groups directly using any
|
|
web browser.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$485 (Free registration for schools and universities).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Netwin LTD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P.O Box 27574
|
|
MT Roskill
|
|
Auckland
|
|
New Zealand
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+64 9 6300 689
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
netwin@netwinsite.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://netwinsite.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Stephen Pugmire
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15.3. Aventail Internet Policy Manager
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Commerical SOCKS v5 server for Linux with support for multiple
|
|
authentication methods, sophisticated access controls,
|
|
datastream filtering, and intelligent auditing capabilities.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM and Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Commercial, free demo availalbe from
|
|
http://www.aventail.com/download.html
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux 2.x, 32 MB of RAM recommended, administration tool
|
|
requires X11R6 or later. Approximately 14 MB of hard disk space
|
|
required (less if you have Perl 5.003 and Perl/Tk installed).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
English documentation available in PDF or Microsoft Word format.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
90 days free technical support. Yearly maintenance is 20% of
|
|
your total licence cost. Maintenance includes product upgrades.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Various authentication and filtering plugins to add
|
|
functionality at run-time.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
November, 1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide. VPN products avaiable only in 40 bit encryption
|
|
strength outside of the USA or Canada due to export
|
|
restrictions.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
IPM starting at US$6.495. VPN starting at US$7.995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Aventail Corporation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
808 Howell Street, 2nd Floor
|
|
Seattle, WA 98101
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 888 762 5785, +1 206 215 1111
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 206 215 1120
|
|
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@aventail.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.aventail.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
June 23, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15.4. Aventail VPN
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Aventail VPN runs on Linux, Unix and NT platforms. Aventail VPN
|
|
features multiple authentication and encryption methods,
|
|
sophisticated access controls, intelligent filtering and makes
|
|
no modifications to the underlying client or server operating
|
|
system. Authentication modules include username and password,
|
|
CHAP, RADIUS, SSL, digital certificates and token-based
|
|
security. Encryption modules include DES, Triple DES and MD
|
|
4/5. Aventail VPN's access controls allow user permission to be
|
|
grated based on variables such as the user's role within a
|
|
company, group association, intended destination, type of
|
|
application, type of encryption and/or authentication, or even
|
|
more customized information. Aventail VPN is the only product
|
|
to work on top of PPTP, IPSec, and L2TP.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
60 day evaluation period; pricing based on server connections
|
|
and quantity of clients.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
All products ship with an automatic 90 day warranty and dial-up
|
|
telephone technical support. To extend your coverage, you may
|
|
purchase the Annual Support Program. The Support Program is 20%
|
|
of your total license cost, annually renewable.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
May, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Starts at US$6,995; Pricing based on connections.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Aventail Corporation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
808 Howell Street, 2nd Floor
|
|
Seattle, WA 98101
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 206 215 1111
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 206 215 1120
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@aventail.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.aventail.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Deanna Leung
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
June 23, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15.5. WANPIPE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
WANPIPE integrates into the Linux routing stack to provide IP
|
|
and IPX routing over Frame Relay, PPP or X.25 networks at line
|
|
speeds to 2.048Mbps. WANPIPE has either V.35, EIA530, X.21 or
|
|
RS232 interfaces, or a built in T1 and Fractional T1 DSU/CSU.
|
|
Extensive debugging and monitoring features make installation
|
|
and management easy.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Linux source freely distributed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
All versions of Linux.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Provided with source for Linux.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Supported by Sangoma, unlimited.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Optional integrated T1/Ft1 DSU/CSU, choice of V.35, X.21, EIA530
|
|
or RS232 cabling.
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
US, UK, Israel, Poland, Canada, Germany, Korea, China.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$589-$859.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Sangoma Technologies Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1001 Denison Street, Suite 101
|
|
Markham, ON L3R 2Z6
|
|
Canada
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 905 474 1990, +1 800 388 2475
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 905 474 9223
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
dm@sangoma.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.sangoma.com
|
|
|
|
FTP:
|
|
ftp://ftp.sangoma.com/pub/linux
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
David Mandelstam
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
May 8, 1998.
|
|
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15.6. Zeus Web Server
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|
|
Description:
|
|
Scalable web application server for ISP hosting, Ontranets and
|
|
secure e-Commerce. Full Frontpage support, 128 bit SSL3 world
|
|
wide, Apache compatibility, web-centric delegatable management
|
|
interface.
|
|
|
|
Application development in ISAPI, Java-Servlets and CGI.
|
|
Distributed server-side Java gives high performance database
|
|
connectivity.
|
|
|
|
Unlimited virtual servers with groupable configuration, real-
|
|
time statistics, bandwidth throttling and extensive logging.
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
One License per machine running the software. Free 30 day
|
|
evaluations are available from the site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online help, available in Germany and Spanish.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Academic: L50. Commercial: L999.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Zeus Technology Limited
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|
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|
St Johns Innovation Centre, Cowley Road
|
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Cambridge, CB4 4WS
|
|
UK
|
|
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|
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|
|
Phone:
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+44 1223 42 17 27
|
|
|
|
Fax:
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|
+44 1223 42 17 31
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@zeustech.net
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.zeustech.net
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Bryan Amesbury <bames@zeustech.net>
|
|
|
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Last modified:
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|
December 23, 1997.
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16. Office Tools
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|
|
16.1. Corel WordPerfect 8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
WordPerfect 8 for Linux Personal Edition is a world-class word
|
|
processor, native on Linux. It offers the same outstanding
|
|
tools, intuitive graphical interface and file formatas the
|
|
Windows version. WordPerfect 8 for Linux imports over 40
|
|
document types (including Microsoft Word97), and supports over
|
|
1,000 different printers.
|
|
WordPerfect 8 for Linux Server Edition includes everything from
|
|
the Personal Edition, plus a character terminal binary and
|
|
several powerful utilities, such as background merge and print.
|
|
Server Edition also offers concurrent licensing for business
|
|
use.
|
|
|
|
WordPerfect 8 for Linux (both editions) offer localized versions
|
|
in English (US), English (UK), English (Canada), English
|
|
(Australia), French (national), French (Canada), German,
|
|
Italian, Spanish, and Dutch.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM and Internet (WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
WordPerfect 8 for Linux Personal Edition: licensing is per
|
|
machine. WordPerfect 8 for Linux Server Edition: licensing is
|
|
concurrent use.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Kernel 2.0.x and later stable versions; libc. For X Windows, 9
|
|
MB of RAM for first user, 2.5 MB RAM for each additional user,
|
|
43-104 MB hard disk space (depending on install options). For
|
|
Character terminals, 2 MB RAM for first user, 1 MB RAM for each
|
|
additional user, 31-40 MB hard disk space (depending on install
|
|
options).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed manuals: GUI binary, character terminal binary
|
|
(approximately 750 pages each). Online (Adobe Acrobat format)
|
|
manuals available for GUI binary.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
WordPerfect 8 for Linux Personal Edition: self-support
|
|
(knowledge base, discussion groups, etc.), EMail support,
|
|
telephone toll support. WordPerfect 8 for Linux Server Edition:
|
|
30 day up-and-running telephone support, EMail support;
|
|
additional support and maintenance packages are available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
100's of Language modules (provided by Corel, these provide
|
|
keyboard templates, spelling dictionaries, and other tools
|
|
needed to create documents in other languages). Medical
|
|
spelling dictionaries (provided by third parties--contact
|
|
info@sdcorp.com for details).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
September, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$39.95-$495.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Software Development Corporation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
512 East 1860 South
|
|
Provo, UT 84606
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 801 370 9600
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 801 370 9696
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@sdcorp.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.sdcorp.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
John Gleave
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 15, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16.2. The American Heritage Dictionary Deluxe
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
This long-awaited release is ideal for technical writers,
|
|
authors, and researchers. Previously available only on PC's,
|
|
the product offers the ultimate reference tool for Linux users,
|
|
with full definitions for well over 200,000 words, plus
|
|
pronunciations, derivations, proper usage, idioms and sample
|
|
sentences. The world reknowned Roget's 500,000 word Thesarus is
|
|
fully integrated with the AHD. Browse, word and topic search,
|
|
anagrams and more. Single user, network, academic and site
|
|
licenses are available for Linux and key Unix platforms.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM, tapes, Internet (FTP and WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Single user node locked or server license (shared). A free
|
|
unclockable demo is available at our web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Motif GUI, 8-16 MB RAM, 15 MB harddisk or run from the CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Documentation as a help text file. English language.
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Maintenance available. Call DUX for details.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Addlitional reference volumes and additional language support to
|
|
be announced.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
February, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
Currently sold in the USA and Germany. However, sales are made
|
|
internationally via unclockable FTP/WWW copies and sold with
|
|
authorized major credit card.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$49.95 for node lock single user. Call DUX or an authorized
|
|
reseller for sliding scale or site license pricing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
DUX Software Corporation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
425 Sherman Avenue Ste 330
|
|
Palo Alto, CA 94306
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 800 543 4999, +1 415 473 1800
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 415 462 8723
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@dux.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.dux.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Bob Adams, Rob DuFrane
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 7, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16.3. Applixware Office Suite for Linux
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Fully-graphical, fully-integrated office suite for Linux.
|
|
Includes word processor, spreadsheet, presentation graphics,
|
|
mail, database client, and HTML authoring software. Also
|
|
includes Builder, a graphical rapid application development
|
|
program.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Per concurrent user license.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Kernel 1.2.13 or better, XFree86 3.1.2 or better, 16 MB RAM, 150
|
|
MB hard disk.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Make-It-Happen Manual. Online documentation in English, French,
|
|
and German.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Paid support avaailable. Users can subscribe to mailing list
|
|
applixware-list@applix.com, and see archives and FAQ's at
|
|
http://linux.applixware.com.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
French and German interface, international dictionaries.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
July, 1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
North America, Europe, Japan, Australia.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$99, upgrades for US$79.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Applix, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
112 Turnpike Road
|
|
Westboro, MA 01581
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 508 870 0300
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
mrlinux@applix.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://linux.applixware.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Richard Manly <rmanly@applix.com>
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
October 1, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16.4. D.M.S. Document Management System
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
The system collects documents in Tiff-g4, PostScript and JPEG
|
|
and organizes them in folders with record information like names
|
|
and descriptions. The system can be access using any web
|
|
broswer: viewing, modify, full text retrieval and faxing are
|
|
provided by a web interface. New documents are made by printing
|
|
to printer spooler.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
The system is installed by vendor on your Linux box with a
|
|
server licence, unlimited clients, unlimited document number.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux 2.0.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
HTML.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
SQL server integrationm, print capture from accounting software.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Upon request.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Studio LEADER Pro
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Via Pietrastretta, 76
|
|
I-38100 Trento
|
|
Italy
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+39 461 828229
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+39 461 829826, +39 461 829877
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
DMS@leader.it
|
|
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.leader.it
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Guido Brugnara <brugnara@leader.it>
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 19, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16.5. HotWire EasyFAX
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Fully functional GUI Fax Management Program.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Free fully functional eval from WWW site..
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
5.5 MB Disk, 4 MB RAM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online context-sensitive help.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Via EMail and Usenet only.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
January 1, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
USA/Canada (Unisource Systems, Inc.), Germany/Europe (Delix
|
|
Computer, GmbH).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$99.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Unisource Systems, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1409 N. Cove Boulevard
|
|
Longwood, FL 32750
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 407 834 1973
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 407 834 8013
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@unisrc.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.unisrc.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Gary Heller
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
October 3, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16.6. NExS, the Network Extensible Spreadsheet
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
NExS is a full-featured graphical spreadsheet package which is
|
|
designed to take advantage of the advanced features of Unix and
|
|
the X Window system. It includes more than 230 computational
|
|
functions and 13 2D and 3D graph types for engineering,
|
|
scientific and business applications. NExS is extensible
|
|
through a network aware API that allows user-defined "plug-ins"
|
|
to add new features and functions in a variety of programming
|
|
languages. NExS software plug-in bus includes 63 "slots" for
|
|
remote processes to connect and extend NExS' basic
|
|
functionality, allowing for the development of sophisticated
|
|
networked applications.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (FTP and WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
The NExS Personal Edition license is for a single user and
|
|
single platform type. The owner may use the license on multiple
|
|
machines. The Professional Edition license is a floating
|
|
network license which allows a pool of licenses to be used on
|
|
any supported platform in your network. Without a license, NExS
|
|
runs in "demo mode" with limited functionality.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
NExS runs on Linux kernels which support ELF binaries. There
|
|
are two flavors for Linux, one which requires Motif 2.0 shared
|
|
libraries, and one which includes Motif 2.0 statically linked.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
The NExS User Guide is available in PostScript (letter format,
|
|
431 pages, or A4 format, 403 pages), and in HTML. API and
|
|
tclNExS documentation are available separate from the User
|
|
Guide, also in PostScript and HTML format. Printed
|
|
documentation is also available. All documentation is in
|
|
English.
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
EMail support is standard at no cost. Phone-in support is
|
|
available for a charge. Bug fix and minor version releases
|
|
(e.g., 1.2.x -> 1.3.0) are no cost. Major releases are
|
|
substantially discounted for existing licensees.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
NExS plug-ins and user-contributed code are available at
|
|
http://www.xess.com/plugins.html.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1994.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
|
|
o US$149 ($99 academic) for Personal Edition
|
|
|
|
o US$249 ($125 academic) for Professional Edition
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
X Engineering Software Systems (XESS) Corp.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P.O. Box 33091
|
|
Raleigh, NC 27636
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 800 961 7840, +1 919 387 0076
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 919 387 1302
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@xess.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.xess.com
|
|
|
|
FTP:
|
|
ftp://ftp.vnet.net/pub/users/xess/NExS
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Dave Van den Bout <devb@xess.com>
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
March 15, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16.7. Axene Office
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Axene Office suite includes Xclamation (Desktop Publishing),
|
|
XQuad (Spreadsheet), XAllWrite (Word Processor) and XMayday
|
|
(HTML Documentation browser). Available in English, French,
|
|
German and Spanish.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM, tape, Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Workstation or floating licenses. Downloadable demo version by
|
|
FTP.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
8-16 MB RAM, 10 MB harddisk or run from the CD-ROM. a.out or
|
|
ELF version.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online HTML help and printed documentation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$49.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
AXENE, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 Montgomery street, suite 604
|
|
Jersey City, NJ 07302-3821
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 201 434 4244
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@axene.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.axene.com/english/showroom.html
|
|
|
|
FTP:
|
|
ftp://ftp.axene.com/pub
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
February 8, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16.8. Projector and Projector/Net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Produces project schedules and Gantt charts using critical path
|
|
analysis from list of activities (tasks) with their associated
|
|
durations and prerequisites. Projector produces sleek printed
|
|
output and Projector/Net produces HTML for web clients.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Single user and server licenses. There is a demo version
|
|
available for downloading from our web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
PC/Linux. Projector requires GhostScript or PostScript printer.
|
|
Projector/Net requires only a client-side web browser capable of
|
|
displaying graphics (Netscape and IE are fine). RAM
|
|
requirements for both versions are (very roughly) load module
|
|
size plus 44 bytes/activity plus 32 bytes per prerequisite
|
|
activity specification plus size of input project description
|
|
file (excluding embedded comments). Tested only with Red Hat
|
|
Linux 4.2. Projector/Net tested only with Linux/Apache server
|
|
with Internet Explorer and Netscape on the client side.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
All contained in the product distribution README and sample
|
|
project description file (English).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$200 for Projector. US$2500 for Projector/Net.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
IEDU
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Morris Dovey
|
|
1001 Office Park Road, Suite 300
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West Des Moines, IA 50265
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U.S.A.
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Phone:
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+1 515 225 1636
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EMail:
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mrdovey@iedu.com
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URL:
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http://www.iedu.com/project
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Contact:
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|
Morris Dovey
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Last modified:
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May 8, 1998.
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16.9. The Virtual Office System
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Description:
|
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Internet capable client/server, enterprise document imaging and
|
|
management. Scan directly to Linux host from Window client
|
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without using EMail or FTP.
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Distribution media:
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3.5" diskettes, tape and Internet (FTP).
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Licensing policy:
|
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Free Windows client demo available from our web site. 30 day
|
|
evaluation of enterprise server available upon request.
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OS provisions:
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Server: Linux 2.0. Client: Windows 95 and Windows NT Desktop.
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Documentation:
|
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Online help and printed administrator's manual.
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Extra features and add-ons:
|
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Windows file archiving.
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Price range:
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US$4995 - 5 user, 1 scanner, enterprise edition.
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Vendor:
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CONTEXT Information Systems, Ltd.
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314 S. 2nd Street
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Oakland, MD 21550
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U.S.A.
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Phone:
|
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+1 301 334 6550
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
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sales@contextis.com
|
|
|
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URL:
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http://www.contextis.com
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|
|
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Last modified:
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June 13, 1998.
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16.10. Axene XAllWrite
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|
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Description:
|
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The word-processing application Axene XAllWrite permits the user
|
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to create excellent quality documents with ease, whether a
|
|
simple letter or a large, complex publication. It features
|
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tools for multi-document management, bitmap or line-art image
|
|
integration, various font capabilities, and HTML format
|
|
exportation. Available in English, French, German and Spanish.
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|
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|
|
Distribution media:
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|
CD-ROM, tape, Internet (FTP).
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|
|
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Licensing policy:
|
|
Workstation or floating licenses. Downloadable demo version by
|
|
FTP.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
8-16 MB RAM, 10 MB harddisk or run from the CD-ROM. a.out or
|
|
ELF version.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online HTML help and printed documentation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
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1998.
|
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|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$25.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
AXENE, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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30 Montgomery street, suite 604
|
|
Jersey City, NJ 07302-3821
|
|
U.S.A.
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|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 201 434 4244
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@axene.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.axene.com/english/xallwrite.html
|
|
|
|
FTP:
|
|
ftp://ftp.axene.com/pub
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
February 8, 1998.
|
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|
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|
|
16.11. Axene Xclamation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Xclamation has multidocument capabilities, multi-column and
|
|
gutters capabilities, magnetic ruler marks, integration of text,
|
|
bitmap or vectorized images within polymorphous frames, complex
|
|
editing operations on frames (including logical, zooming,
|
|
outlining, rotation, background transparency, etc.), and text
|
|
exportation in HTML format. Available in English, French,
|
|
Spanish and German.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM, tape, Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Workstation or floating licenses. Downloadable demo version by
|
|
FTP.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
8-16 MB RAM, 10 MB harddisk or run from the CD-ROM. a.out or
|
|
ELF version.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online HTML help and printed documentation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$25.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
AXENE, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 Montgomery street, suite 604
|
|
Jersey City, NJ 07302-3821
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 201 434 4244
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@axene.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.axene.com/english/xclamation.html
|
|
|
|
FTP:
|
|
ftp://ftp.axene.com/pub
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
February 8, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16.12. Axene XQuad
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
XQuad features all the necessary functions for scientific and
|
|
financial calculations and for graphical presentation of
|
|
numerical data, including over 100 mathematical, logical, and
|
|
string manipulation functions, various types of graphs (from
|
|
histograms to radar), importation of external data files (text,
|
|
Excel, etc.), production tools which allow text in cells to have
|
|
automatic effect on graphical presentation. Available in
|
|
English, French, German and Spanish.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM, tape, Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Workstation or floating licenses. Downloadable demo version by
|
|
FTP.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
8-16 MB RAM, 10 MB harddisk or run from the CD-ROM. a.out or
|
|
ELF version.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online HTML help and printed documentation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$25.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
AXENE, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 Montgomery street, suite 604
|
|
Jersey City, NJ 07302-3821
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 201 434 4244
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@axene.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.axene.com/english/xquad.html
|
|
|
|
FTP:
|
|
ftp://ftp.axene.com/pub
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
February 8, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17. Text Processing
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17.1. Edith Pro for X11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Edith Pro is a powerful and easy-to-use text editing package,
|
|
for editing plain text such as EMail messages, HTML, LaTeX and
|
|
programming languages. It is aimed at people who want a
|
|
flexible editing tool but who are not prepared to spend much
|
|
time into learning and configuring their application. It
|
|
includes a fast text-only web browser with access to the system
|
|
manual and info.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
You are only allowed to download Edith from the ZFC web pages
|
|
for personal use. Without a licence, Edith will regularly issue
|
|
messages stressing that the copy used is not licenced. Personal
|
|
use without a licence is allowed, but organizations are required
|
|
to buy a licence.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
ELF binary. 1MB is sufficient for editing normally sized text.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online HTML help covers the printed manual completely. The
|
|
printed manual contains illustrations not in the online help.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Free updates can be downloaded from the ZFC web pages. Licence
|
|
holders will be notified of updates. Licence holders can
|
|
contact ZFC by EMail for immediate support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
January 1, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide directly from ZFC.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
NLG 70 (approximately US$35) single host, NLG 400 (approximately
|
|
US$200) full site licence. 50%50 discount for educational
|
|
organizations and students.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
ZFC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P.O. Box 15813
|
|
1001 NH Amsterdam
|
|
The Netherlands
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+31 20 4 208 248
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
zfc@zfc.nl
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.zfc.nl
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Annius V. Groenink
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 4, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17.2. TeraSpell 97 for Emacs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
TeraSpell 97 for Emacs is the user-friendly spell checker for
|
|
Emacs which incorporates visual highlights for misspelled words
|
|
and on-the-fly spell checking. TeraSpell 97 for Emacs sets a
|
|
new standard of quality in spelling correction software by
|
|
providing the technically most advanced spelling correction
|
|
system available on the market.
|
|
|
|
TeraSpell eliminates the traditional tedious spelling dialog and
|
|
speeds up the process of spell checking your documents. Visual
|
|
highlights let you efficiently identify all spelling errors in
|
|
your documents at once and ignore all non-words that you may
|
|
have used in your document. TeraSpell can spell check your
|
|
document as you type. As soon as you type an incorrect word, it
|
|
becomes highlighted. By clicking right on a highlighted word, a
|
|
menu of suggestions appears.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (EMail and WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Evaluation version available for free from our web site. Single
|
|
user license, 3, 5, 10, 20 users license. Site-wide and
|
|
University wide licenses,
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Emacs 19.29.1 or higher. XEmacs 19.14 or higher.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online documentation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
EMmail support. WWW Updates. FAQs on WWW.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Additional languages available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
August, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$29.99 single user student Linux license. US$89 single user
|
|
Linux, Solaris, Irix, HPUX.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Teragram Corporation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
236 Huntington Avenue
|
|
Boston MA 02115-4701
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 617 369 0100
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 617 369 0101
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@teragram.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.teragram.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Yves Schabes
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 16, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18. System Administration Tools
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18.1. Host Factory
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Host Factory is a system to control the entire software contents
|
|
of deployed Unix machines. Host Factory lets you customize one
|
|
prototype Unix system and use it to build hundreds of similar
|
|
systems. You can deliver incremental changes to running systems
|
|
and roll them back if they fail. Changes are tracked in a
|
|
version-control filesystem integral to the product. Host
|
|
Factory provides an environment to do configuration management
|
|
and version control of complete hosts.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Commercial and GPL.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed documentation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
EMail.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Upon request. Special prices for educational institutions.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Working Version
|
|
31 Shea Road
|
|
Cambridge, MA 02140
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
bb@wv.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.wv.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Brian Bartholomew
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
July 22, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18.2. PerfectBACKUP+
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
PerfectBACKUP+ is the Unix/Linux world's premier Backup/Restore
|
|
utility. It is the worlds fastest backup/restore for Unix and
|
|
has been since 1985. Previously sold in the US as FASTBACK PLUS
|
|
for Unix, the counterpart to the DOS FASTBACK PLUS, it now has
|
|
character and Motif interfaces, networking support, compression,
|
|
the best verification and recovery, scheduling and is compatible
|
|
with both tar and cpio. Backs up all files, devices, partitions
|
|
etc. and can backup Windows, Netware and Windows NT drives too.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes, Internet (WWW), 4/8mm DAT and soon CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Free evaluation copy from our web site. Free online manual from
|
|
same the same address. Price per CPU, unlimited users.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Kernels 1.2.x and 2.0.x, X11R6, Motif 1.2, 3 MB of RAM, 3 MB
|
|
disk.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed (188 pages), PostScript online, and online help.
|
|
English language documentation, but help by phone and EMail also
|
|
avilable in Spanish.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Unlimited free EMail support and phone support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Comes with free PC program to read tar/cpio diskettes onto PC.
|
|
AutoChanger add-on with tape recycling for high-end shops.
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
USA, Canada, Germay, UK, Switzerland, Singapore, Malaysia,
|
|
Germany.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
UD$79 to US$499. Linux off the net (no media) is US$79 and
|
|
HP/UX is US$499. Always full product.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Unisource Systems, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1409 North Cove Boulevard
|
|
Longwood, FL 32750
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 407 834 1973
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 407 834 1973
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@unisrc.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.unisrc.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Gary Heller
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
October 3, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18.3. Venus
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Venus is an distributed administration tool for any network
|
|
built of Unix workstations from different hardware vendors. A
|
|
Venus network presents itselfs to the user as a homogeneous
|
|
computer system and guarantees transparent access to any network
|
|
resource. It provides software tools for major cluster
|
|
management tasks: configuration management, software
|
|
distribution, user and filesystem administration.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Commercial.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Currently build on top of the S.u.S.E distribution.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed doumentation, online help.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Hotline, EMail, courses.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1994.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Upon request. Special prices for educational institutions.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
science + computing GmbH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hagellocher Weg 71
|
|
D-72070 Tuebingen
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+49 7071 9457 0
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+49 7071 9457 27
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@science-computing.de
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.science-computing.de
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Olaf Flebbe
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
February 25, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19. X Windows Related Products
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19.1. Accelerated-X Display Server
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Commercial grade X display server with workstation-class
|
|
features like multiple visuals, overlays, and gamma correction
|
|
for FreeBSD, and Linux. The AcceleratedX server drives the most
|
|
popular graphics hardware, including the latest cards from ATI,
|
|
Diamond, Matrox, NeoMagic, Number 9, and S3. In all, more than
|
|
490 different cards are supported.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Per CPU.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
No known problems with any Linux distribution.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
A 100 page perfect bound manual is included.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Unlimited support in included.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1994.
|
|
|
|
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Countries with distribution:
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World wide.
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Price range:
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Contact your local reseller, or Xi Graphics.
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Vendor:
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Xi Graphics
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1801 Broadway, Suite 1710
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Denver, CO 80202
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U.S.A.
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Phone:
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+1 303 298 7478
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Fax:
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+1 303 298 1406
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EMail:
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sales@xig.com
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URL:
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http://www.xig.com
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|
|
Contact:
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|
Kyle Fink
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Last modified:
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August 14, 1997.
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19.2. BXwidgets
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Description:
|
|
BXwidgets is a supplementary widget set to develop especially
|
|
commercial Motif applications. It includes special widgets for
|
|
tabulars, masks, formatted input field and the full support for
|
|
a complete help system. All has Motif look and feel and is
|
|
platform independent.
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|
|
Distribution media:
|
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3.5" diskettes.
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|
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|
|
Licensing policy:
|
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Source code licence.
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|
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|
OS provisions:
|
|
Any kernel, X11R5 or X11R6, Motif 1.1 or Motif 1.2.
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|
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|
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Documentation:
|
|
About 250 pages of documenation with examples. Several demo
|
|
programs.
|
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|
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|
|
Product support:
|
|
Support and update service is available (DM 1200; approximately
|
|
US$750)
|
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|
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|
|
Available since:
|
|
1992.
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|
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|
Countries with distribution:
|
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Germany, UK and USA.
|
|
|
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|
|
Price range:
|
|
DM 1600 (approximately US$1000) for a full source code licence.
|
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|
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|
|
Vendor:
|
|
BREDEX GmbH
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|
|
Fallersleber-Tor-Wall 23
|
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D-38100 Braunschweig
|
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Germany
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|
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|
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|
|
Phone:
|
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+49 531 24 33 0 0
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+49 531 24 33 0 99
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@bredex.de
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.bredex.de
|
|
|
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|
Last modified:
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|
November 3, 1997.
|
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19.3. BXwidgets/DB
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
BXwidgets/DB is a supplementary widget set to access relational
|
|
databases. Data can be automatically queried form the database,
|
|
displayed in various forms, changed and stored in the database.
|
|
All applications built with BXwidgets/DB are database
|
|
independent. The database access is performed by transaction-
|
|
servers. Transaction-Server and database may reside on other
|
|
hotsts in the network.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Per OS license, no run-time restrictions. Evaluation license
|
|
available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
X11R5 and Motif 1.2 must be installed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Printed manual in English.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Support and update service is available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1996.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
DM 4900 (approximately US$2900).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
BREDEX GmbH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fallersleber-Tor-Wall 23
|
|
D-38100 Braunschweig
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+49 531 24 33 0 0
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+49 531 24 33 0 99
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@bredex.de
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.bredex.de
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
November 3, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19.4. Laptop, Accelerated-X Display Server
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Commercial grade X display server with workstation-class
|
|
features like multiple visuals, overlays, and gamma correction
|
|
for FreeBSD and Linux. The AcceleratedX server drives the most
|
|
popular laptop hardware, including the latest cards from Dell,
|
|
IBM, Toshiba, and Neo Magic.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Per CPU.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
No known problems with any Linux distribution.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
A 100 page perfect bound manual is included.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Unlimited support in included.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1994.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Contact your local reseller, or Xi Graphics.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Xi Graphics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1801 Broadway, Suite 1710
|
|
Denver, CO 80202
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 303 298 7478
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 303 298 1406
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@xig.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.xig.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Kyle Fink
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 14, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19.5. MaXimum cde Developer's Edition v1.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
A complete networked desktop that enables administrators to
|
|
integrate industry-standard PCs into existing Unix networks with
|
|
better internationalization and the same functionality as more
|
|
expensive workstations. Also includes developer's tools.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Per CPU.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
No known problems with any Linux distribution.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
A 100 page perfect bound manual the Accelerated-X server and a
|
|
300 page perfect bound manual for CDE is included.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Unlimited support in included.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Contact your local reseller, or Xi Graphics.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Xi Graphics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1801 Broadway, Suite 1710
|
|
Denver, CO 80202
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 303 298 7478
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 303 298 1406
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@xig.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.xig.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Kyle Fink
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 14, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19.6. Multi-headed, Accelerated-X Display Server
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Commercial grade X display server with workstation-class
|
|
features like multiple visuals, overlays, and gamma correction
|
|
for FreeBSD and Linux. The AcceleratedX server drives the most
|
|
popular graphics hardware, including the latest cards from
|
|
Colorgraphics, STB, and Matrox. In all, more than 10 different
|
|
cards are supported.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Per CPU.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
No known problems with any Linux distribution.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
A 100 page perfect bound manual is included.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Installation support in included.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1994.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Contact your local reseller, or Xi Graphics.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Xi Graphics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1801 Broadway, Suite 1710
|
|
Denver, CO 80202
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 303 298 7478
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 303 298 1406
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@xig.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.xig.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Kyle Fink
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 14, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19.7. OpenGL, Accelerated-X Display Server
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Commercial grade X display server with workstation-class
|
|
features like multiple visuals, overlays, and gamma correction
|
|
for FreeBSD and Linux. The AcceleratedX server drives the most
|
|
popular graphics hardware, including the latest cards from ATI,
|
|
Diamond, Matrox, NeoMagic, Number 9, and S3. The lastest
|
|
version of OpenGL from Silicon Graphics Inc. In all, more than
|
|
450 different cards are supported.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Per CPU.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
No known problems with any Linux distribution.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
A 100 page perfect bound manual is included.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Installation support in included.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1994.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Contact your local reseller, or Xi Graphics.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Xi Graphics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1801 Broadway, Suite 1710
|
|
Denver, CO 80202
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 303 298 7478
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 303 298 1406
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@xig.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.xig.com
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Kyle Fink
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 14, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19.8. OSF-Certified Motif
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
A complete OSF-Certified Motif runtime and development
|
|
environment.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Per CPU.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
No known problems with any Linux distribution.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Release note that include references to well-written commerical
|
|
reference manuals.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Installation support in included.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Contact your local reseller, or Xi Graphics.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Xi Graphics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1801 Broadway, Suite 1710
|
|
Denver, CO 80202
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 303 298 7478
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 303 298 1406
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
sales@xig.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.xig.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Kyle Fink
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 14, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20. Other Software
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.1. ABACUS 4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
The ABACUS 4 process control system is a block based software
|
|
system for the real time control of industrial and other
|
|
continuous and batch processes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Available at http://www.arosnet.se/bbab/abacus-4.980708.tar.gz
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Per machine license.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Tested on Slackware 3.4, expected to run on any Linux
|
|
distribution for Linux.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Reference Manual is in HTML and included with the product. Can
|
|
be seen at http://www.arosnet.se/bbab/abacusmanual/index.html
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
EMail support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
July 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$1995 per CPU, discounts for quantity.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
McHedlund Associates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
c/o Bristol Babcock AB
|
|
Fallhammargatan 2a
|
|
S-72133 Vaesteraas
|
|
Sweden
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+46 21 350450
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+46 21 350455
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
abacusabacus@hotmail.com, abacus4@geocities.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Enterprises/2275/abacus4.html
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Frank McNamara
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
July 12, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.2. BBBS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Complete BBS package with full internal FidoNet and Internet
|
|
support. ISDN, mailer, mail processor, TICK, AllFix, telnet,
|
|
FTP, finger, news, EMail, gateway, offline, VT320, ANSI,
|
|
multilingual, multinode, Mg, full screen editor, multitask, CD-
|
|
ROM, HYDRA, Zmodem, Kermit, BZLink, TCP/IP, voice, FAX,
|
|
charsets, accounts, IRC, plus much much more. Everything you
|
|
need to run a BBS!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskette, Internet (FTP and WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Per node basis. Shareware version can be downloaded from
|
|
http://www.bbbs.net.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Current version, 3.33 How, is for libc5. Next version and
|
|
current beta is for libc6.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
ASCII and HTML documentation, English.
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Lot of 3rd party utilities.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Two node license US$60.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Foobar Oy
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paavolankatu 3 D 34
|
|
FIN-20240 Turku
|
|
Finland
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+358 2 240 1513
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+358 2 240 7755
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
b@bbbs.net
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.bbbs.net
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Kim Heino
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 2, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.3. Clustor
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Clustor is a program for managing large computational tasks.
|
|
Clustor greatly simplifies a common computationally intensive
|
|
activity - running the same program code numerous times with
|
|
different inputs. Clustor provides increased performance by
|
|
distributing jobs over a network of computers and improved task
|
|
management through a friendly user interface.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Targeted at users who run computationally demanding tasks,
|
|
Clustor supports all phases of running such a task: task
|
|
preparation, job generation and job execution. With Clustor,
|
|
users who do not have extensive knowledge of programming
|
|
parallel applications, such as scientists, engineers,
|
|
researchers, are able to utilize the power of networked
|
|
computers.
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (WWW). Optional CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
A free demo licenses with limited functionality, 30 days
|
|
evaluation licenses with complete functionality from our web
|
|
site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux 1.2 or higher.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Web site, optional printed documentation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
EMail support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Features for load monitoring and resource sharing, network
|
|
installation program.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
February, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Starting at US$495.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Active Tools Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
246 First Street, Suite 310
|
|
San Francisco, CA 94105
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 415 882 7062
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Fax:
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+1 415 680 2369
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EMail:
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info@activetools.com
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URL:
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http://www.activetools.com
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|
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Contact:
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|
Rok Sosic, Sergij Foski
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Last modified:
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August 7, 1997.
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20.4. FootPrints
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Description:
|
|
The first web-based helpdesk software system. Tracks
|
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problems/solutions, trouble tickets -- whatever information you
|
|
need to manage -- and makes it available via the World Wide Web
|
|
to your customers or users. Resides on Unix or NT Web server;
|
|
platform independent access using any web browser.
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|
|
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|
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Distribution media:
|
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Internet (FTP and WWW). Also available: 3.5" diskettes and
|
|
tape.
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|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Free eval available from http://www.unipress.com/cgi-
|
|
bin/free_evals or ftp://ftp.unipress.com/pub/free_evals.
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|
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Pricing is on a per-user basis.
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|
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OS provisions:
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Runs with any Linux running a web server.
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|
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Documentation:
|
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Online manual/help.
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|
|
|
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Product support:
|
|
15% of software purchase price charged for maintenance and
|
|
updates. Technical support via web and phone is free.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
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January 1, 1997.
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|
|
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|
Countries with distribution:
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|
World wide.
|
|
|
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|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$1995 per starter pack (server software plus 3 user licenses).
|
|
Licenses may be Group (a number of users can access your
|
|
helpdesk, e.g. all your customers use one Group license) or
|
|
Individual (helpdesk engineers and administrators would each
|
|
require one Individual license).
|
|
|
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|
|
Vendor:
|
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UniPress Software, Inc.
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2025 Lincoln Highway
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Edison, NJ 08817
|
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U.S.A.
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|
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Phone:
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+1 800 222 0550, +1 732 287 2100
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 732 287 4929
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@unipress.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.unipress.com/footprints
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Sue Glassberg <sue@unipress.com>
|
|
|
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Last modified:
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|
August 4, 1997.
|
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20.5. Aladdin Ghostscript
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
PostScript, PDF, PCL5e (2Q97), PCL5c (2Q97), and PCL XL
|
|
interpreter. Provides X Windows previewing, conversion to half
|
|
a dozen raster file formats, and output to dozens of printers.
|
|
Runs in all OS environments, not just Linux, and on any
|
|
processor (32- or 64-bit) with a C compiler. Can drive black-
|
|
and-white, RGB, and CMYK devices, both bilevel and continuous-
|
|
tone. For more information, see
|
|
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html. Note that Aladdin
|
|
Ghostscript is an OEM product only: end-user licensing is not
|
|
available (and not necessary, since the product is free for end
|
|
users), nor is end-user support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Normally per-CPU. License normally includes source code,
|
|
upgrades, and support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
X11R5 or later is required for X Windows previewing. OS-
|
|
specific modules are available for Unix (including Linux), VMS,
|
|
MS Windows (including Windows NT), OS/2, and Macintosh. Porting
|
|
to other OSs is simple: all OS dependencies are segregated in a
|
|
single file of typically less than 100 lines of code.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online documentation only, in English. Currently in plain ASCII
|
|
text; texinfo and HTML versions are in preparation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Normally included in license; by EMail, phone, and fax.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Each input language is priced separately, with a discount for
|
|
multiple languages.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1988 as free software, 1991 commercially.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Negotiated for each customer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Artifex Software Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
454 Las Gallinas Avenue, Suite 108
|
|
San Rafael, CA 94903
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 415 492 9861
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 415 492 9862
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@arsoft.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
September 30, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.6. Magician
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Magician is a high performance Java interface to native OpenGL
|
|
implementations allowing developers to write sophisticated
|
|
OpenGL applications in Java.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM and Internet (WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Free for personal use only. However, personal users may acquire
|
|
a licence affording faster technical support and the software
|
|
for all platforms on CD and a printed manual. Commercial users
|
|
are required to licence the product for use. Source code
|
|
licences are also available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Runs on Linux (libc5 and glibc) based systems.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Freely downloadable javadoc API reference. Freely downloadable
|
|
comprehensive Programmer's Guide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Support for Magician is available via EMail, phone and fax.
|
|
Mailing lists exist for inter-developer discussions. The
|
|
purchase of licences (personal or commercial) gives you higher
|
|
priority support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Support for all OpenGL 1.1 GL and GLU calls. Many features of
|
|
Aux and GLUT have also been translated to work within a Java
|
|
environment. Built-in, easy-to-use multiple simultaneous view
|
|
support. Multi-threaded rendering. Support for direct OpenGL
|
|
calls or polymorphic methods.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
June 10, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$35 for a Personal Runtime Licence. US$200 per set for
|
|
Commercial Runtime Licences. Source licences pricing available
|
|
on request.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Arcane Technologies Ltd.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P.O. Box 3738
|
|
Glasgow, G41 4YD
|
|
Scotland
|
|
UK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+44 141 423 3449
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+44 141 423 3449
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
magician-sales@arcana.co.uk
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.arcana.co.uk/products/magician
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Alligator Descartes
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
July 12, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.7. journyx WebTime
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
A web based time and attendance tracking software product. You
|
|
can record and report on employee time worldwide using the power
|
|
of the Internet, or across your entire enterprise on your
|
|
Intranet.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes and Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Free for first 60 days of use, US$1000 plus US$25 per user
|
|
thereafter.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Runs on any version of Linux.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
All documentation is in HTML and included online with the
|
|
product.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
A maintenance contract is 15% of the purchase price per annum.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Works with any browser including text based browsers such as
|
|
lynx. Easy export of data to Microsoft Excel or Quickbooks.
|
|
Free webserver and SQL database engine included in the package.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
August 1, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
U$1000-$10,000.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
journyx
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6716 Beauford Drive
|
|
Austin, TX 78750
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 512 345 8282
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 512 342 9379
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@journyx.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://journyx.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Curt Finch
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
October 24, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.8. LanSafe
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
LanSafe III is a UPS Power Management application. It provides
|
|
automatic orderly shutdown functionality in case of an extended
|
|
power failure that should outlast the UPS battery run time.
|
|
LanSafe III enables broadcast messages and EMail to be sent
|
|
according to user defined power condition changes.
|
|
|
|
LanSafe III is bundled with the following Exide Electronics
|
|
UPSs: OneUPS Plus, NetUPS, PowerWare Prestige, PowerWare
|
|
Profile, PowerWare Plus 5xx. It also ships with FPS Power
|
|
Systems UPSs: PowerRite Plus, PowerRite Max, PowerWorks A30,
|
|
PowerWorks A40, Series 9000 and Series 10000.
|
|
|
|
It is also possible to purchase a separate software license to
|
|
use with a previous UPS model or an other manufactures UPS.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux kernel 2.0. Both X/Motif based and character based user
|
|
interfaces provided.
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Online help. Online manual.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extra features and add-ons:
|
|
Support for other manufacturer's UPS.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
May, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$149.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor (USA):
|
|
Exide Electronics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8609 Six Forks Road
|
|
Raleigh, NC 27615
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor (Europe/Middle East/Africa):
|
|
Exide Electronics S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MPL House, Prescott Road
|
|
Poyle, Colnbrook
|
|
Berkshire, SL3 0AE
|
|
UK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 800 554 3448, +1 919 872 3020, +44 1753 686200
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 800 75 EXIDE, +44 1753 686827
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@exide.com, info@deltecpower.com, sales_support@exide.co.uk
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.exide.com, http://www.deltecpower.com,
|
|
http://www.fpsUPS.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
October 12, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.9. LjetMgr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Printers from Hewlett-Packard (both laser and ink variants) have
|
|
an extensive set of configurable options. These options are
|
|
normally set on the front panel of the printer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The most notable options are:
|
|
|
|
|
|
o Ccono-mode to save toner
|
|
|
|
o Powersave mode
|
|
|
|
o Page format selection
|
|
|
|
o Font/typeface and language selection
|
|
|
|
With LjetManager you can directly modify these settings on your
|
|
screen. It is especially usefull for printers that lack front
|
|
panel configurability (like the LaserJet 5L) or if you have more
|
|
than one printer at your disposal.
|
|
|
|
|
|
LjetManager sports a graphical user interface, is fully
|
|
localizable and comes with documentation and help pages in HTML
|
|
format.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
3.5" diskettes, Internet (EMail and WWW).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
You can download a demo version version of LjetMgr from the
|
|
following location and the corresponding mirror sites:
|
|
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing Just have a
|
|
look for ljetmgr-2.6.README and the accompanying files.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Needs a printer that supports PJL. Available for Linux on
|
|
Intel.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Complete context sensitive Help and documentation in HTML
|
|
format. A PostScript version is available on request.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Prices include installation support and one year of free
|
|
upgrades. Additional support available on request.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
May, 1996.
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Please contact softWorks for current prices. Discounts for
|
|
educational institutions and students available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
softWorks, Richard Schwaninger
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Theodor-Koernerstr. 173
|
|
A-8010 Graz
|
|
Austria
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+43 316 686590
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+43 316 686590
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
risc@ping.at
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://members.ping.at/risc
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Richard Schwaninger
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
August 7, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.10. Synchronize/CyberScheduler
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Calendaring and scheduling software for LANS, WANs and
|
|
Intranets.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
Per user.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
Linux.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Take a look at our web site.
|
|
Available since:
|
|
1989.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
US$100 per user.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
CrossWind Technologies Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1505 Ocean Street, Suite 1
|
|
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phone:
|
|
+1 408 469 1780
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
|
+1 408 469 1750
|
|
|
|
EMail:
|
|
info@crosswind.com
|
|
|
|
URL:
|
|
http://www.crosswind.com
|
|
|
|
Contact:
|
|
Anne Becker
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last modified:
|
|
November 13, 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21. Free Software for Commercial Hardware
|
|
|
|
|
|
This section covers free Linux software (e.g. drivers) for specialized
|
|
hardware.
|
|
|
|
|
|
21.1. Stallion Technologies Multiport Serial Boards
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
|
Stallion provides Linux support for its EasyIO and
|
|
EasyConnection range of multiport cards. EasyIO is available
|
|
with either 4 asynchronous serial ports with RJ45 connectors, or
|
|
8 asynchronous serial ports with RJ45 or DB25 connectors.
|
|
EasyIO supports data rates of up to 145 Kbits/sec or 460
|
|
Kbits/sec per port (depending on the model) and full modem
|
|
signaling. Drivers are available for most Intel-based operating
|
|
systems, including Linux. EasyIO is available for the ISA bus.
|
|
EasyConnection is an expandable multiport solution that provides
|
|
from 8 to 64 asynchronous serial ports in 8 or 16 port
|
|
increments. Both RJ45 and DB25 connectors are available.
|
|
Features include full surge suppression, full modem signaling,
|
|
and data rates of up to 145 Kbits/sec or 460 Kbits/sec per port
|
|
(depending on the panel version). Drivers are available for
|
|
most Intel-based operating systems, including Linux.
|
|
EasyConnection is available for the ISA, EISA and PCI bus.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution media:
|
|
Internet (FTP).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing policy:
|
|
The Linux driver is available at no charge and is copyrighted
|
|
under the GNU General Public License. Source code is provided.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OS provisions:
|
|
The most current driver supports all 2.0.x kernel versions. The
|
|
drivers are updated regularly to keep pace with kernel changes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Documentation:
|
|
Hardware reference documentation provided with the boards. The
|
|
Linux driver package contains a README file with driver
|
|
installation and usage information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product support:
|
|
Stallion Technologies now fully supports the Stallion board
|
|
Linux drivers. Software updates are available from the
|
|
Internet. Stallion also provides technical support for the
|
|
hardware. Contact Stallion support for assistance.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available since:
|
|
October, 1994.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countries with distribution:
|
|
World wide distribution. Available in most countries.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price range:
|
|
Prices for the serial boards vary from country to country.
|
|
Contact your nearest Stallion Technologies office for local
|
|
availability and pricing. The driver package contains a file
|
|
with contact information for all Stallion Technologies offices.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor:
|
|
Stallion Technologies Pty Ltd.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2880 Research Park Drive, Suite 160
|
|
Soquel, CA 95073
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
|
|
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Phone:
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+1 800 347 7979
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Fax:
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+1 408 477 0444
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EMail:
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info@stallion.com
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URL:
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http://www.stallion.com
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FTP:
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ftp://ftp.stallion.com
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Last modified:
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September 30, 1997.
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