Mike,
Here are some things you can compare between PTEC & SYSF.
Phoenix Delivers a Series of Technology Firsts at Fall COMDEX; Company Demonstrates Continued Market Leadership with Key Enabling Technologies
Comdex Booth L-152
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--November 12, 1996--Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: PTEC), the world's largest supplier of system level software for PCs, announces a series of technology firsts that it will demonstrate at Fall COMDEX, November 18-22, in Las Vegas. Phoenix Technologies is exhibiting in the Las Vegas Convention Center -- Booth L-152, and will demonstrate the following Phoenix Firsts:
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-- First to demonstrate its Portable Suite for Windows NT 4.0. Phoenix will demonstrate PowerPanel 2.0 -- power management for NT 4.0, BatteryScope 2.0 -- smart battery support for Windows NT, and PhoenixCard Executive -- PC Card services for NT 4.0. -- First to deliver PhoenixBIOS 4.0 - Release 6: This is the next generation of system enabling software from Phoenix Technologies. It includes: full support for USB, SMART disk drive capability, SIMM remapping, advanced power management, 24 Hour PC mode, Desktop Management Interface (DMI), and flashable BIOS support. -- First to deliver standards-based bootable High Capacity Removable Media (HCRM). This technology, called Multiboot III, enables PCs to boot from LS-120, magneto optical (MO), Zip drives and other devices as an A:\ or C:\ drive. It also has the ability to prioritize the boot order for all of the different bootable devices. -- First to deliver ActiveHelp/First Aid 97 for OEMs -- self-healing PC technology from its partnership with CyberMedia Inc. -- First to show ActiveHelp/Oil Change for OEMs -- automatic Internet-based software update technology from its partnership with CyberMedia Inc. -- First to demonstrate USBWorks -- an easy-to-use Windows 95 utility for Universal Serial Bus, that provides application launch on device plug-in, traffic analysis, power monitoring, device status, and enables other key USB features. -- First to show Infrared support from its PICO group for the hand-held appliance market. The PicoRay family of high speed infrared software products provide wireless data transfer capabilities at speeds up to 4Mbit/sec. -- complying with the new IrDA (Infrared Data Association) standard.
Lots of FIRST here!
Marc |