Here's a news release from today:
NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY CANADIAN CORPORATE NEWS
FOR: METROWERKS INC.
ME, TSE SYMBOL: MWK
NASDAQ SYMBOL: MTWKF
JULY 29, 1996
Powersoft to Integrate Metrowerks Compilers
With Powerbuilder Entreprise 5.0 For Macintosh
CONCORD, MASSACHUSSETTS AND AUSTIN, TEXAS--
Metrowerks to Provide Optimized Compiler Technology for
Client/Server Application Development.
Powersoft(R) and Metrowerks(R), Inc. today announced an open
agreement enabling Powersoft to license a special version of
Metrowerks' CodeWarrior(R) C/C++ compilers and linkers.
Under terms of the agreement, the tools will be shipped as shared
libraries in PowerBuilder(R), thereby becoming an integral part of
the PowerBuilder code generation engine for the Macintosh(R)
platform. Metrowerks will supply components for 68K and
PowerMac(TM) code generation. This highly optimized compiler
technology will enable PowerBuilder to provide fast script
execution on the Macintosh platform. The integration of
CodeWarrior and PowerBuilder will be demonstrated at MACWORLD(R)
Expo in Boston, August 7-10, 1996 at Apple(R)'s Developer Central.
"We're excited to integrate the well-respected CodeWarrior compiler
with PowerBuilder," said David Litwack, president of the Powersoft
Business Group of Sybase(R), Inc. "It gives PowerBuilder the same
full set of powerful capabilities on the Macintosh platform that
have won Powersoft its market-leading position in corporate
application development on the Windows platform."
PowerBuilder developers simply click a check box in the Project
Painter to automatically compile their application into a
CodeWarrior executable. This executable can then be deployed to
end-users working on the Macintosh platform.
"This relationship presents a terrific opportunity for Powersoft's
corporate customer base to access the same state-of-the-art tools
used to build many shrink-wrapped software applications," said Greg
Galanos, president and CEO of Metrowerks.
"We're thrilled with the collaborative efforts of Powersoft and
Metrowerks to bring their combined effort to the Macintosh market,"
said Heidi Roizen, Apple's vice president of Developer Relations.
"Given that both companies are leaders in their fields, it makes
perfect sense that Powersoft would engage Metrowerks to create the
best compiled code for PowerBuilder applications. Our mutual
customers should really benefit from this."
Tracy Corbo, senior analyst at International Data Corporation,
said, "This agreement not only benefits PowerBuilder for Macintosh
users, it helps to deliver on Powersoft's promise of true
cross-platform development. The combination of these technologies
will give PowerBuilder users the benefit of compiled code from a
proven Macintosh product, CodeWarrior. The integration of
CodeWarrior into the PowerBuilder environment makes building
solutions for heterogeneous environments that much easier."
Availability
PowerBuilder Enterprise 5.0 for Macintosh is currently expected to
ship in the second half of 1996.
About Metrowerks
Founded in 1985, Metrowerks develops, markets and supports a
complete line of Macintosh-hosted computer language products for
building Mac(TM) OS, Windows(R) 95, Windows NT(TM), Magic Cap(TM),
Be(TM) OS and Palm OS(TM) applications. Metrowerks CodeWarrior
products have become the industry standard for professional
Mac-hosted software development with more than 50,000 registered
users in 70 countries. Additional information on Metrowerks and its
products can be obtained by sending Email to info@metrowerks.com,
by calling (512) 873-4700 or via the Internet at
metrowerks.com.
About Powersoft
Headquartered in Emeryville, Calif., Sybase, Inc. is a worldwide
leader in client/server software. The company's two major product
units -- the Enterprise Business Group and the Powersoft Business
Group -- are focused on the core market segments of on-line
transaction processing, data warehousing and mass deployment.
Sybase's software products -- databases, middleware and tools --
provide customers with enterprise-to-desktop solutions. The
company's mission is to provide its customers with an extensible
software platform and services that enable them to create,
integrate and communicate their information assets. With record
revenues in 1995 of $957 million, Sybase is the sixth largest
independent software company in the world. The company's Internet
addresses are sybase.com and powersoft.com.
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PowerBuilder, Powersoft and Sybase are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sybase, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Metrowerks, the
Metrowerks logo and CodeWarrior are registered trademarks of
Metrowerks, Inc. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple
Computer, Inc. Power Macintosh and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple
Computer, Inc. All other company and product names mentioned may
be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies
with which they are associated.
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Will it do anything?????......Just give it some time and wait till September for the year-end figures.
Bill |
