Subject:
Hot Off The Wire: METROWERKS INC
Date:
Wed, 18 Sep 1996 10:16:58 -0000
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Canadian Corporate News --- Hot Off The Wire
News Release for METROWERKS INC
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NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY CANADIAN CORPORATE NEWS
FOR: METROWERKS INC.
ME, TSE SYMBOL: MWK
NASDAQ SYMBOL: MTWKF
SEPTEMBER 18, 1996
Metrowerks to Provide Tools for Microware's OS-9 Family of Real-
Time Operating System Software
DES MOINES, IOWA AND AUSTIN, TEXAS--Metrowerks To Support Embedded
Development For Emerging Consumer Electronics and Multimedia
Markets
Metrowerks(R) Inc. today announced it has signed an agreement with
Microware(TM) Systems Corp. (NASDAQ - MWAR) to extend its popular
CodeWarrior(R) development environment to include support for
Microware's OS-9(R) real-time operating system, designed for
Motorola(R) 68000, PowerPC(TM) and 386/486/Pentium(R)
microprocessors.
With over five million copies sold worldwide, OS-9 is a leader in
multi-tasking real-time operating systems for mission critical
embedded applications, including digital TV, Internet appliances
and wireless communications devices.
"We are proud to be working with Microware to extend our embedded
tools to support OS-9," says Greg Galanos, president and chief
technology officer of Metrowerks. "Now over 20,000 OS-9 developers
can enjoy the efficiency and ease-of-use of the award-winning
CodeWarrior Integrated Development Environment which has been used
to build thousands of desktop applications by some of the largest
software vendors in the industry. This new partnership not only
reinforces our commitment to the developer community, but also sets
the stage for Metrowerks to become a key player in the embedded
tools arena."
"CodeWarrior for OS-9 will provide our customers with effective,
powerful, easy-to-use development tools for under $500 per seat,"
says Ken Kaplan, president and chief executive officer of Microware
Systems Corp. "This dramatic reduction in cost marks a sea change
in the embedded tools industry."
Support for OS-9 will be provided through a new series of
development tools announced today in a separate release, entitled
CodeWarrior for Embedded Systems. 68K and PowerPC versions of the
product, hosted on both Mac(TM)OS and Windows(R), will begin
shipping later this year at a suggested retail price of $499. Now,
embedded systems developers around the world can benefit from an
order of magnitude in savings for full-featured, fully-integrated
embedded tools (with C/C++ source-level debugging support),
widespread availability, plus a choice of platforms from which to
work.
About Microware
Microware's mission is to provide dependable intelligence for smart
products. Its modular OS-9 operating system, I/O support and
sophisticated development tools have enabled the company to become
a "total solutions" supplier and extremely well suited to the
entire spectrum of embedded products. It is the first and only
real-time operating system company to receive ISO 9001 Total
Quality Management Certification. The company was founded in 1977
and is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. Microware has offices in
San Jose, Calif.; Tokyo, Japan; Burnham, England; and Aix-en-
Provence, France. In addition, the company has worldwide authorized
distributors. |
