The expected announcement has appeared. This is actually very good news for INSGY - CodeWarrior is the premier development environment for Palm Pilot. If EVM makes it into all Palm Pilots, and other PDAs, then the potential is huge.
Also, CodeWarrior provides a development environment for Windows, MacOS, Solaris and even better, games like PlayStation.
The volumes are potentially huge, although I guess the royalties won't start pouring in for a while - I sure would like to see the terms of the contract with Metrowerks, whether they are going to bundle or not, the business model INSGY is going to implement, etc.
Cheers,
Ray
PS I can't believe that the market hasn't picked up on this yet.
Tuesday November 3, 11:00 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Insignia Solutions, Inc.
Metrowerks' CodeWarrior to Support Insignia
Solutions' Embedded Virtual Machine (EVM) for
the Java Platform
Insignia Solutions to Distribute CodeWarrior Java Tools with JENE
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Metrowerks, Inc., (Nasdaq: MTWKF; Toronto/Montreal: MWK) today
announced its CodeWarrior Java tools integrated with Insignia Solutions (Nasdaq: INSGY - news) embedded virtual
machine, EVM, will be available to customers of JENE, Insignia's implementation of JAVA(TM) designed specifically for
embedded systems. The EVM is a key component of JENE. The CodeWarrior tools for the EVM will feature the
award-winning CodeWarrior Integrated Development Environment, which includes editors, browsers, compilers,
assemblers, linkers and debuggers, all in one convenient package.
Insignia Solutions will unveil JENE(TM) on Tuesday, November 3, 1998, during the Embedded Systems Conference
West at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California. JENE (pronounced ''gene'') will include not only the
CodeWarrior Java development tools, but also such tools as an EVM configurator, event monitor, memory usage
analyzer, and performance profiler.
The CodeWarrior-JENE bundle will be available from Insignia Solutions in the first calendar quarter of 1999.
''We're very pleased to offer CodeWarrior as a premier tools solution for our JENE developers,'' said David Winterburn,
chief technology officer and senior vice president of business development, Insignia Solutions. ''CodeWarrior's intuitive
integrated development environment and high- performance Java compiler technology, combined with JENE's
sophisticated implementation of embedded Java, offer embedded systems developers a complete, powerful and flexible
Java development and deployment solution.''
''Metrowerks is pleased to work with Insignia Solutions in order to bring embedded Java developers a robust and reliable
development solution,'' said Greg Galanos, president and chief technology officer, Metrowerks. ''This partnership will
allow developers to create reliable, efficient and predictable embedded systems using Java for any platform or device.''
About Insignia Solutions
Insignia Solutions is a leading provider of virtual machine technology that dynamically optimizes the use of available system
resources. JENE, Insignia's implementation of Java specifically designed for embedded systems, allows developers to
create reliable, efficient and predictable embedded devices that are enabled by the company's Embedded Virtual Machine.
The Company's PC virtual machines, SoftWindows and RealPC(TM), enable Windows(R) and DOS applications to run
on Macintosh and UNIX desktops. The publicly held Company's US headquarters are in Fremont, California, and its main
R&D facilities are in High Wycombe, England.
Sales and Marketing departments are located in Fremont and High Wycombe. For additional information on Insignia and
its products, call 800-848-7677 in the United States and +44-1429-855-020 in Europe, or visit the Company's Web site
at insignia.com.
About Metrowerks
Founded in 1985, Metrowerks develops, markets and supports CodeWarrior, a total solution of software development
tools including a project manager, compiler, debugger and editor. CodeWarrior runs on a number of operating systems
targeting the most popular microprocessors. Intended for use for embedded systems or desktop computers, the
cross-platform compilers support C, C++, Java, and Pascal, and allow programmers to build applications from one unique
Integrated Development Environment (IDE). CodeWarrior's cross-platform functionality was designed to provide
companies with a high-performance development tool set to improve productivity and decrease customer's time-to-
market.
Metrowerks, the Metrowerks logo and CodeWarrior are registered trademarks of Metrowerks Inc. All other company
and product names may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies/holders, and are hereby
recognized.
Statements in this press release are forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including successful and
timely development of the product and customer acceptance of the product.
SOURCE: Insignia Solutions, Inc. |
