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From: douga@mks.com (Doug Akers)
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:56:27 -0400 (EDT)
To: lwn@lwn.net
Subject: MKS Announces Support for Linux

Contact: Ellyn Winters-Robinson
Mortice Kern Systems Inc. (MKS) 
Phone 1 519 883 4346
Fax 1 519 884 8861
Email ellyn@mks.com

* Attention Technical Editors
Press Release

MKS Announces Linux Support for MKS Source Integrity 
Market's fastest growing SCM tool immediately available for popular OS

Waterloo ON, April 27, 1999:  Mortice Kern Systems Inc. (MKS) (TSE: MKX) today announced 
its support for the Linux( Operating System (OS), making MKS Source Integrity(tm), a 
component of MKS's market-leading enterprise software management solutionžthe 
MKS Integrity Framework(tm), immediately available for the Linux platform. The company
also pledged its long-term support for Linux, indicating the popular OS will continue
as a key supported platform for MKS in future releases of MKS Source Integrity. 

"Once again, MKS is leading the market as the first SCM vendor to deliver a truly robust
management solution for this increasingly popular and very reliable OS," says 
Bill Skowera, MKS vice president of product management.  "Offering Linux platform 
coverage reflects the MKS commitment-to provide the most comprehensive software 
management solution in the marketplace today. By providing coverage from Linux to 
Windows(tm), from AS/400 to the Web, MKS ensures that no matter which platform our 
customers develop on, they can rely on a proven SCM solution. This latest union of MKS 
Source Integrity with Linux is a marriage of best of breedžuniting one of the most 
popular operating systems today with the market's fastest growing and easiest-to-use 
software management solution."  

MKS Source Integrity for Linux offers a comprehensive SCM solution to enterprise 
development teams, enabling organizations to speed time to market, manage multiple 
releases, and improve team communication.  Easy-to-use features include advanced 
security and reporting, Sandbox(tm) environments to enable parallel development, 
promotion models and process automation capabilities. 
For more information, visit http://www.mks.com/solution/si/

Pricing and Availability
MKS Source Integrity is now available for a suggested retail price of US$599 for 
a single user license. Customers can purchase MKS Source Integrity directly from MKS, 
through its established distribution channels, and from the MKS Web site at 
http://www.mks.com/order.

About the MKS Integrity Framework
Global 2000 corporations use the MKS Integrity Framework to manage the development of 
business critical software and information systems, essential to gaining a competitive 
advantage. Software and Intranet development teams rely on the MKS Integrity 
Framework' s complete suite of award-winning products to access, modify, and produce a 
broad spectrum of corporate information from software source code through to Intranet 
content. Spanning all platforms within the enterprise, including the World Wide Web, 
WIN 32, UNIX(r), AS/400, OS/2 and OS/390, the MKS Integrity Framework brings management 
control to the technology revolutionizing modern business operation.

About MKS
Mortice Kern Systems Inc. (MKS) (TSE:MKX) is the leading provider of software solutions 
which manage the development of complex software and Web-based applications. 
The MKS Integrity Framework(tm), a full suite of products, services and training for 
software change management, Web object management and enterprise interoperability, 
improves the quality of mission-critical systems and maximizes the productivity of 
enterprise teams. MKS solutions ensure the integrity of all enterprise IT assets, and 
are the preferred choice of more than one quarter of Fortune 1000 companies building 
software and corporate Web sites across multiple platforms.
With Canadian headquarters located in Waterloo, Ontario, and US headquarters located 
in Chicago, Illinois, MKS can be reached via the World Wide Web at http://www.mks.com 
or by calling 1-800-265-2797 (US & Canada), +49-711-351775-0 (Germany), 
+44-181-335-5920 (United Kingdom), and +81-3-3589-6757 (Japan).

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