Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 15:23:13 -0500
From: Gavriel State <uz87ogw3@umail.furryterror.org>
Subject: Corel-Cygnus Press Release
To: wine-devel@winehq.com

Below is a press release that went out early this morning regarding
work that we're having Cygnus do for us.  More details to come...

-Gav

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Gavriel State
Engineering Project Leader - Linux Apps
Corel Corp
gavriels@corel.com


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( BW)(CA-CYGNUS-SOLUTIONS) Cygnus Enables Corel to Port Windows
Productivity Applications to Linux


    Business Editors/Technology Writers

    SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 1999--

     Cygnus GNUPro Software Development Technologies are Premier
               Choice for Linux Application Developers

    Cygnus Solutions, the leader in open-source software, today
announced an agreement with Corel Corporation to provide Cygnus GNUPro
software technology to enable Corel to move its market leading
productivity applications to Linux.
    More than an estimated 10 million Linux users will soon have access
to Corel's internationally recognized and award-winning graphics and
business productivity applications, including the CorelDRAW(R) line 
of graphics applications and the Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) Suite of
business tools.
    This agreement provides Corel with Cygnus' industry leading GNUPro
technology for deploying popular Windows-based Corel applications on
Linux. Cygnus will modify the GNUPro development environment to support
programming conventions used in Corel's existing Windows development
tools.
    Specifically, Cygnus will work with Corel to migrate the existing
code to Linux and will support the following functionality in GNUPro:


--   Pre-compiled header support to provide significant build-time
     speedups
--   Enhanced compatibility with Windows-based compilers to allow
     Corel to recompile existing code with minimal changes
--   Support for Microsoft's COM vtable format
--   Reductions in debugging object code size


    By modifying the GNUPro tools to enhance support for the WINE
environment, software vendors with current Windows applications will be
able to port their applications more readily to Linux.
    "GNUPro is the recognized market leading software development
technology that will help Corel preserve our software investments and
ensure the performance of Corel applications running on Linux," said
Michael Cowpland, CEO of Corel Corporation. "Working with Cygnus to
deliver a GNUPro tools environment, complete with enhanced support for
WINE, ensures that we will be able to move our existing source code to
the Linux platform as efficiently as possible."
    "With the availability of a state-of-the-art GNUPro toolchain and
enhancements that ease the migration of application code to the Linux
platform, companies like Corel can extend their market leadership to the
burgeoning Linux opportunity," said Alex Daly, president and CEO of
Cygnus. "We are delighted that Corel has selected us as a partner in
this important endeavor."

    GNUPro - An Industry Leading Technology

    Cygnus' GNUPro is backed by ten years of Cygnus expertise in porting
(and maintaining) the GNU technology to more than 125 desktop and
cross-platform development environments. In fact, Cygnus drives the
majority the majority of changes and enhancements to the GNU compiler
toolchain and runs hundreds of thousands of tests to ensure that
software developers have tools that work out-of-the-box with high
reliability. GNUPro includes ANSI-conforming C compiler, ANSI-tracking
C++ compiler, the Cygnus Insight(TM) visual debugger, a macro-assembler,
linker/loader, binary utilities, libraries, and printed and online
documentation. Cygnus offers more than 100 toolchains, including broad
support for Linux, Windows NT/95 and UNIX hosted platforms. Users
benefit from Cygnus' premier software engineering services, availability
of tools for a wide range of processors, stringent testing (more than
five million aggregated controlled and documented tests against all
host-target combinations) and custom enhancements.

    Availability

    For more information on GNUPro pricing, the power of Cygnus'
source-level support, and the more than 125 cross-development
environments supported by Cygnus GNUPro, contact Cygnus corporate
headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. at 1-408-542-9600, 1-800-CYGNUS-1,
info@cygnus.com, or visit the Web site at http://www.cygnus.com/gnupro/

    Corel Corporation

    Corel Corporation is an internationally recognized developer of
award-winning graphics and business productivity applications.
Development of market-leading products such as the CorelDRAW(R) line of
graphics applications and the Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) Suite of business
tools is continually evolving to meet the demands of the corporate,
retail and academic markets. Committed to performance, compatibility,
value and open standards, Corel develops products for the Windows(R),
Macintosh(R), UNIX(R), Linux(R) and Java(TM) platforms. Corel's common
stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol COSFF and on
the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol COS. For more information
visit Corel's Web site at www.corel.com.

    Cygnus Solutions

    The market leader in open-source software development technologies
for computing applications, Cygnus(R) Solutions offers build-time and
run-time solutions based on an open-source model. From GNUPro(R) Toolkit
to eCos(TM), the Embedded Cygnus Operating System, Cygnus' open-source
and royalty-free software benefits system developers in a wide variety
of market segments, including consumer electronics, Internet,
telecommunications, office automation, networking, aerospace and
automotive. Cygnus' products, custom engineering services, and
world-class support services enable developers to bring products to
market faster at reduced system development costs.
    Founded in 1989, with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, Cygnus
has sales and engineering offices throughout North America,
Japan, and the United Kingdom.

    Note to Editors: Cygnus and GNUPro are registered trademarks, and
Sourceware and eCos are trademarks of Cygnus Solutions. Open Source is a
Certification Mark of the Open Source Initiative. All other company and
product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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     CONTACT: Cygnus Solutions
              Becky Wood DiSorbo, 408/542-9667
              bwood@cygnus.com
              Sara Killingsworth, 602/961-1515
              saralk@home.com
              or
              Corel Corporation
              Nicole Sanford (Canada), 617/728-0826 ext. 5046
              nicoles@corel.ca
              Catherine Hughes (US), 613/728-0826 ext. 1659
              catherineh@corel.ca

     KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
     INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMED COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS PRODUCT