Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 11:20:57 -0400
To: lwn@lwn.net
From: Mark Hatch <mhatch@ics.com>
Subject: Full text of ICS/Red Hat announcement

FOR RELEASE MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1999

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ICS’ BX PRO, LEADING UNIX GUI BUILDER, DEBUTS ON RED HAT LINUX
1,000 Free Licenses to be Given Away for Open Source Development

CAMBRIDGE, MA, April 5, 1999 -- Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc. (ICS),
leading supplier of user interface development tools for UNIX, today
announced that its flagship product, Builder Xcessory (BX PRO(tm)), is now
available for Red Hat Linux. ICS also announced that it would give away
1,000 free licenses for open source development over the next 10 weeks to
visitors of its website. BX PRO is the GUI builder preferred by UNIX
software developers because its WYSIWYG environment simplifies and speeds
the creation of user interfaces.

BX PRO is used by corporate developers to create custom, mission critical
applications that are not available “off-the-shelf.” When a Boeing airplane
flies, a financial transaction is performed on Wall Street, a subway train
of the Boston MBTA is switched onto the right track, a network
communication problem is diagnosed and bypassed by US West, a family is
entertained by the latest animated movie from Walt Disney, a US defense
system built by Lockheed is tested in a drill or real combat, or a
spacecraft is launched into space by NASA, an ICS product was probably used
in the creation of the custom software that made it possible.

Peter Winston, ICS president, said, “Based on the momentum we see among our
customers, Linux will become the software development workstation of choice
for corporate developers building custom, mission critical applications and
will eventually replace other UNIX implementations and Windows NT. The
combination of BX PRO with the open source software development tools
available on Linux makes a productive software development environment that
is also very economical.”

Bob Young, CEO of Red Hat
“The availability of professional development tools on Linux, like ICS’
Builder Xcessory, a leading GUI builder for UNIX workstations, is a
continued indication of the momentum of Linux’s adoption in mission
critical development environments,” said Bob Young, CEO of Red Hat. “We’re
pleased that Red Hat’s openness, reliability, and support options helped
ICS choose Red Hat as their Linux platform of choice.”

“In choosing the first platform for our Linux product, Red Hat was the
obvious choice,” said ICS’ Winston. “Red Hat’s well deserved reputation for
high quality, ease of installation and support is increasingly making it
the platform of choice for many of our customers that are involved in
custom software development for mission critical applications. Our
customers will not risk their applications on software that lacks a quality
support organization.”

About BX PRO
ICS has ported the latest BX PRO release, V5.0.5, to Red Hat V5.1. BX PRO
5.0 consists of Builder Xcessory(tm), the industry’s most advanced
graphical user interface builder for Motif; ViewKit(tm), a flexible and
mature C++ reuse framework that can be tailored to accommodate the specific
needs of individual businesses; and EnhancementPak(tm), a library of 34
reusable components including business graphs and sophisticated user
interface controls. More detailed product information is available under
the Products section of the ICS home page at http://www.ics.com.

In addition to Red Hat Linux, ICS licenses BX PRO on popular UNIX
workstations from Sun, HP, IBM, DEC and SGI. Support for other
distributions of Linux are planned for Q2/1999. Applications built with BX
PRO 5.0 can also be deployed to the Web or Windows NT with optional add-on
products offered by ICS. 

Pricing and Availability
BX PRO on Linux is available immediately. ICS will give away 100 Personal
Use licenses to BX PRO every week for the next 10 weeks to developers
registering at the special ICS Linux website (http://linux.ics.com). Free
30-day evaluations are available for download at this website.

Personal Use licenses are available to developers of open source software
for $250/license when ordered online at http://store.ics.com. A General Use
license for BX PRO on the Linux operating system, which includes technical
support, is available to corporations at $4,500/user in North America.
Prices vary elsewhere in the world.

About ICS
Founded in 1987, Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc., headquartered in
Cambridge, MA, provides user interface development tools for UNIX
developers that promote rapid application development and software reuse.
ICS is also a leader in Java and X/Motif training. In addition, ICS
provides quality technical support and consulting services, which further
allow developers to be successful. The Open Group recently selected ICS to
provide front line support for their Motif source code licensees
recognizing ICS’ unique expertise in Motif and the X Window System. For
further information on ICS, its products or services, call 617-621-0060, or
visit the ICS Website at http://www.ics.com.

About Red Hat Software, Inc. 
Founded in 1994, Red Hat Software is based in Research Triangle Park, N.C.,
where it is a leader in the development of open source operating software
solutions. Red Hat Development builds the most accessible and advanced
operating system available anywhere with technical innovations such as RPM
and the disk druid installation tool. Red Hat Linux is available for Intel,
Compaq Alpha, and Sun SPARC platforms.  Red Hat Linux was named InfoWorld’s
Product of the Year for three years in a row, was given a Productivity
accolade in Software Development’s Jolt Awards, was named an
Environment/Desktop finalist in the Ziff-Davis European Excellence Awards,
won the editor’s choice awards from the Linux Journal and Australian
Personal Computing magazines, and won the “Just Plain Cool” award from
Australian Personal Computing magazine. 

# # #
Builder Xcessory, BX PRO, ViewKit ObjectPak and EnhancementPak are
trademarks of Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc. RED HAT is a registered
trademark of Red Hat Software, Inc. LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.
UNIX and Motif are registered trademarks of The Open Group.
All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


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