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Andrew Copeland		                                Maria Vetrano
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DataViews Corporation					Vetrano Communications 
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DataViews Corporation Announces First Open Architecture
HMI Development Tool for Linux 
Vendor Meets Customer Demand in Industrial Control, 
Telecommunications, Transportation and Aerospace 

NORTHAMPTON, MA — (January 10, 2000) – DataViews Corporation,
the leading provider of open and high-performance human machine
interface (HMI) development tools for creating operator interfaces,
today announced that its high-end HMI software tool, DataViews, now
supports Linux. With this announcement, DataViews Corporation has
become the first provider of open architecture HMI tools to allow both
development and deployment of Linux-based HMI displays. This solution
fulfills the need for a system that has all the benefits of UNIX —
open systems, high performance, and high reliability — at a small
percentage of its cost. It also eases potential integration problems
between UNIX servers and Windows clients, allowing developers to host
and deploy client-server applications under a common
platform. DataViews for Linux is designed for development of
large-scale, multi-level, mission-critical applications in a range of
industries, including industrial control, telecommunications,
transportation, SCADA, network management, telemetry, simulation,
Geographic Information Systems, building automation and facilities
management. 

The Movement toward Linux 
	Linux is experiencing rapid growth in mission-critical
environments. For example, Linux now runs 50% of all Web
servers. According to a recent International Data Corp. report, the
compound annual growth rate of Linux — now estimated at 25% —
exceeds that of all other client-server operating systems. This
groundswell of support	for Linux has influenced developers of HMI
systems. With Linux, they get all the technical benefits of UNIX in an 
open-source operating system that offers increased flexibility and
lower price. In addition, Linux offers a promising solution to a
historical integration problem in HMI systems. In the early days of
HMI systems, companies ran UNIX on both the client and the server
because of its high reliability and stability. As Windows gained
market share, companies began to run Windows on the client side
because it is less expensive to run. Incompatibilities between UNIX
and Windows, however, led to integration problems. An all-Linux
solution eases these integration issues, both speeding time-to-market
of new HMI systems and enabling growth of legacy applications. 

“For more than ten years, many of the leading control companies
— such as Siemens, Honeywell, Mitsubishi, Yokogawa and Johnson
Control — have developed brandable OEM solutions using DataViews
for UNIX,” said Andrew Copeland, president of DataViews
Corporation. “DataViews for Linux will allow these and other OEMs
to deliver more value to their customers through equally reliable
Linux-based solutions running on PC platforms — at a fraction of
the price of RISC-based UNIX solutions.” 

DataViews for Linux
DataViews for Linux is a high-end HMI development tool with an open
architecture and support for X-Windows systems. This open architecture
promotes interoperability, easing the process of integrating HMI
systems with enterprise-level information systems, such as
ERP/MRP. DataViews for Linux also:
Promotes scalability — allowing developers to meet increased demand
for more complex HMI systems.  
Provides an extensive set of C APIs — giving users complete control
of HMI properties at both design and run time.  
Features DV Draw — a point-and-click graphical editor that allows
developers to access thousands of pre-built graphical objects,
expediting the process of creating HMI displays.  
Supports flexible deployment options — allowing applications built
with DataViews for Linux to be deployed to client-server applications
or to the Internet/an intranet via a Web browser plug-in. 
Offers an open data connectivity model — which allows developers to
create custom data connectivity for connecting to their data sources.  

Availability, Pricing and Further Information
DataViews for Linux is currently available for RedHat Linux 5.2. An
upgrade to RedHat Linux 6.1 will be available in Q1 2000. Pricing for
DataViews for Linux starts at $11,700 for a development seat and
$1,300 for a deployment seat. Volume discounts apply. For further
information about DataViews for Linux, contact DataViews Corporation
at voice: (413) 586-4144 or (800) 732-3200, fax: (413) 586-3805,
e-mail: info@dvcorp.com or Web: http://www.dvcorp.com. 

DataViews Corporation
DataViews Corporation, a subsidiary of Dynatech Corporation
(OTC-BB:DYNA), is dedicated to developing the industry’s most
advanced interface technology. DataViews has maintained technical
leadership by adopting industry trends and standards, an open-systems
approach, and a design philosophy that puts a premium on application
performance. DataViews offers cross-platform C/C++-, Java- and Visual
Basic®-based HMI software tools for rapid development of
interactive graphical applications. In addition to supporting open
component technologies, such as ActiveX®, DataViews’ tools also
support extensive open APIs, including the open C/C++ APIs and the
Microsoft®-based COM API. Applications built with DataViews’
products can be deployed as stand-alone, client/server, or Web-based
applications; they can also be deployed in component form for
incorporation into other applications. With more than 27,000
installations worldwide, DataViews-powered interfaces have been used
to graphically monitor and control satellites, space stations,
communications gateways, power plants, factories and simulation
systems. Customers of DataViews Corporation include Honeywell, Johnson
Control, Boeing, GE, Ford, Lockheed Martin, United Airlines, Lucent,
Ericsson, Toshiba, Toyota and NASA.  

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