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From: "Devi Gupta" <devi@prolifics.com>
To: <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: Premier "Open Source, Enterprise App Dev Env, for Linux"
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 02:14:47 -0500

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CollabNet Contact:	JYACC Contact:
Jacki DeCoster		Devi Gupta
415-908-1734		212-267-7722 x3028
jacki@collab.net		devi@prolifics.com


JYACC, INC. UNVEILS POSSL, THE PREMIER OPEN SOURCE APPLICATION
DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT FOR THE LINUX ENTERPRISE

CollabNet Provides SourceCast Environment for Worldwide Collaborative
Software Development for possl.org


NEW YORK – October 30, 2000 – JYACC, Inc., an international enterprise
software and solutions company, today announced the availability of the
source code for its POSSL™ (Panther Open Source Software for Linux)
technology and the establishment of a new open source online community,
possl.org. CollabNet – a leading provider of collaborative software
development platforms and services based on open source tools and
principles – is providing its SourceCast environment as the infrastructure
for the possl.org community site.

POSSL is an enterprise application development environment that simplifies
the building of transactional, component-based Web applications.  The POSSL
technology is based on Pantherä, a proven development environment used by
Fortune 500 companies around the globe to build enterprise-level,
mission-critical applications.  The Panther software, including an
Enterprise JavaBean™ (EJB) component builder, is most widely recognized as a
development environment for IBM WebSphere Application Server.  POSSL’s
source code license is modeled after the BSD license; it allows unrestricted
use of the POSSL code in both open source and proprietary software.

“By initially contributing POSSL to the open source community, we anticipate
many future enhancements to the software and look forward to expanded usage
of the POSSL development environment for Linux,” said Rich Westle, CEO of
JYACC.  “The success of Linux has only just begun with applications
currently centered primarily on Web servers, e-mail and print servers.  With
the introduction of POSSL, Linux as a development and deployment platform is
positioned to grow rapidly, through the enterprise.”

possl.org hosts the source code and open source co-development project for
the worldwide POSSL community.  possl.org is managed by CollabNet and serves
as the coordination point for the development and testing of the software by
providing discussion forums, software engineering tools, certified releases
and bug tracking.  CollabNet is providing its SourceCast collaborative
development environment for the site and is working to establish possl.org
as an open source virtual community.

JYACC’s initial contribution of the POSSL source code to possl.org is only
the beginning.  An advisory board elected by the possl.org developer
community will ultimately manage the site.  Among other things, the Advisory
Board will direct the activities and resources of the possl.org
organization.  They will also make decisions on behalf of the developer
community and on the technical direction of the POSSL software.

“POSSL enables developers of all skill levels to rapidly develop and deliver
2-tier client/server and distributed, component-based Web applications on
Linux.  For the first time the open source community has access to a
Linux-based application development environment, which supports full-scale
enterprise computing,” said Karen Sobel Lojeski, COO and Executive VP of
Strategic Planning for JYACC.  “CollabNet, instrumental in creating the
possl.org environment, is providing us with the open source strategy and
community development consulting needed to make possl.org successful.”

“We are pleased to be working with the JYACC team on possl.org and to be
providing our SourceCast environment to a new group of developers,” said
Brian Behlendorf, co-founder and CTO, CollabNet.  “The possl.org site allows
POSSL developers to use an open source approach to create the next
generation of enterprise applications.  By using CollabNet’s SourceCast
platform, the worldwide possl.org community is able to collaborate on new
features and enhancements for the POSSL technology.”

About JYACC
JYACC is an international enterprise software and solutions company based in
New York City.
With its 22-year success history delivering enterprise-scale systems for
customers in finance, telecommunications, healthcare, government,
manufacturing and insurance, JYACC has developed best practices,
methodologies and technology enablers that help decrease risk in complex
software development and deployment investments, decrease time to market and
increase success of business strategy execution.  JYACC serves more than
4000 customers worldwide, including JP Morgan, Fidelity, Lucent,
DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Telekom, SNCF, US Department of the Interior,
AT&T, DHL, Kraft Foods, NASA, Nortel, Thrifty Car Rental and others.  For
more information visit http://www.prolifics.com.

About CollabNet
CollabNet provides companies with tools and services for collaborative
software development by combining open source community expertise with
business excellence.  CollabNet’s offerings include: a developer
marketplace, a collaborative development platform with lifecycle management
capabilities, and consulting services to facilitate software development
across a worldwide community. CollabNet is currently working with customers
ranging from Application Service Providers (ASPs) to Internet firms,
hardware and software providers to companies from industries such as
marketing and publishing.  Brian Behlendorf, co-founder of the Apache
Software Foundation, founded CollabNet in July 1999. For more information,
see http://www.collab.net.

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CollabNet is a trademark and SourceCast is a service mark of CollabNet, Inc.
Panther and POSSL are trademarks of JYACC, Inc.  Any other product brand
names used are the property of their respective owners.

For more information visit the website http://possl.org.  To contact
possl.org, email info@possl.org or call 800-458-3313 (USA) or 212.267.7722
(International).