Linux Commercial HOWTO
Martin Michlmayr, tbm@cyrius.com, http://www.cyrius.com/tbm
v4.85, 30 May 1997
This document contains a listing of commercial software and applica�
tions which are offered for Linux. It is maintained by Martin
Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>.
1. About this document
This is the Linux Commercial HOWTO. It contains a listing of
commercial software which is available for Linux. The Linux
Commercial HOWTO doesn't contain any information on Linux
distributions -- this is covered by the Distribution HOWTO.
This document was originated by Harald Milz <Harald.Milz@Linux.org>.
It is now maintained by Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>.
If you need to know more about the Linux Documentation Project or
about Linux HOWTO's, feel free to contact the supervisor Greg Hankins
<gregh@sunsite.unc.edu>.
Greg Hankins will post the listing to several national and
international newsgroups on a monthly basis. In addition, the Linux
Commercial HOWTO can be found on the World Wide Web at
http://www.cyrius.com/tbm/Commercial-HOWTO. New versions of the Linux
Commercial HOWTO are always placed at this site first, so please be
sure to check if the copy you are reading is still up to date!
The Linux Commercial HOWTO is not a forum for product announcements or
marketing hype; it is a service for potential customers and the whole
Linux community. Resellers will not be listed; the list is for
companies who produce their software themselves. Two main goals are
being aimed at:
� It shall help companies who want to run Linux to find software
solutions and applications. The international distribution of this
list will enhance the contact opportunity.
� It is meant to prove the commercial useability of Linux and thus to
encourage other vendors to port their software as well.
Companies and developers who are offering their products for Linux and
interested in joining the Linux Commercial HOWTO are invited to fill
out the following form and contact me at tbm@cyrius.com.
This HOWTO contains tabular entries for each product (example
follows). The entry format is similar to the Linux Software Map (LSM)
entry (field/stanza lengths are arbitrary). If you want me to add
your entry please keep short, otherwise I'll have to shorten your
data. Furthermore, please send me plain ASCII data; no HTML, and no
PostScript.
Category:
Databases, Data Visualisation, Development tools, Financial
Software, Mathematics, Network Management, Text Processing,
X Windows or Other Software.
Name:
The name of your application.
Description:
Short description of the package, just the basic functionality.
Distribution media:
Licensing policy:
Whatever applies. Is there a free demo or shareware version available
via FTP or WWW? Where?
OS provisions:
Kernel version, XFree86 version, Motif version, RAM, harddisk usage, etc.
Documentation:
Printed documentation, page number, online help, language.
Extra features and add-Ons:
(and their prices)
Price range:
Whatever it costs.
Vendor:
Address:
Phone: (U.S. and Canada: if you like to be reachable internationally,
please don't enter only a +1 800 or +1 900 number)
Fax:
EMail:
URL:
Contact:
2. Copyright Information
This HOWTO is Copyright � 1996, 1997 by Martin Michlmayr.
A verbatim copy may be reproduced or distributed in any medium
physical or electronic without permission of the author. Translations
are similarly permitted without express permission if it includes a
notice on who translated it.
Short quotes may be used without prior consent by the author.
Derivative work and partial distributions of the Linux Commercial
HOWTO must be accompanied with either a verbatim copy of this file or
a pointer to the verbatim copy.
Commercial redistribution is allowed and encouraged; however, the
author would like to be notified of any such distributions.
In short, we wish to promote dissemination of this information through
as many channels as possible. However, we do wish to retain copyright
on the HOWTO documents, and would like to be notified of any plans to
redistribute the HOWTOs.
We further want that all information provided in the HOWTOs is
disseminated. If you have questions, please contact Greg Hankins, the
Linux HOWTO coordinator, at gregh@sunsite.unc.edu.
3. Disclaimer
This HOWTO is not actually a HOWTO in the sense of the Linux
Documentation Project. Instead, it is an instrument to investigate
the commercial Linux opportunity and to list applications which were
already ported and marketed in a native Linux version. As a software
vendor, you probably know that you can alternatively offer Linux users
a statically linked SCO version of your application which would
probably run under the iBCS2 emulator (albeit with a small performance
penalty and higher memory requirements). Such applications will not
be listed here.
I will not select nor deselect any particular product. Instead,
everyone who wants to have her product included will be serviced.
However, I reserve the right to shorten individual entries to keep
things in shape.
If you don't find a particular product or vendor in this list, this is
probably due to one of the following reasons:
� I never heard of that product or vendor and thus didn't try to get
in contact.
� I did get in contact, but the vendor didn't answer yet.
� I did get in contact, but the vendor stated positively that he
doesn't sell his product for Linux (yet).
In any case, please get in contact if you feel someone's missing; also
if you discover any errors in the file.
Sometimes two vendor's addresses are mentioned in the ``Vendor:''
field. In these cases I received the information from the German
subsidiary/distributor. The original manufacturer's address is always
mentioned first.
4. Related Information
There's another document which covers commercial Linux software. It
is maintained by Alan Cox <Alan.Cox@Linux.org> and can be found at
http://www.uk.linux.org/LxCommercial.html.
In addition, feel free to visit the LinuxMall where you can order most
products presented in this HOWTO.
5. Linux for the Commercial Market?
Copyright � 1996 iX Multiuser Multitasking Magazin
Courtesy of iX Multiuser Multitasking Magazin!
People keep asking me ``When is Linux going to be ready for the
commercial market''. I guess the first thing to discuss is what is
meant by "commercial" in this context.
Some CD-ROM vendors have put the word "commercial" in their name, only
to have the technical people think their product is good only for use
by banks and insurance companies. Other people look at their product
with disdain and say that ``Linux is not commercial quality'', because
it is missing some feature they need, or they feel it is unstable
(usually without ever trying it even one time).
To me, the word ``commercial'' has lost as much meaning in the
marketplace as some of the other buzzwords:
� ``Open'' vs ``Proprietary'' (People are now saying UNIX is
``Proprietary'')
� ``Workstation'' vs ``PC'' (What is a workstation, anyway?)
In the old days of computing the commercial market was banks,
insurance companies and business-oriented facilities where the use of
COBOL or RPG was the mainstream. The technical market was scientific,
engineering and manufacturing where FORTRAN and assembly language was
used. Somewhere along the way the term ``commercial'' seems to have
gotten twisted around to mean ``ready for the mass market'', versus
``ready for hackers''.
For the purpose of this article I will take the second meaning, and
address whether I think Linux is ready for commercial purposes rather
than the hobbyist and hacker market, and ready for the mass market
rather than limited markets.
For those of you who hate reading long articles, or who are short on
time, let me give you my conclusion right now. Then you can go out
and drink beer or other fun activities:
``Yes, Linux is ready for the commercial market...in some cases''.
In order for an operating system to be ready for the mass market it
must have several attributes:
� have lots of applications
� be relatively easy to install
� have lots of applications
� be relatively easy to maintain
� have lots of applications
� be relatively easy to use
� have lots of applications
� not crash (much)
� have lots of applications
� be economical
� have lots of applications
But you can eliminate all of these considerations in today's mass
market if only one thing is true:
You have lots of applications.
after all, there would not be 170,000,000 DOS systems in the world if
any of the others had to be true.
I almost added that is has to be economical, but history has actually
proven me wrong on that. If people added up the total cost of
ownership, then Apple would certainly have won over the PC. But
people ignore the human costs of someone else (or even themselves)
beating their head against the wall trying to get something to work,
or the system crashing repeatedly, or the fact that the one keystroke
they can hit the easiest (through practice) is
<CTRL><ALT><DEL>
In the old days people were content to spend several hundreds of dol�
lars on a simple ASCII text editor, or deal with a simple spreadsheet.
And it took an act of mangement to get them, with lots of Purchase
Orders. Today, they want multi-media integrated with their operating
system, and have all the applications available that their neighbor
(or boss, or compatriot) has available on their system. And they want
to get these applications easily, certainly no harder than to call up
on the phone to order them through a catalog, or go down to their cor�
ner store to get them.
Now what causes this plethora of applications for an operating system?
Ease of programming? Good software development tools? Features
inside the operating system? Stability of the interfaces over time?
The answer is ``none of these''. While all these attributes may help
convince an application developer to port, the one overriding issue is
volume of the operating system platform. Again, if MSDOS were
compared to MacOS, or even to UNIX and volume were not taken into
account, we know which two operating systems would have the most
applications, and they would not be from Microsoft.
While it is true that several Linux vendors are working on getting
these applications for the mass market (read this " your mother and
father"), the number of applications that run on Microsoft platforms
have been estimated as high as 35,000. SunOS has an estimated 10,000
applications, with other `commercial UNIX'' systems (including Solaris
2.x) much lower in number. It will take the Linux vendors a long time
to get the number of applications necessary to hit the really large
mass market, particularly if they did not depend on iBCS2 and
DOS/Windows compatibility (which could supply a fair number of current
applications), but depended on ``native'' Linux applications.
So applications are king (and queen) for the mass market, and
installed base (volume) or the promise of explosive growth (volume) is
the key to these. But is the mass market the only ``commercial''
market? The answer is ``no''. The mass market is a subset (albeit
very large one) of the commercial market. So let's look at what the
rest of the commercial market needs. We will look at this by
segmenting the market into:
� turnkey systems
� large end-user customers
� specialized markets
5.1. Turnkey systems
When I speak of turnkey systems I typically mean a computer system
that has one specific (or not so specific) application that runs on
it. Examples of turnkey systems are point-of-sale terminals,
reservation systems, CAD systems, etc. But in a larger sense, other
applications such as Web servers, nameservers (such as BIND), etc.
could also be considered ``turnkey'', since they have only a few
necessary programs that have to run on the system.
Usually turnkey systems are ones that an Independent Software Vendor
(ISV) or Value Added Reseller (VAR) will chose a hardware system, an
operating system, port an application to it, then duplicate that
system 500 to 1000 times without change to the basic application.
These ISVs and VARs will try to chose the lowest cost solution to fit
their customer's needs.
Linux is perfect for these types of applications. The operating
system is stable enough for the developer to port their application
and test the application fully. Once it is fully tested and stable,
the entire package is ``frozen'' and duplicated any number of times
for the end customer.
Since the operating system may be freely copied, and it runs on
inexpensive hardware, their variable costs are minimal. Even a
developer who is not familiar with the Linux system (so they need help
getting it running on a platform) will quickly pay back the porting
and system programmer costs they accrue by not paying $200-$500. per
license for the operating system. Plus they have all the source code
for the entire system, in case they run into trouble later on. You
can buy a lot of Linux support for $200-$500K.
As I said before, I include Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as part
of this ``turnkey'' environment, for both external internet and
internal internet. Why overload your expensive, high-powered, highly
complex general-purpose server to do Web serving when a smaller,
simpler box can offload it? Why not run your NIS slaves on a Linux
box? Or perhaps your BIND server?
In the early days of Digital UNIX (known then as DEC OSF/1) we did not
have very many applications. In fact we had none. The marketing
staff came to me with sad faces asking if it was possible to sell an
operating system that had no applications. I invented a term called
``Turbocharging'', which allowed a Digital UNIX system using the speed
and power of the Alpha processor (as well as the throughput of our
networking devices) to offload NIS, NFS, BIND and other services from
people's overloaded, slower SPARC machines. We also showed people how
they could use the rsh(1) command to allow the Alpha to do a portion
of their very CPU intensive processing while delivering the result
back to the SPARCs on their desk. This allowed the SPARCs to work
more on applications and less on the other ``system administration''
tasks that they were performing. We sold lots of Digital UNIX systems
based solely on executing those tasks. Today, of course, Digital UNIX
has a lot more applications, and particularly very large memory
databases that are extremely fast. But the same principle applies.
The database engine runs on the Alpha system, supplying data to the
slower SPARC engines as a ``Turbocharger''. I could see Linux systems
headed in the same direction, following the same path.
5.2. Large end-user customers
Very large customers often have their own home-grown applications
which they need to deploy across a wide network of people. Or they
can have management dictate a certain suite of applications, which
then can be ported to Linux. Since these customers are so large, their
operating system costs are huge, and utilizing the savings using the
Linux operating system they may completely cover the expenses of
porting their software.
Or these very large customers may ``influence'' their layered product
providers to port to the Linux platform. Finally, they may even
change some of their computing habits (to use existing programs) if
the cost savings are enough to warrant it.
Companies like Caldera are creating a suite of applications and
approaching these very large customers to show them the operating
system savings that they can achieve if they switch to Linux. While
it is true that every application the customer could ever conceive of
running may not run on Linux, by using the native applications, the
iBCS2 applications, the DOSEMU applications, and applications that run
under WABI, a nice suite of applications could be built to solve their
needs.
5.3. Specialized markets
Finally there are what I call ``specialized markets''. Markets that
might buy Linux simply because it is Linux, and not because of the
application suites that it provides.
In the education field there are three main markets:
� administrative
� ``campus computing''
� computer science education
The administrative part is the ``business'' aspect of the market.
They are looking for easy-to-use systems that can also handle complex
administrative tasks that might cover a community the size of a small
city.
The ``campus computing'' is the supply of computing power and service
for majors of all types, web services and research into non-computer
science (for example, molecular modeling) research.
Finally there is computer science education, both on the undergraduate
and graduate level, as well as research into computer science.
While the administrative sub-market typically relies more on shrink-
wrapped applications, the other two rely on them to a lesser extent
(with the computer science education market relying the least). The
other two markets can utilize a lot more of the freeware and shareware
applications that are already ported to Linux. This gives them a very
low-cost (from a software perspective) platform while allowing them to
see and (often) modify the source code for the applications they use.
More importantly, in the computer science research area, the results
of the research can be freely distributed to others working in the
field, or even published as source code to illustrate the results.
This can not be done with ``commercial'' operating systems.
Some universities are utilizing Linux more and more to run their
campus. From a ``commercial'' standpoint, their needs are the same as
many large businesses. Students graduating from college will know
about Linux, and bring the word to their future employers.
Finally, there is the computer hobbyist and software developer market.
I relate this market to the amateur radio market. In the amateur
radio market the radio is often used to simply talk to other people,
but at the same time the users investigate new ways of using radio,
and improving it. Many electrical engineers started out as amateur
radio users. So it can be with Linux, since for the first time both
the prices of the hardware and the prices of the operating system
source code are within the reach of mortal people.
In conclusion, I feel that Linux does have the items needed for
several types of ``commercial'' uses:
� stability and quality
� low variable costs for turnkey applications
� explosive growth in volume to attract ISVs
What Linux really needs is for the ``commercial'' community to
understand what is going on, and to embrace it where it will be
useful. This will increase the volume numbers even more, which will
attract more applications.
Along these lines I would like to ``advertise'' a joint effort of
USENIX and Linux International to happen in January of 1997 in
Anaheim, California of the United States. There will be a joint
USENIX/Linux development conference, and while a certain part of the
Linux conference will be oriented towards the development of the Linux
operating system, the bulk of the conference will be oriented towards
application developers and marketing people, to better understand the
Linux operating system and how to sell their applications and services
into the Linux market. We hope to show ISVs, VARs, resellers and
distributors how they can make money by selling their applications and
services on top of the Linux operating system.
To join in this effort, please view http://www.usenix.org/linux.html
and encourage your VARs, ISVs and resellers (or even yourself!!) to
attend. We call the conference "USELINUX", and we hope that we can
prove to people at that event that it is time to just USE LINUX.
5.4. Biography
Jon ``maddog'' Hall is a Senior Leader in the Digital Equipment
Corporation UNIX group. He has been in the computer industry for
twenty-five years, UNIX for sixteen years and has guided the emergence
of six operating systems, including Alpha Linux. He has an MS in
Computer Science.
6. Website Development
6.1. ASWedit, HTML editor
Description:
ASWedit is a commercial, comprehensive and easy to use HTML and
text editor for X Window System and Motif. It offers three
independent modes: a plain text editing mode and two context-
sensitive, validating modes for authoring of HTML documents as
used on the Internet and Intranets. The two HTML modes are:
standard and experimental.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes, 4-mm DAT, 1/4" and 8mm tapes, Internet (FTP).
Licensing policy:
Per machine basis. The number of users that can run the
software on the licensed computer is unlimited.
A version of the program, called asWedit, is available for free
for students and staff in education and charitable non-profit
organizations, and for free evaluation by individuals and
commercial organizations. It is available via FTP from many
archives. See http://www.advasoft.com/asWedit.html for details.
OS provisions:
Linux 1.2.13 or higher (ELF), X11R6, Motif 2.0 (not required if
the statically linked version is used), 5 MB of RAM, 1.5-3.5 MB
hard disk usage.
Documentation:
Printed documentation, online help, language: User's Guide (44
pages), HTML 3.2 extended, Reference Manual (89 pages), HTML 3.2
experimental, Reference Manual (106 pages). Online, context
sensitive, hypertext help - 560 KB. Localized resource files
are available for the following languages: English (default),
Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Polish, Portuguese,
Spanish and Swedish. Commands and messages are localized for
each language but the online help and documentation are only
available in English.
Product support:
The license includes free product upgrades by FTP for a period
of one year.
Extra features and add-ons:
Can work with external Unix filters. Highly customizable.
Supports four different browsers for previewing.
Available since:
July, 1995.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
US$149. Quantity discounts are available.
Vendor:
AdvaSoft Ltd.
30 Hatch Road
London SW16 4PN
England
Phone:
+44 181 251 0033
Fax:
+44 181 251 0011
EMail:
as@advasoft.com
URL:
http://www.advasoft.com
Contact:
Andre Stochniol
Last modified:
March 28, 1997.
6.2. Empress DataWEB
Description:
Empress DataWEB allows users to easily and rapidly build
dynamic, interactive, database-fed web applications. No special
programming language needs to be learned; developers of
applications simply can use HTML with the Empress extensions for
accessing the RDBMS.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
Please contact vendor for evaluation copies.
OS provisions:
16 MB of RAM; 60 MB harddisk space (additional requirements: web
browser required).
Documentation:
Online help.
Product support:
Full technical support available, priced separately.
Extra features and add-ons:
Extra features such as an HTTP server and other tools to
facilitate the creation of web applications come with the
software package.
Available since:
April, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Please contact vendor.
Vendor:
Empress Software Inc.
6401 Golden Triangle Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20770
U.S.A.
3100 Steeles Avenue East
Markham, ON L3R 8T3
Canada
Phone:
+1 301 220 1919 (USA), +1 905 513 8888 (Canada)
Fax:
+1 301 220 1919 (USA), +1 905 513 1668 (Canada)
EMail:
sales@empress.com
URL:
http://www.empress.com
Contact:
Dick Naedel
Last modified:
March 25, 1997.
6.3. LinkScan 2.0
Description:
LinkScan operates on Unix an NT servers on both Internets and
Intranets, LinkScan can test over 40,000 links per hour because
it is the only link checker that uses multi-threaded
simultaneous processing. LinkScan has been tested on web sites
with over 45,000 pages and more than 80,000 links. LinkScan
also produces two revolutionary types of maps of web sites.
LinkScan's SiteMap enables the user to produce a site map that
includes every link on a web site arranged in a hierarchical
format that resembles a book's table of contents. LinkScan's
TapMap is an expandable and collapsible site map that allows
viewers to tap down through the various and multiple levels of a
web site to quickly and easily navigate and explore the web site
by tapping on a few control icons.
Distribution media:
Internet (WWW).
Licensing policy:
A license is required for each server on which the product is
used. Free evaluation copies of LinkScan may be downloaded from
our web site.
OS provisions:
Requires Perl 5 or higher.
Documentation:
Complete documentation and a comprehensive FAQ may be read at
our web site and/or downloaded.
Product support:
This product is continuously updated and maintained. Prompt
responses to all inquiries and problems via EMail or telephone
as required. No fees for support.
Extra features and add-ons:
Within a web site, LinkScan offers the following features:
� Scans for missing HTML documents, images and other files
� Validates all internal hyperlinks
� Checks all name tags and references
� Creates two types of site maps or table of contents suitable for
publication
� Discovers orphaned files
More importantly, LinkScan will probe each one of your external
hyperlinks to other web sites. Scanning these links on a
regular basis is essential because you do not have any control
over those remote sites. LinkScan detects many different errors
most of which will appear as "broken links" and frustrate your
visitors. These conditions include:
� Servers that are not found (no DNS entry)
� Documents that are not found
� URL's that have relocated
� URL's that cannot be accessed (e.g. unauthorized or forbidden)
� URL's that time out
Available since:
January 7, 1997.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Licenses for charitable non-profit organizations; or educational
institutions (K-12, junior college, college, or library); or
individuals for personal use are US$49.95 each.
Licenses for government agencies; or commercial enterprises with
more than three employees (including officers) or over
US$200,000 a year in gross income or are incorporated are $495
each.
Vendor:
Electronic Software Publishing Corporation
1504 #8-00200 Main Street
Gardnerville, NV 89410-5273
U.S.A.
EMail:
ken@elsop.com
URL:
http://www.elsop.com
Contact:
Ken Churilla
Last modified:
March 26, 1997.
6.4. TalentSoft Web+ (WebPlus)
Description:
TalentSoft Web+ is a development tool dedicated to developing
web-based client/server applications without writing low level
CGI programs. Web+ enables rapid and easy creation of highly
functional web pages which integrates with databases, file
systems, EMail, Java applets, your legacy applications (EXEs,
DLLs), and communicates with other TCP/IP applications using
sockets. Web+ works with all popular web severs, databases, and
operating systems and integrates closely with Netscape web
servers via NSAPI and CGI. Web+ also acts as a multi-threaded
web middleware that integrates the web servers with databases,
EMail, TCP/IP sockets, and other applications. Please check out
the "Teach Me Web+" link on our web site for the coolest
interactive tutorial with hands on exercises. We are proud to
be the first to provide dynamic code interpretation on the
Internet! Now you may start writing and running your own web
application without buying or installing Web+.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes, CD-ROM and Internet (FTP and WWW).
Licensing policy:
Free evluation copy available at http://www.TalentSoft.com.
Trial out version notices displayed by ill not time out.
OS provisions:
16 MB RAM, 5 MB HD.
Documentation:
Both Printed documentation (about 200 pages) and HTML online
help. English only.
Product support:
Free EMail, web+ conference, and phone support. Training
available for a fee.
Available since:
February 1, 1997.
Countries with distribution:
USA, UK, Hong Kong, China, Singapore.
Price range:
US$49 to $495
Vendor:
TalentSoft / Talent Information Management, LLC.
P.O. Box 2997
Minneapolis, MN 55402
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 612 338 8900
Fax:
+1 612 904 0010
EMail:
info@TalentSoft.com
URL:
http://www.TalentSoft.com
Contact:
Victor Tong, Robert King, Tony Tong
Last modified:
February 8, 1997.
6.5. VirtuFlex 1.1
Description:
VirtuFlex 1.1 is a web application builder for adding dynamic
functionality to a web site. VirtuFlex provides the power to
transform web sites into live applications by integrating
databases, fax, EMail and pagers with the web. VirtuFlex
provides sophisticated functionality that can be added to web
sites by any HTML developer. VirtuFlex is reusable, modular,
easy to use, high performance and provides DB connectivity
almost any database. The componenets of VirtuFlex are a macro
language, macro processor, DB server and pre-built template
packs.
Distribution media:
Internet (WWW).
Licensing policy:
VirtuFLex is licensed on a per domain basis. A free evaluation
copy is available on our web site.
OS provisions:
Linux ELF binary format (1.2.x kernels or higher). VirtuFlex
runs on standard Unix workstations with 8 MB of RAM minimum, 16
MB recommended.
Documentation:
Available for download from our web site, English.
Product support:
Basic support four hours. Other support options available -
call for details.
Extra features and add-ons:
Pre-built Template-Paks come free with VirtuFlex for shopping
carts, threaded discussion groups, database application builder,
quizzes and surveys, web spiders and banner rotators.
Additional Template-Paks are added on a regular basis.
Available since:
1996.
Countries with distribution:
World wide through UniDirect, Soft Export and the Internet.
Price range:
US$995, educational discounts available.
Vendor:
VirtuFlex Software Corp.
930 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 617 497 8006
Fax:
+1 617 492 0486
EMail:
comments@virtuflex.com
URL:
http://www.virtuflex.com
Contact:
Dan Housman
Last modified:
March 17, 1997.
6.6. ThreadTrack and WebTailor from Webthreads.
Description:
ThreadTrack and WebTailor are lightweight browser and server
independent CGI script packages, developed under Linux, that add
state to web servers. ThreadTrack is used for tracking the
activity of individual visitors to a web site, and WebTailor is
used to dynamically modify the content of a web site in response
to a visitor's profile or actions.
WebTailor uses a simple server-side scripting language to modify
the site's content. The language, targeted to non-technical web
designers, is easy to learn and use. For the more technical,
the CGI interface has been expanded to enable parameter passing
on a per visitor basis between scripts running on different
pages.
ThreadTrack tags individual visitors to a web site with a unique
identifier that remains with them for their visit. Each
visitor's session is recorded click-by-click, so a database of
aggregate and individual activity is available for reports.
Comprehensive reporting is included, and the data (dBase III) is
easily transferrable to custom reporting packages.
Distribution media:
Internet (WWW).
Licensing policy:
30 Day fully functional eval available from
http://www.webthreads.com
OS provisions:
Any version of Linux on x86, a.out and ELF.
Documentation:
Web site and online provided with the package.
Product support:
EMail support.
Extra features and add-ons:
Msql interface. Registration site management addition.
Available since:
June, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
ThreadTrack starts at US$295. WebTailor starts at US$895.
Vendor:
Webthreads, L.L.C.
1919 Gallows Road, 10th floor
Vienna, VA 22182
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 703 848 9027
Fax:
+1 703 848 2444
EMail:
info@webthreads.com
URL:
http://www.webthreads.com
Contact:
Gavin Sutcliffe
Last modified:
March 18, 1997.
7. Databases
7.1. c-tree Plus
Description:
Based on advanced B+tree (balanced) algorithm, c-tree Plus API
handles all aspects of database I/O. Program single user or
multi-user non-server applications royalty free and migrate
existing c-tree Plus applications to the FairCom Server by
recompiling.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes and CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
c-tree Plus is licensed on a per programmer basis. Single-user,
multi-user and multi-user non-server royalty-free distribution.
Contact FairCom for possible restrictions: general purpose
database and application development systems prohibited.
OS provisions:
3 MB hard drive space; 128 KB of RAM.
Documentation:
Printed manuals distributed with product; full online
documentation with CD-ROM, available in English and Japanese.
Product support:
Three months of full technical support from purchase date.
Unlimited technical support and product updates available
thereafter with c-tree Plus maintenance program.
Available since:
October, 1995.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
US$895.
Vendor:
FairCom
4006 W. Broadway
Columbia, MO 65203-0100
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 573 445 6833
Fax:
+1 573 445 9698
EMail:
Faircom@faircom.com
URL:
http://www.faircom.com
Contact:
Tamra Brown <tami@faircom.com>
Vendor:
FairCom Europe
Via Patrioti 6
I-24021 Albino
Italy
Phone:
+39 35 773 464
Fax:
+39 35 773 806
EMail:
Europe@faircom.com
Vendor:
FairCom Japan
Ikeda Bldg. #3 4F, 112-5
Komei-chou, Tsu-city MIE 514
Japan
Phone:
+81 059 229 7504
Fax:
+81 059 249 723
Vendor:
FairCom do Brasil Ltda.
Phone:
+55 14 224 1610
Fax:
+55 14 234 6462
EMail:
Brazil@faircom.com
Last modified:
March 14, 1997.
7.2. Empress
Description:
Empress for Linux is a multimedia RDBMS for members of the
rapidly growing Linux developer community. Key components of
the package include the powerful Empress RDBMS as well as
dynamic SQL, Empress 4GL, Empress GUI Builder for rapidly
developing graphical front-ends to Empress applications, a WWW
HTML toolkit, and a grahical point and click interface to the
Empress RDBMS development environment. A streamlined, single-
user version of this product, Personal Empress for Linux, is
available also.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes.
Licensing policy:
Free demos are available via FTP. Must contact vendor.
OS provisions:
Empress GUI Builder requires OSF Motif version 1.2.4 or 2.0. 16
MB RAM. 80 MB Disk Space. 486 CPU or better.
Documentation:
Printed documentation.
Product support:
Full technical support available, priced separately.
Extra features and add-ons:
Other features which are components of the package include
shared libraries, shared memory, math library functions and a C
language interface.
Available since:
December, 1995.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Product is priced by number of concurrent users. Please contact
vendor.
Vendor:
Empress Software Inc.
6401 Golden Triangle Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20770
U.S.A.
3100 Steeles Avenue East
Markham, ON L3R 8T3
Canada
Phone:
+1 301 220 1919 (USA), +1 905 513 8888 (Canada)
Fax:
+1 301 220 1919 (USA), +1 905 513 1668 (Canada)
EMail:
sales@empress.com
URL:
http://www.empress.com
Contact:
Dick Naedel
Last modified:
March 25, 1997.
7.3. Essentia
Description:
Database Engine.
Some Features: Remote databases, client/server, automatic
consistency check, incremental backup, mirroring, shadowing,
distributable database, journaling, versions, RISE, object
oriented DBMC, implements relational model 3 tier client/server
architecture, cooperative servers, language independent user-
configurable (English, Spanish, Portuguese).
Distribution media:
4/8 mm. DAT, 150/525 MB tape. Academic version available from:
� ftp://ftp.inter-soft.com
� http://www.inter-soft.com/ftp/pub/essentia
Licensing policy:
Commercial. Free version for Linux available.
OS provisions:
10 MB disk space.
Documentation:
Available in PostScript and HTML.
Product support:
Contact essentia-info@inter-soft.com for more information.
Extra features and add-ons:
SQL Server, ODBC Interface for Windows, JDBC Interface, User
servers.
Available since:
1993.
Countries with distribution:
Argentina, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Venezuela and USA.
Price range:
Linux version for free (with some restrictions). Other prices
available on request.
Vendor:
InterSoft Argentina S.A.
C�rdoba 883 9th. Floor
Capital Federal (1054)
Argentina
Phone:
+54 1 318 8900
Fax:
+54 1 318 8997
EMail:
info@inter-soft.com
URL:
http://www.inter-soft.com
Last modified:
April 8, 1997.
7.4. FairCom Server
Description:
High-performance, multi-threaded, transaction processing server.
Features include: industrial quality transaction processing,
including full commit and rollback; intermediate save points and
complete logging; automatic log management; restart/disaster
recovery; user passwords; access security and on-line
administration; deadlock detection/resolution; read/write locks
at the record/individual key level; more.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes and CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
The FairCom Server is licensed on a per machine basis. Contact
FairCom for specific licensing questions.
OS provisions:
2 MB of RAM.
Documentation:
Printed manuals distributed with product; full online
documentation with CD-ROM, available in English and Japanese.
Product support:
Three months of full technical support from purchase date.
Unlimited technical support and product updates available
thereafter with Server maintenance program.
Available since:
October, 1995.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
US$445-$3745 depending upon platform and number of users.
Special licensing and OEM agreements available.
Vendor:
FairCom
4006 W. Broadway
Columbia, MO 65203-0100
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 573 445 6833
Fax:
+1 573 445 9698
EMail:
Faircom@faircom.com
URL:
http://www.faircom.com
Contact:
Tamra Brown <tami@faircom.com>
Vendor:
FairCom Europe
Via Patrioti 6
I-24021 Albino
Italy
Phone:
+39 35 773 464
Fax:
+39 35 773 806
EMail:
Europe@faircom.com
Vendor:
FairCom Japan
Ikeda Bldg. #3 4F, 112-5
Komei-chou, Tsu-city MIE 514
Japan
Phone:
+81 059 229 7504
Fax:
+81 059 249 723
Vendor:
FairCom do Brasil Ltda.
Phone:
+55 14 224 1610
Fax:
+55 14 234 6462
EMail:
Brazil@faircom.com
Last modified:
March 14, 1997.
7.5. Just Logic/SQL
Description:
Relational Database Management System
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes.
Licensing policy:
Unlimited runtime included.
Documentation:
Printed manual, examples.
Product support:
EMail, fax or phone.
Extra features and add-ons:
� client-server option: lets run applications on several computers
running Windows or Linux, that access a central database on a
Linux system.
� web-enabling option: passthrough between an HTTP Web server and
a Just Logic/SQL database. No C or Perl required. SQL commands
are embedded directly within HTML files. Compatible with
Netscape, Apache, NCSA and all other CGI-compliant HTTP servers.
Available since:
1993.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
US$149-$395.
Vendor:
Just Logic Technologies
P.O. Box 63050, 40 Commerce St.
Nun's Island, Montreal, QC H3E 1V6
Canada
Phone:
+1 514 761 6887
Fax:
+1 514 642 6480
EMail:
sales@justlogic.com
URL:
http://www.justlogic.com
Contact:
Luc Vallieres
Last modified:
March 16, 1997.
7.6. KE Texpress
Description:
KE Texpress is a high-speed client server database engine that
supports object-oriented, relational and free text data
structures and associated operations. It is particularly suited
to applications with large data sets, complex operations and
large numbers of concurrent users.
Distribution media:
Internet (FTP and WWW) and tape.
Licensing policy:
Commercial product licensed by number of concurrent users. A 30
day free trial is available at our web site.
OS provisions:
Linux ELF and a.out libraries. Requires about 30 MB disk space.
Runs on over 20 other varieties of Unix.
Documentation:
Printed and HTML documentation is available.
Product support:
Annual technical support (EMail, fax and phone) and version
upgrade contracts.
Extra features and add-ons:
� Texhtml WWW module - publish KE Texpress databases on the WWW
� Texql - SQL-like structured query language
� TexAPI - applications programming interface with client
libraries for
� Windows (C, C++ and VB), Unix and Macintosh System 7
� TexODBC - ODBC drivers for Windows
KE Software has an extensive consulting service assisting
clients to develop KE Texpress database applications.
Available since:
1984.
Countries with distribution:
USA, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Malaysia.
Price range:
US$2,000 to $100,000+. Monthly fee option of $400 for Internet-
based database applications which includes server space, domain
name, EMail and Internet connection.
Vendor:
KE Software Inc.
303-601 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4C2
Canada
Phone:
+1 604 877 1960
Fax:
+1 604 877 1961
EMail:
info@kesoftware.com
URL:
http://www.kesoftware.com
Contact:
Andrzej Kowalski
Last modified:
February 21, 1997.
7.7. Qddb
Description:
Qddb is fast, powerful and flexible database software that runs
on Unix. Some of its features include: Tcl/Tk programming
interface, easy to use, you can have a DB application completely
up and, running in about 5 minutes, using nxqddb. CGI interface
for quick and easy online databases and guestbooks. Fast, and
powerful searching capability. Report generator. Barcharts and
graphs. Mass mailings with EMail, letters and postcards.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes, tape and Internet (FTP and WWW).
Licensing policy:
GNU and Commercial versions available.
OS provisions:
GNU version comes with source code. Binary packages available
for Linux, FreeBSD, and BSD/OS(BSDI) --- RPM and buildkit
format.
Documentation:
Online documentation and PostScript files available. Printed
manuals also available upon request.
Product support:
User and programmer support available along with upgrade
contracts.
Extra features and add-ons:
Tcl/Tk programming interface, CGI interface, report generator,
many useful free and commercial applications built with Qddb.
Available since:
1996.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
See http://www.hsdi.com/orders
Vendor:
Herrin Software Development, Inc.
41 South Highland Avenue
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 606 886 8202
Fax:
+1 606 277 3239
EMail:
info@hsdi.com
URL:
http://www.hsdi.com
Contact:
Eric Herrin
Last modified:
April 11, 1997.
7.8. Raima Database Manager++
Description:
Low-level high performance database engine with C API and C++
class library, for embedding in applications. This database is
used in thousands of leading commercial applications. Includes
source for C++ class library that encapsulates database
navigation and object storage and retrieval into C++ classes,
adding an object-oriented interface. Supports multiple database
models, including relational, network model, and combined.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes and tape.
Licensing policy:
Pay for development license, distribute runtime copies freely.
Documentation:
Extensive documentation available from Raima Corporation,
dealing with all aspects of database, C API and C++ class
library.
Product support:
Available from Raima Corporation on annual basis, raining
available.
Extra features and add-ons:
Windows GUI Report Writer.
Available since:
1984, originally called db_VISTA.
Countries with distribution:
Direct in the USA, use distributors internationally - Germany,
England, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Russia, Estonia,
Argentina, Columbia, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Finland,
Taiwan, other countries.
Price range:
RDM++ Database Module is US$995 for single user, US$2,395 for
multi-user. System is US$1,395 for single user, US$3,395 for
multi-user (System includes RDM++ database, QUERY SQL query tool
and REVISE database restructuring tool). All versions available
with source code for extra cost.
Depends on machine class; lowest is US$3,995 without system
utilities; US$6,195 with system utilities.
Vendor:
Raima Corporation
4800 Columbia Center
701 5th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone:
+1 800 327 2462, +1 206 515 9477
Fax:
+1 206 748 5200
EMail:
sales@raima.com
URL:
http://www.raima.com
Contact:
Dave Morse
Last modified:
March 18, 1997.
7.9. Empress Embedded RDBMS
Description:
The Empress Embedded RDBMS is a toolkit especially designed for
developers of complex embedded systems. The power of this
toolkit derives from the Embedded RDBMS which can capture and
store bulk objects at impressive speeds. The toolkit is also
Internet ready with a JDBC/ODBC bridge available.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes.
Licensing policy:
Please contact vendor for evaluations copies.
OS provisions:
32 MB of RAM, 60 MB disk disk space.
Documentation:
Printed documentation.
Product support:
Full technical support available, priced separately.
Extra features and add-ons:
Extra features included with the toolkit are Empress Report
Writer and enhanced Internet capabilities (ability to use Java
applets, etc.) via the HTML toolkit.
Available since:
January, 1997.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Please contact vendor.
Vendor:
Empress Software Inc.
6401 Golden Triangle Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20770
U.S.A.
3100 Steeles Avenue East
Markham, ON L3R 8T3
Canada
Phone:
+1 301 220 1919 (USA), +1 905 513 8888 (Canada)
Fax:
+1 301 220 1919 (USA), +1 905 513 1668 (Canada)
EMail:
sales@empress.com
URL:
http://www.empress.com
Contact:
Dick Naedel
Last modified:
March 25, 1997.
7.10. SOLID Server
Description:
SOLID Server is a database engine for new applications and
products. It is extremely easy to set up, and has a small
footprint. SOLID Server is standards-compliant and full of
power. It is perfectly suited for distributed use in countless
copies. Its maintenance is care-free, requiring minimal or no
administrator attention.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes and Internet (FTP and WWW).
Licensing policy:
Copy-protected.
OS provisions:
At least 2 MB RAM, recommended are 8 MB; harddisk about 3-4 MB.
Documentation:
English manuals and online help. WWW.
Product support:
Available.
Available since:
1994.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
SOLID Desktop US$99, SOLID Server US$199/seat, SOLID Web Engine
US$495.
Vendor:
Solid Information Technology Ltd
Huovitie 3
FIN-00400 Helsinki
Finland
Phone:
+358 9 477 4730
Fax:
+358 9 477 47 390
EMail:
info@solidtech.com
URL:
http://www.solidtech.com
Last modified:
March 17, 1997.
7.11. Velocis Database Server
Description:
Velocis Database Server is designed for database application
developers who are looking for a high performance client/server
or web database engine. Velocis is a scaleable SQL
client/server database engine that provides a rich set of
architectural choices and APIs including ANSI SQL, SQL C-API,
low-level C-API, C++ class libraries, and support for custom
APIs. Unlike typical relational client/server database
products, Velocis supports both relational and pointer-based
network model databases in any combination as well as processing
on either side of the client/server equation. The choices of
multiple operating platforms, APIs, processing locality (client
or server), and database model can be mixed and combined to
satisfy the performance requirements of virtually any
application.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes and tape.
Licensing policy:
Pay for development license. Runtimes are requires to
distribute applications.
Documentation:
Extensive documentation available from Raima Corporation,
dealing with all aspects of database, C API and C++ class
library.
Product support:
Available from Raima Corporation on annual basis, raining
available.
Extra features and add-ons:
Windows GUI Report Writer, Raima Object Manager.
Available since:
1993, originally called Raima Database Server.
Countries with distribution:
Direct in the USA, use distributors internationally - Germany,
England, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Russia, Estonia,
Argentina, Columbia, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Finland,
Taiwan, other countries.
Price range:
1-8 users: US$1,995, 1-25 users: US$3,995, unlimited: US$8,995.
Vendor:
Raima Corporation
4800 Columbia Center
701 5th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone:
+1 800 327 2462, +1 206 515 9477
Fax:
+1 206 748 5200
EMail:
sales@raima.com
URL:
http://www.raima.com
Contact:
Dave Morse
Last modified:
March 18, 1997.
7.12. Yard SQL
Description:
The YARD company offers the following products:
� YARD-SQL -- Relational SQL client/server database with
compliance to X/Open XPG4 and ANSI SQL 92 including network
support for accessing remote databases
� YARD-ESQLC -- Embedded SQL for C
� YARD-ODBC -- ODBC interface for MS Windows clients
� YARD-X -- Motif client for database access (No development tool)
� YARD-JDBC -- Java Interface
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes and tapes.
Licensing policy:
License number and activation key for each product and
installation with user dependent licenses. A Private Edition
(limited to 1 user and 5 MB database) for non commercial private
use and for evaluation is available at ftp://ftp.yard.de.
OS provisions:
Linux 1.2.13 and all following ELF versions; Motif 1.2.3; RAM
usage: 1 MB (minimum) for Shared Memory, 500 KB per User; disk
usage: YARD-SQL 10 MB, YARD-ESQLC 1 MB, YARD-ODBC 1.5 MB, YARD-
NET 1 MB, YARD-X 5 MB.
Documentation:
Printed 600 pages reference and users guide in German. English
documentation is available only as PostScript file.
Product support:
Upon request.
Extra features and add-ons:
All products also available for other widely distributed Unix
systems (e.g. SCO Unix, SPARC Solaris, IBM, HP, SGI).
Available since:
January, 1994.
Countries with distribution:
Current world wide distribution through Distributor Ordix
Software <info@ordix.de>, Paderborn, Germany.
Price range:
Upon request.
For technical matters contact:
YARD Software GmbH
Wikingerstr. 18
D-51107 K�ln
Germany
Fax:
+49 221 98664 99
EMail:
yard@yard.de
URL:
http://www.yard.de
FTP:
ftp://ftp.yard.de
Contact:
Thomas Schonhoven <thomass@yard.de>
For sales matters contact:
ORDIX Software AG
Westernmauer 12
D-33098 Paderborn
Germany
Fax:
+49 5251 1063 99
EMail:
info@ordix.de
Last modified:
March 19, 1997.
8. Data Visualisation and CAD
8.1. IDL
Description:
IDL is the pioneering software for data analysis, visualization,
and application development. IDL's features include flexible
I/O, 2D plotting, 3D graphics, volume rendering, image
processing, mathematics, statistics, a cross-platform GUI
toolkit, plus a high-level, array-oriented programming language.
Use IDL for visual data analysis, rapid prototyping, or
application development. IDL programs are portable across
Linux, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, Mac, PowerMac, Unix
and VMS.
IDL 5.0 will be shipping very soon. To learn more about IDL 5.0
and to request a Pre Release version go to our web site.
IDL Student Version Release 5 will be available for Back-to-
School 1997. To learn more about the IDL Student Version send
EMail to info@rsinc.com.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM and Internet (FTP).
Licensing policy:
Free demo CD-ROM available or download via FTP.
OS provisions:
IDL supports Linux kernel version 1.2.8 dynamically linked using
Slackware 2.3. Statically linked version also included for use
with Linux versions less than 1.2.8. 16 MB RAM minimum
recommended. 50 MB disk space.
Documentation:
1600+ pages of documentation on paper and hypertext online help.
Product support:
Customer support service, maintenance/update service, training
and consulting are available. In addition, a Usenet group is
devoted to IDL.
Extra features and add-ons:
HDF support, animation, volume slicer, high resolution mapping
built-in.
Available since:
September, 1995.
Countries with distribution:
Ask vendor.
Price range:
Contact vendor/distributor.
Vendor:
Research Systems, Inc.
2995 Wilderness Place
Boulder, CO
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 303 786 9900
Fax:
+1 303 786 9909
EMail:
info@rsinc.com
URL:
http://www.rsinc.com
FTP:
ftp://ftp.rsinc.com
Last modified:
March 17, 1997.
8.2. Megahedron
Description:
A flexible and powerful 3D graphics engine controlled by a high-
level interpreted language called SMPL. With it, you can learn
about 3D, write your own interactive simulations, animations,
and ray-tracings. You can even write your own shaders,
customize procedural objects and motions, and use up to 64
computers at once for net rendering. Includes executables for
Windows 95, Windows NT x86 and Alpha, SGI Irix and Linux.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM, ISO-9660 and Rock Ridge.
Licensing policy:
Very flexible. The owner is allowed to run as many copies as
they can, on any platforms. Demo version, full documentation
and sample images and scripts available on our web site.
OS provisions:
Supports kernel 1.2.8 or 1.3.15. Non-ELF, a.out executable
(QMAGIC). 16 MB of RAM minimum recommended. 7 MB free disk
space recommended.
Documentation:
In HTML on CDROM.
Product support:
Private news server, EMail. Patches on web site.
Extra features and add-ons:
Everything included on one CD-ROM.
Available since:
August, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
World wide, direct and through dealers.
Price range:
US$99
Vendor:
Syndesis Corporation
235 South Main Street
Jefferson, WI 53549
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 414 674 5200
Fax:
+1 414 674 6363
EMail:
syndesis@threedee.com
URL:
http://www.threedee.com
Contact:
John Foust <jfoust@threedee.com>
Last modified:
February 19, 1997.
8.3. Tecplot 7.0
Description:
Tecplot is a plotting program for visualizing and analyzing
engineering and scientific data. Tecplot supports XY, 2D, 3D-
surface, and 3D volumetric plotting. With Tecplot you don't
have to write a program, just input your data and start
visualizing immediately. For more information, see the Amtec
Engineering web site.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM and Internet (FTP).
Licensing policy:
Either personal licenses (node locked) or network licenses.
Evaluation copies available on CD-ROM or by anonymous FTP.
OS provisions:
12 MB minimum, Linux 1.2 or newer (available in both statically
linked and dynamically linked versions). Use the statically
linked version if your system does not have Motif 1.2 or newer
installed. 32 MB RAM is recommended.
Documentation:
Printed User's and Reference Manuals, full online help.
English.
Product support:
Update and technical support included with license for first
three months. Extra charge (ask for EUSS) after that. Training
courses available.
Available since:
V7 since September 1996, V6 since August 1993.
Countries with distribution:
Many, see Amtec web site.
Price range:
US$1795 for personal license, US$2395 for single-user network
license, US$1795 for each additional user. All prices the USA
and Canada only.
Vendor:
Amtec Engineering, Inc
PO Box 3633
Bellevue, WA 98009-3633
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 206 827 3304, +1 800 676 7568
Fax:
+1 206 827 3989
EMail:
tecplot@amtec.com
URL:
http://www.amtec.com
Last modified:
February 19, 1997.
8.4. VARKON
Description:
A high level development tool for CAD and Product modeling
applications. Interactive parametric modelling in 2D and 3D
with object oriented database. High level CAD and modelling
language MBS included.
Distribution media:
Internet (WWW).
Licensing policy:
Free binary for Linux.
OS provisions:
Requires X but not Motif. Needs 3 MB of harddisk for basic
installation and 3MB of RAM to run.
Documentation:
400 pages of documentation included in the free version for
Linux.
Product support:
Service with continous updates and free consultation available
for US $75/month.
Extra features and add-ons:
Additional plotterdrivers available free of charge.
Available since:
July, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Linux version is free of charge.
Vendor:
Microform AB
Henningsholmsgatan 4
S-703 69 Orebro
Sweden
Phone:
+46 19314932
Fax:
+46 19314969
EMail:
info@microform.se
URL:
http://www.microform.se
Contact:
Johan Kjellander
Last modified:
February 5, 1997.
8.5. XVScan
Description:
Image scanning and manipulation software for HP ScanJet
scanners.
Distribution media:
Internet (EMail and FTP). 4mm DDS2 DAT tape or 3.5 diskettes
(additional US$15 in the USA, US$25 international).
Licensing policy:
XVScan is based on XV and is not available in demo version due
to licensing restrictions. Distributed with full source code.
OS provisions:
Linux, tested with 1.2.x and 2.0.x, requires a recent generic
SCSI driver support to be built in (no earlier than 1.1.79).
Motif is not required. Any XFree version (X11R5, X11R6).
Documentation:
Online, WWW, English.
Product support:
Updates free for first year.
Extra features and add-ons:
Also available for HP-UX, BSD/OS 2.2 and 3.0, SunOS 4.1.x,
Solaris 2.x, and FreeBSD.
Available since:
May, 1995.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
US$50 for FTP or EMail shipping. Additional US$15 for media in
the United States, US$15, internationally. Mastercard, Visa and
Discover, and American Express Credit Cards accepted.
Vendor:
tummy.com, ltd.
3506 Stratton Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80525-2722
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 970 223 8215
Fax:
+1 408 490 2728
EMail:
xvscan@tummy.com
URL:
http://www.tummy.com/xvscan
Contact:
Sean Reifschneider <jafo@tummy.com> or Evelyn Mitchell
<efm@tummy.com>
Last modified:
February 19, 1997.
9. Development Tools
9.1. Amzi! Prolog & Logic Server
Description:
Amzi! enables the easy integration of intelligent components
with conventional applications allowing you to add logic-bases
that give advice, configure and tune systems, diagnose problems,
apply business rules, monitor processes and parse documents.
Your applications access a logic-base of rules just as a
database server accesses records. The rules are expressed in
Prolog which has powerful, built-in search and pattern matching
capabilities. The Amzi! Logic Server is encapsulated as a C++
Class and C API Interface. You can add your own Prolog
functions in C/C++. Includes: compiler, listener, debugger,
linker, EXE, generator, call-in/call-out Logic Server API, full
documentation, comprehensive Prolog tutorial and lots of sample
code.
Distribution media:
Internet.
Licensing policy:
The Professional Edition includes an unlimited, royalty-free
license. The Personal Edition is limited to distributing
applications for non-commercial use only.
OS provisions:
About 350 KB of RAM for typical small application, 3-4 MB disk.
Documentation:
HTML format, includes full Prolog tutorial.
Product support:
Subscription Plus service provides automatic updates for a full
year, $198. Custom development services available.
Linux Support:
No Linux system included. For Amzi! software, free tech support
for registered users by phone, fax and EMail.
Available since:
November 3, 1995.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Personal (Shareware), $49. Professional, $298.
Vendor:
Amzi! inc.
40 Samuel Prescott Drive
Stow, MA 01775
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 508 897 7332
Fax:
+1 508 897 2784
EMail:
info@amzi.com
URL:
http://www.amzi.com
Contact:
Mary Kroening
Last modified:
March 19, 1997.
9.2. Basmark QuickBASIC
Description:
The Basmark QuickBASIC Compiler is a multi-user IBM-PC BASICA,
MBASIC and Microsoft QuickBASIC Compiler designed to provide
performance and consistency across a variety of machines (e.g.
i386 and i486, Pentium, SPARC, RS/6000, HP PA-RISC) under Unix,
AIX, SunOS, Linux, HP-UX and Xenix.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes.
Licensing policy:
Per machine, no run-time restrictions.
OS provisions:
GNU GAS and LD must be installed.
Documentation:
400+ page manual, release and installation notes.
Product support:
Updates available for US$139 less shipping. Maintenance
contracts available.
Extra features and add-ons:
C-ISAM (Informix Inc.) Interface in C source code form. Cost is
US$35.
Available since:
December, 1993.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
US$695 (less shipping)
Vendor:
Basmark Corporation
P.O. Box 40450
Cleveland, OH 44140
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 216 871 8855
Fax:
+1 216 871 9011
EMail:
jgo@basmark.com (for orders)
URL:
http://www.XBasic.com
Contact:
Joseph O'Toole (for orders)
Last modified:
February 25, 1997.
9.3. Critical Mass CM3
Description:
Systems development compiler and runtime.
Distribution media:
Internet (WWW).
Licensing policy:
Commercial with library source, evaluation licenses available
for download at http://www.cmass.com/cm3.
OS provisions:
Linux/ELF.
Documentation:
Online.
Product support:
Optional.
Extra features and add-ons:
See http://www.cmass.com/cm3
Available since:
May, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
USA.
Price range:
US$479/seat.
Vendor:
Critical Mass, Inc.
Critical Mass, Inc.
225R Concord Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 617 354 6277
Fax:
+1 617 354 5027
EMail:
info@cmass.com
URL:
http://www.cmass.com
Last modified:
May 19, 1997.
9.4. Dynace
Description:
Dynace (pronounced like ``dynasty'' without the ``t'') is a
preprocessor, include files and a library which extends the C
language with advanced object oriented capabilities, automatic
garbage collection and multiple threads. Dynace is designed to
solve many of the problems associated with C++ while being
easier to learn and containing more flexable object oriented
facilities. Dynace is able to add facilities previously only
available in languages such as Smalltalk and CLOS without all
the overhead normally associated with those environments.
Distribution media:
Internet (WWW); including full C source code.
Licensing policy:
One license per programmer; Applications are royalty free.
Information and demo on http://www.edge.net/algorithms. Free
for non-commercial use.
OS provisions:
Any Linux.
Documentation:
310 pages; in Postscript, HP PCL, or TeX DVI.
Product support:
Dynace-support@edge.net
Extra features and add-ons:
Complete Windows development system.
Available since:
December, 1993.
Price range:
US$599.
Vendor:
Algorithms Corporation
3020 Liberty Hills Drive
Franklin, TN 37067
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 800 566 8991, +1 615 791 1636
Fax:
+1 615 791 7736
EMail:
blake@edge.net
URL:
http://www.edge.net/algorithms
Contact:
Blake McBride
Last modified:
March 15, 1997.
9.5. Absoft FORTRAN 77
Description:
VAX/VMS compatible ANSI FORTRAN 77 compiler and debugger.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes.
Licensing policy:
Single user license; multi-user packages also available.
OS provisions:
Linux 1.2.13.
Documentation:
300+ pages hard copy documentation.
Product support:
No-charge technical support.
Available since:
March, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
US$525-$2,000.
Vendor:
Absoft Corporation
2781 Bond Street
Rochester Hills, MI 48309
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 810 853 0050
Fax:
+1 810 853 0108
EMail:
sales@absoft.com
URL:
http://www.absoft.com
Contact:
Wood Lotz
Last modified:
March 25, 1997.
9.6. Finesse
Description:
OSF/Motif GUI for shell scripts.
Distribution media:
Internet (FTP).
Licensing policy:
Finesse is a fully commercial product for other Unixes where
nodelocked licenses are possible. The Linux version is freely
available via FTP. Floppy medium is DM 90.
OS provisions:
ELF Libraries. X11R6. No Motif required.
Documentation:
PostScript File.
Product support:
No support for free version.
Available since:
May, 1995.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Free demo. Commercial version with support on request.
Vendor:
science + computing GmbH
Hagellocher Weg 71
D-72070 T�bingen
Germany
Phone:
+49 7071 9457 0
Fax:
+49 7071 9457 27
EMail:
info@science-computing.de
URL:
http://www.science-computing.de
FTP:
ftp://ftp.science-computing.de/pub/finesse.
Contact:
Olaf Flebbe
Last modified:
February 25, 1997.
9.7. ISE Eiffel
Description:
ISE Eiffel is a seamless object-oriented development
environment. ISE Eiffel provides an integrated solution for
software developers through pure object-oriented methods, from
analysis and design through code generation, maintenance, and
reverse engineering.
The components of ISE Eiffel include EiffelBench, EiffelBase,
EiffelBuild, EiffelVision, EiffelLex, EiffelParse, EiffelNet,
EiffelStore, ObjEdit, EiffelCase, EiffelMath, EiffelWeb, DLE
(Dynanic Linking in Eiffel) and SCOOP (Distribution/Concurrency
mechanism).
Distribution media:
CD-ROM and Internet (FTP and WWW)
Licensing policy:
No run-time fees are required for products, commercial or
otherwise, developed with ISE's technology. In the case of
commercial products we simply require the product and its
documentation to acknowledge ISE Eiffel clearly. The copyright
holder must acknowledge the product's use/incorporation of ISE
Eiffel by (a) Featuring "ISE Eiffel" prominently in product
documentation, and (b) Featuring an "ISE Eiffel" software window
or pop-up message clearly visible during the copyrighted
product's installation process.
OS provisions:
Linux ELF or a.out. Motif version 1.2.
Documentation:
Printed documentation. Additional online help.
Product support:
Update service, maintenance, training available.
Available since:
August, 1994.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Starting at US$99.
Vendor:
Interactive Software Engineering, Inc.
270 Storke Road, Suite 7
Goleta, CA 93117
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 805 685 1006
Fax:
+1 805 685 6869
EMail:
info@eiffel.com
URL:
http://www.eiffel.com
Last modified:
April 8, 1997.
9.8. EiffelBench
Description:
Object-oriented CASE Workbench.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM and Internet (FTP and WWW).
Licensing policy:
No run-time fees are required for products, commercial or
otherwise, developed with ISE's technology. In the case of
commercial products we simply require the product and its
documentation to acknowledge ISE Eiffel clearly. The copyright
holder must acknowledge the product's use/incorporation of ISE
Eiffel by (a) Featuring "ISE Eiffel" prominently in product
documentation, and (b) Featuring an "ISE Eiffel" software window
or pop-up message clearly visible during the copyrighted
product's installation process.
OS provisions:
Linux ELF or a.out. Motif version 1.2.
Documentation:
Eiffel: The Environment.
Product support:
Update service, maintenance, training available.
Available since:
August, 1994.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Starting at US$99.
Vendor:
Interactive Software Engineering, Inc.
270 Storke Road, Suite 7
Goleta, CA 93117
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 805 685 1006
Fax:
+1 805 685 6869
EMail:
info@eiffel.com
URL:
http://www.eiffel.com
Last modified:
April 8, 1997.
9.9. IdeaFix
Description:
The InterSoft Development Environment for Applications in Unix,
or IdeaFix, is a set of programming tools and utilities designed
to provide an integrated environment for programmers as well as
end-users. The aim of IdeaFix is to maximize performance and
productivity for both.
For the end-user, IdeaFix offers a user-friendly interface and
an online help system. IdeaFix provides the developer with
tools to simplify development of such design criteria as
relational databases and modular structured programming.
Distribution media:
4/8 mm. DAT, 150/525 MB tape. Academic version available from:
� ftp://ftp.inter-soft.com/pub/ideafix
� http://www.inter-soft.com/ftp/pub/ideafix
Licensing policy:
Commercial. Free version for Linux available.
OS provisions:
20 MB disk space, and GNU C/C++ compiler.
Documentation:
Available in PostScript.
Product support:
Contact ideafix-info@inter-soft.com for more information.
Extra features and add-ons:
SQL server, Ibuild, Cracker for Windows.
Available since:
1986.
Countries with distribution:
Argentina, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Venezuela and USA.
Price range:
Linux version for free (with some restrictions). Other prices
available on request.
Vendor:
InterSoft Argentina S.A.
C�rdoba 883 9th. Floor
Capital Federal (1054)
Argentina
Phone:
+54 1 318 8900
Fax:
+54 1 318 8997
EMail:
info@inter-soft.com
URL:
http://www.inter-soft.com
Last modified:
April 8, 1997.
9.10. Khoros Pro 2.1
Description:
Khoros Pro 2.1 is a software development environment with
extensive image processing and data visualization capabilities.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
Single user license come with Khoros Pro. For software
developers, independent software developer licenses are
available. The R&D version of Khoros is available via FTP.
OS provisions:
Linux 2.0.18, gcc 2.7.2, Fortran compiler f77 4.0.1.
Documentation:
Printed documentation; Installation Guide and User's Guide come
with the CD-ROM. Four volume Developer's Manual set available
from KRI.
Product support:
Training in Software Development and Digital Image Processing
scheduled through 1997. See
http://www.khoral.com/training/training.html.
Maintenance, technical and engineering support may be purchased
from KRI on a negotiated basis.
Available since:
August, 1996. Khoros Pro 2.2 to ship late summer 1997.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Single user Khoros Pro 2.1 is US$225. Independent software
developer licenses start at US$5,000 and go up depending on
platforms and organization structure. Royalty agreements can be
negotiated.
Vendor:
Khoral Research Inc.
6001 Indian School NE Suite 200
Albuquerque, NM 87110
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 505 837 6500
Fax:
+1 505 881 3842
EMail:
info@khoral.com
URL:
http://www.khoral.com
FTP:
ftp://ftp.khoral.com
Contact:
Annie MacFarlane <annie@khoral.com>
Last modified:
March 25, 1997.
9.11. MetaCard
Description:
MetaCard is a GUI development and multimedia authoring tool
compatible with Apple Corporation's HyperCard. Anyone can use
MetaCard to build GUI applications and hypermedia documents
using a powerful, direct manipulation editor and an easy-to-
learn scripting language.
MetaCard goes beyond HyperCard by including support for color
controls and images, vector graphics, scrollbars, and dialog
boxes. MetaCard's scripting language has support for arrays,
custom (user defined) object properties, and is based on high-
perforance "virtual compiler" technology. Stacks developed with
MetaCard are portable among all popular Unix platforms and
Windows 95/NT and can be distributed with without licensing fees
or royalties.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes and Internet (FTP and EMail).
Licensing policy:
MetaCard can be licensed to a single, named individual, but can
be used on any machine or combination of machines by that user.
Multiple user packages are also available.
The save-disabled distribution is available via anonymous FTP
from ftp://ftp.metacard.com/MetaCard and
ftp://ftp.uu.net/vendor/MetaCard.
OS provisions:
The Linux engine is built on a 1.2.13 ELF system. Minumum 8 MB
RAM for runtime, 16MB RAM for development. Minimum 640x480x8
screen resolution for runtime, 800x600x8 for development.
Development system requires about 5MB disk space. GUI is Motif-
compliant, but does not require Motif libraries.
Documentation:
Complete online documentation is supplied. Printed
documentation is an extra-cost option.
Product support:
Free EMail technical support, phone support available at extra
cost.
Extra features and add-ons:
A library version of MetaCard that can be linked directly to C
programs (Embedded MetaCard) is available at extra cost.
Available since:
June, 1992.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
US$995 for single-user all-platform development license.
Vendor:
MetaCard Corporation
4710 Shoup pl.
Boulder, CO 80303
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 303 447 3936
Fax:
+1 303 499 9855
EMail:
info@metacard.com
URL:
http://www.metacard.com
Last modified:
March 15, 1997.
9.12. ObjectManual Release 3.0
Description:
Automated documentation generator from C++ programs. Generates
doucmentation in various formats including HTML, RTF, MIF along
with Java classes.
Distribution media:
Internet (FTP and WWW).
Licensing policy:
Single, Multiple, Site and Floating Licenses.
OS provisions:
Linux ELF.
Documentation:
Provided in PostScript along with the distribution.
Product support:
Free for 30 days. Then a contract based on six month to a one
year cycle.
Extra features and add-ons:
New release are released every quarter.
Available since:
1995.
Countries with distribution:
USA.
Price range:
US$3395 for most flavours of Unix. Free of charge for Linux
users that work in a non-commercial environment.
Vendor:
ObjectSoftware, Inc.
3519 Misty Meadow Dr.
Dallas, TX 75287
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 214 373 2021
Fax:
+1 972 662 0756
EMail:
objsoft@netcom.com
URL:
http://www.obsoft.com
Contact:
Bobby Sardana
Last modified:
March 16, 1997.
9.13. Critical Mass Reactor
Description:
Distributed application development environment.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
Commercial with library source, evaluation licenses available
for purchase.
OS provisions:
Linux/ELF.
Documentation:
Extensive documentation included (printed and online)
Product support:
Optional.
Extra features and add-ons:
See
http://www.cmass.com/reactor/overview/index.html#reactor_features
Available since:
May, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
USA.
Price range:
US$479-$3500/seat. Discounts are available for non-commercial
and academic use.
Vendor:
Critical Mass, Inc.
Critical Mass, Inc.
225R Concord Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 617 354 6277
Fax:
+1 617 354 5027
EMail:
info@cmass.com
URL:
http://www.cmass.com
Last modified:
May 19, 1997.
9.14. r-tree
Description:
r-tree report generator in C source code.
Provides complex, multi-line reports by handling virtually every
aspect of report generation. The only programming requirement
is to call the r-tree report function, which reads c-tree data
files, performs calculations, monitors control breaks and
accumulators and produces a formatted report. Complete with C
source code. Requires c-tree Plus.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes and CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
r-tree Plus is licensed on a per programmer basis. Royalty-free
distribution. Contact FairCom for possible restrictions.
Documentation:
Printed manuals distributed with product; full online
documentation with CD-ROM, available in English and Japanese.
Product support:
Three months of full technical support from purchase date.
Unlimited technical support and product updates available
thereafter with r-tree maintenance program.
Available since:
October, 1995.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
US$445.
Vendor:
FairCom
4006 W. Broadway
Columbia, MO 65203-0100
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 573 445 6833
Fax:
+1 573 445 9698
EMail:
Faircom@faircom.com
URL:
http://www.faircom.com
Contact:
Tamra Brown <tami@faircom.com>
Vendor:
FairCom Europe
Via Patrioti 6
I-24021 Albino
Italy
Phone:
+39 35 773 464
Fax:
+39 35 773 806
EMail:
Europe@faircom.com
Vendor:
FairCom Japan
Ikeda Bldg. #3 4F, 112-5
Komei-chou, Tsu-city MIE 514
Japan
Phone:
+81 059 229 7504
Fax:
+81 059 249 723
Vendor:
FairCom do Brasil Ltda.
Phone:
+55 14 224 1610
Fax:
+55 14 234 6462
EMail:
Brazil@faircom.com
Last modified:
March 14, 1997.
9.15. sdoc (Source Documenter)
Description:
This program helps to create a complete, indexed documentation
from your sources (C, tcl, Perl currently available, other will
follow soon).
You add documentation information to your scripts using pod
(Plain old documentation), the documentation format also used in
Perl. The documentation options provided by pod are simple and
easy to learn but powerfull enough to create nice and good
looking documents.
sdoc uses this information to create a pod-document which in
turn may be transformed to HTML, LaTeX (and PostScript), nroff
or just plain text.
The preview function of tdoc lets you create documentation
interactively - add or modify your documentation to the source
file and check the output for correctness.
Here are some highlights:
� Documentation is included in source file, no separate files
needed
� Powerfull formatting options combined with easy learning
� Good looking documentation can be created without hassle
� Automated indexing
� Output may be in HTML, PostScript and a lot of other formats
(have a look at the perlpod manual page or at available pod
converters).
The Tcl Documenter is also available as a commercial version.
This version adds the following features:
� Significantly faster
� May optionally use Netscape to display preview pages.
� Includes the package concept to further automate file selection.
� Direct connection to emacs for file editing
� Direct creation of postscript output
� Full support, upgrades
� Complete documentation
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes and Internet (EMail and WWW).
Licensing policy:
You can download the public domain version of sdoc from the
neosoft tcl archive:
� http://www.neosoft.com/tcl/ftparchive/sorted/development
� ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/tcl/sorted/development
OS provisions:
You need an ELF based system with X11.
Documentation:
Context sensitive help and complete documentation in Pod format.
Available as PostScript on request.
Product support:
Installation support included, additional support available.
Available since:
July, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
US$120 for the binary version, US$300 for the source, with a 10%
discount for students and educational institutions.
Vendor:
softWorks, Richard Schwaninger
Theodor-K�rnerstr. 173
A-8010 Graz
Austria
Phone:
+43 316 686590
Fax:
+43 316 686590
EMail:
risc@ping.at
URL:
http://members.ping.at/risc
Contact:
Richard Schwaninger
Last modified:
March 26, 1997.
9.16. SEDIT, S/REXX
Description:
SEDIT is a powerful Unix text editor patterned after IBM's XEDIT
editor. It operates with a GUI under X windows or in character
mode from a tty device. S/REXX is a full Unix implementation of
IBM's SAA procedural language except that the numeric digit
specification is limited to 15 digits. S/REXX functions as an
imbedded macro language for SEDIT as well as providing a
powerful modern programming language alternative to shell
scripting languages. SEDIT and S/REXX may be purchased in a
bundle or individually. See our web site for more information
including pricing for Linux, etc. For additional information,
please contact one of the local distributors listed on the web
site or mail us at sedit@dialup.FranceNet.fr
Distribution media:
4mm, 8mm, 1/4" or 3.5" diskettes and Internet (FTP).
Licensing policy:
SEDIT and S/REXX are licensed products. See the above WWW site
for details. For demo purposes, a short term license key will
be provided on request to anyone who obtains the product via
ftp.
OS provisions:
We believe these products will work with any recent stable Linux
kernel since 1.1.18 supporting a.out format. Motif is fully
bound with SEDIT and SEDIT is distributed with XFree86 3.1
shared libraries for use if your system is not at that level.
Documentation:
Documentation is furnished in PostScript form, in extensive
online help files, and in optional printed manuals.
Product support:
Technical support is available for all licensed users. For
maintenance, see the above URLs.
Extra features and add-ons:
A REXX interactive graphical debugger is available as an
optional feature as are printed manuals, physical media, and on
going maintenance. See the above URLs.
Available since:
The original Linux version has been available since 3rd quarter
1995.
Countries with distribution:
SEDIT and S/REXX are available worldwide. The URLs should be
consulted for current information.
Price range:
Pricing information should be requested from the local
distributor responsible for your country. An economical 2 user
license is available for Linux without media or printed
documentation with other options for more users, S/REXX,
hardcopy manuals, etc.
Vendor:
Benaroya
31 Rue de Constantinople
F-75008 Paris
France
Phone:
+33 1 47 22 22 13
Fax:
+33 1 47 22 06 17
EMail:
sedit@dialup.FranceNet.fr
URL:
http://www.sedit.com
Contact:
Robert Benaroya
Last modified:
March 19, 1997.
9.17. ST/X (Smalltalk/X)
Description:
ST/X is a complete implementation of the Smalltalk programming
language with development environment providing all of the
advantages you would expect from Smalltalk: a fully object
oriented programming language, a graphical development
environment with editors, browsers, symbolic debugger,
incremental compiler and just-in-time compilation to machine
code as well as an extensive class library.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
There are non-commercial, evaluation and commercial licences
available. There is also demo version on the Internet, although
it is quite old, this should be updated at some time in 1997.
OS provisions:
ST/X requires 32 MB or more of memory and 100 MB hard disk
space.
Documentation:
The ST/X documentation is available online as hypertext (HTML).
Product support:
eXept Software AG provides mentoring, training, and consulting.
Onsite support is also available. For the commercial licence
there is an update service and maintenance support.
Extra features and add-ons:
ST/X includes a supplementary stand-alone machine code compiler
and the possibility to embed C code directly into Smalltalk
methods. This allows the exploitation and use of existing C
libraries or a performance improvement in the speed of time
critical operations. An integral part of ST/X is an HTML
browser which is fully implemented in Smalltalk. It supports
network loadable Smalltalk applets and smalltalk scripts
embedded in HTML pages. This allows the development of Internet
and Intranet applications analogous to Java.
Available since:
ST/X has been available as a beta version on the Internet for
quite a while. eXept Software AG has been further developing
and marketing ST/X since 1996. Claus Gittinger (the developer
from ST/X) is a founding member of eXept.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
There are non-commercial, evaluation and commercial licences
available. The commercial licence costs US$3,500. A six month
evaluation licence costs US$350. The non-commercial license is
available for US$150 plus shipping and handling.
Vendor:
eXept Software AG
Besigheimerstr. 1
D-74369 L�chgau
Germany
Phone:
+49 7143 870045
Fax:
+49 7143 870048
EMail:
info@exept.de
Contact:
David Queeney
Last modified:
March 5, 1997.
9.18. tdb (Tcl Debugger)
Description:
This is a debugger for tcl scripts. It allows interactive
debugging of tcl/tk programs and speeds up your development
cycle.
Here are some highlights:
� Step by step execution with breakpoints
� Display and manipulation of local and global variables
� On-the-fly source code modifications and fast programm restarts
� Graphical user interface, easy use
� Easy configuration and installation
The commercial version adds the following features:
� Full screen context display
� Hot link to editor (currently emacs)
� Scripting and user extensibility (tcl)
� Plugin support (script, popup)
� A lot faster
� Full support, upgrades
� Complete documentation
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes and Internet (EMail and WWW)
Licensing policy:
You can download the public domain version of tdb from the
neosoft archive:
� http://www.neosoft.com/tcl/ftparchive/sorted/development
� ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/tcl/sorted/development
OS provisions:
ELF based system with X11.
Note that tdb requires changes to the base tcl C-libraries and
also depends on dynamic loading. Please check out the info
package for further details. You don' need tcl installed to use
the debugger, all necessary code is included.
The commercial version may be purchased in source form and
support for porting to other platforms is available. Please
contact softWorks for details.
Documentation:
Context sensitive help and complete documentation in HTML
format. Available as PostScript on request.
Product support:
Installation support included, additional support available.
Extra features and add-ons:
Debugger-PlugIns for speacialized debug tasks (e.g. to debug tk
widget hierarchies are also available).
Available since:
July, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
US$450 for a binary version, US$750 for the source code, with a
10% discount for students and educational institutions.
Vendor:
softWorks, Richard Schwaninger
Theodor-K�rnerstr. 173
A-8010 Graz
Austria
Phone:
+43 316 686590
Fax:
+43 316 686590
EMail:
risc@ping.at
URL:
http://members.ping.at/risc
Contact:
Richard Schwaninger
Last modified:
March 26, 1997.
9.19. tprof (Tcl Profiler)
Description:
This is a profiler for tcl scripts. It allows the creation of
profiling data from your tcl programms and later analysis and
detailed inspection through a graphical frontend.
This tool is especially well suited if you encounter performance
problems with your tcl scripts. Instead of rewriting the whole
application in C you can isolate time-critical procedures and
speed them up (if necessary using C).
Here are some highlights:
� Call flow display
� Barcharts for number of calls, cpu time and real time
� Tabular display of profiling data set
� Analyse both tcl procs and commands written in C
� Graphical user interface, easy use
� Simple aquisition of profiling data
� Easy configuration and installation
tprof is available both as a public domain and as a commercial
version. The commercial version adds the following features:
� Zoom in on interesting subsets of the data
� Printout of data sets
� PostScript (eps) images of charts and tables
� Merging of multiple data sets
� Exporting data sets in different formats to inspect them further
(eg. sc/xspread, Wingz, DBase, text)
� A lot faster
� Full support, upgrades
� Complete documentation
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes, Internet (EMail and WWW).
Licensing policy:
You can download the public domain version of tprof from the
neosoft tcl archive:
� http://www.neosoft.com/tcl/ftparchive/sorted/development
� ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/tcl/sorted/development
OS provisions:
You need an ELF based system with X11.
Documentation:
Context sensitive help and complete documentation in HTML
format. Available as PostScript on request.
Product support:
Installation support included, additional support available.
Available since:
October, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
US$250 for the source code version (US$130 for a binary) with a
10% discount for students and educational institutions.
Vendor:
softWorks, Richard Schwaninger
Theodor-K�rnerstr. 173
A-8010 Graz
Austria
Phone:
+43 316 686590
Fax:
+43 316 686590
EMail:
risc@ping.at
URL:
http://members.ping.at/risc
Contact:
Richard Schwaninger
Last modified:
March 26, 1997.
9.20. View Designer/X
Description:
Motif interface builder that generates C and C++ code. VDX
provides WYSIWYG view, widget tree browser, resource editor,
widget templates and more tools to design user interfaces.
Distribution media:
Internet (WWW).
Licensing policy:
Free demo version. Purchase of license key that avoids
restrictions of the demo version. The license key is derived
from hardware address of network interface card.
OS provisions:
Linux, ELF, X11R6, Libc.5, 5 MB on harddisk.
Documentation:
Online help, English. PostScript manual, German.
Product support:
Minor update (1.x to 1.x) free. Free EMail support.
Available since:
December, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
DM 800 (approximately US$470), Major update (1.x to 2.x) DM 500
(approximately US$295).
Vendor:
Bredex GmbH
Fallersleber-Tor-Wall 23
D-38100 Braunschweig
Germany
Phone:
+49 531 24 33 00
Fax:
+49 531 24 33 099
EMail:
info@bredex.de
URL:
http://www.bredex.de
Contact:
Regina Heine
Last modified:
March 17, 1997.
9.21. XBasic
Description:
XBasic is a comprehensive visual program development environment
that integrates a powerful editor, advanced 32/64-bit BASIC
compiler, debugger, GuiDesigner and GraphicsDesigner. XBasic is
written entirely in XBasic.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes and Internet (FTP).
Licensing policy:
Each copy is licensed on a per machine basis.
OS provisions:
Linux (ELF 1.2.13 or higher).
Documentation:
300+ page (8.5 inches by 11 inches) manual.
Product support:
US$3 per minute, 15 minute minimum.
Extra features and add-ons:
Enterprise (socketized internet-TCP/IP) edition is available.
Available since:
January, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
World wide,
Price range:
US$795-$955.
Vendor:
Basmark Corporation
P.O. Box 40450
Cleveland, OH 44140
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 216 871 8855
Fax:
+1 216 871 9011
EMail:
jgo@basmark.com
URL:
http://www.basmark.com
Contact:
Joseph G. O'Toole
Last modified:
February 25, 1997.
10. Emulation
10.1. Emulus
Description:
Emulus is an X-Windows/Motif application which uses TCP/IP to
establish a connection to an IBM mainframe host, emulating a
3270 terminal. Emulus supports mainframe graphics, including
3270 graphics datastream extension used by mainframe SAS
Software. Other features include customization through dialogs,
a scripting facility to record and playback host interaction,
EasyPads (customized windows of buttons), and cut and paste
between Emulus and other X applications. Emulus also comes with
Helplus, an hypertext help viewer modeled after WinHelp. It is
used to provide online help for Emulus, but can also be used to
develop Help for other X applications.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
Licensing is per CPU.
OS provisions:
Linux 1.2 or higher, 8-16 MB RAM, 5 MB hard disk; Motif
statically linked.
Documentation:
Printed book, man pages, online help, English.
Product support:
Technical Support from SAS Institute.
Price range:
US$99; includes hardcopy documentation, and Technical Support
for one year.
Vendor:
SAS Institute Inc.
SAS Campus Drive
Cary, NC 27513
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 919 677 8000
Fax:
+1 919 677 8166
EMail:
saspjh@unx.sas.com
URL:
http://www.sas.com
Contact:
Phil Herold
Last modified:
March 16, 1997.
10.2. Executor 2
Description:
Executor 2 reads and writes Macintosh formatted media and runs
many Macintosh programs. A compatibility database is available
at our web site.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
Commercial software with a time limited crippled demo available
from ftp://ftp.ardi.com or http://www.ardi.com.
OS provisions:
Linux/X/a.out, Linux/X/ELF, Linux/SVGA/a.out or Linux/SVGA/ELF.
Documentation:
30 page mini-manual in CD-ROM jewel-box case.
Extra features and add-ons:
Each Executor 2 CD-ROM contains Executor/DOS and Executor/Linux.
You can switch between them, but are allowed to only run one at
a time.
Price range:
Suggested Retail: US$249. Educational Institutions: US$149,
Full-time Students: US$65.
Vendor:
ARDI
Suite 4-101
1650 University Blvd., NE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 505 766 9115
Fax:
+1 505 766 5153
EMail:
questions@ardi.com
URL:
http://www.ardi.com
Last modified:
March 19, 1997.
10.3. Wabi 2.2 for OpenLinux
Description:
Caldera licensed and ported SunSoft's Wabi technology to enable
end users to run popular Windows 3.1 applications on Linux-based
system software. Channel Partners and customers can utilize
Caldera Wabi 2.2 for Linux running on Caldera OpenLinux, an open
source environment, to remotely manage Windows 3.1 applications
at home, in the office or on the road. Channel Partners who
create customized turn-key solutions based on environments like
SCOR OpenServer 5 or Windows NT can now use the Wabi/COL
solution to increase revenues by lowering overall cost and
system requirements. The suggested retail price for Wabi 2.2
for Linux is US$199. The product requires Linux on a 386 (or
higher) Intel-based processor, 16 MB RAM (24 MB recommended),
VGA-quality video and 10 MB disk space.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
One user per licensed copy. No shareware or FTP.
OS provisions:
Runs on Caldera Network Desktop and OpenLinux.
Documentation:
Online and printed manual.
Product support:
30-days installation support via EMail and phone.
Available since:
November 18, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
47 countries worldwide; see our web site for local reseller.
Price range:
US$299.
Vendor:
Caldera, Inc.
633 S. 550 E.
Provo, UT 84606
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 800 850 7779, +1 801 377 7687
Fax:
+1 801 377 8752
EMail:
orders@caldera.com
URL:
http://www.caldera.com
Contact:
Keri Anderson (Sales); Nathan Hatch (Product Marketing).
Last modified:
February 25, 1997.
11. Financial Software
11.1. BB Stock Pro and BB Stock Tool
Description:
BB Stock Pro and BB Stock Tool are powerful stock charting,
tracking and analysis tools for investors. Features include
stock charting, technical analysis, market timing, portfolio
management. In addition, it has customized alerts, automatic
stock split detection and management, stock screening, most
active issues and big price movers, personalized watch list,
Auto-Run, and builtin Easy Stock Update via Internet with either
direct connection or behind firewall via proxy server.
Distribution media:
Internet (FTP and WWW).
Licensing policy:
Per machine license. 30 day free trial is available at our web
site.
OS provisions:
Linux 2.0 ELF.
Documentation:
Context sensitive online help, and User's Guide in HTML, viewed
with web browser.
Product support:
Free technical support. Frequently asked questions and answers
available at our web site.
Available since:
Sun SPARC version available since December 1993. Linux version
available since April 1995.
Countries with distribution:
USA, Canada, Sweden, Germany, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan.
Price range:
Linux version is US$99.
Vendor:
Falkor Technologies
P.O. Box 14201
Fremont, CA 94539
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 510 505 0700
EMail:
skyline@falkor.com
URL:
http://www.falkor.com
Contact:
Henry Chen
Last modified:
March 18, 1997.
11.2. TimeClock v1.07
Description:
Employee time and attendance package for small to medium sized
businesses. Includes custom report module, interface to
barcode/magnetic card readers (Employee ID), and data export
module.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes.
Licensing policy:
One CPU, unlimited users.
Documentation:
Printed manual and online HTML manual included with software.
Product support:
Free, usually 20 minute response time.
Extra features and add-ons:
Barcode/magnetic card interface.
Available since:
1992 XENIX and MS-DOS version, 1994 AIX version, October 1996
Linux version.
Countries with distribution:
USA.
Price range:
US$149.99.
Vendor:
Quality Software Solutions, Inc.
1322 Dodds Ave.
Chattanooga, TN 37404
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 423 821 5757
Fax:
+1 423 629 0744
EMail:
dbryson@tclock.com
URL:
http://www.tclock.com
Contact:
Donald Bryson
Last modified:
February 19, 1997.
12. Libraries
12.1. INTERACTER
Description:
INTERACTER is a portable user-interface and graphics subroutine
library for Fortran software developers. INTERACTER-based
programs are portable to a wide range of Fortran compilers
running on Unix, VMS, Windows, DOS and OS/2. The Linux version
supports f2c and g77 (ELF) and Absoft f77 (ELF). Functions
include menus, text windows, forms, graphics primitives,
presentation graphics, hardcopy (many formats) and operating
system interface.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes and 4mm DAT.
Licensing policy:
INTERACTER-based programs can be distributed royalty free.
Linux demo program available at http://www.demon.co.uk/issltd.
OS provisions:
Linux version supports X Windows (via Xlib), graphics terminals
or Linux console (colour text-mode). Requires g77, f2c or
Absoft f77.
Documentation:
Two-volume English language printed manual.
Product support:
Free lifetime technical support. New releases every six months.
Chargeable software updates.
Extra features and add-ons:
Optional INTERACTER Toolkit provides form designer, graphics
file viewer, online help, hardcopy post-processor and set-up
file editor.
Available since:
October, 1995.
Countries with distribution:
Distributors in North America, Europe and Australia.
Price range:
Linux version: US$675 (UK �450).
Vendor:
Interactive Software Services Ltd.
Westwood House
Littleton Drive
Huntington
Staffs WS12 4TS
United Kingdom
Phone:
+44 1543 503611
Fax:
+44 1543 574566
EMail:
support@issltd.demon.co.uk
URL:
http://www.demon.co.uk/issltd
Last modified:
February 19, 1997.
12.2. Matrix<LIB> - C++ Math Matrix Library
Description:
Matrix<LIB> is a Matlab Compatible C++ Matrix Class Library,
designed for development of advanced scientific high-level C++
code. Our main design objective was to keep the C++ source code
clear and similar to the equivalent Matlab code, making your
shift from Matlab to C++ easier. If you know how to program
Matlab, you already know how to use our Matrix<LIB> C++ Math
Library. The code was carefully optimized for maximal
performance, too. Matrix<LIB> is also included in the MATCOM V2
distribution.
The library includes complex math, binary and unary operators,
powerful indexing capabilities, signal processing, file I/O,
linear algebra, string operations and graphics. Over 300
mathematical functions are included in Matrix<LIB>.
MS Windows and many Unix platform are supported with a variety
of C++ compilers. An evaluation version (fully functional, 30
days limited) is available for free download from our web site.
Distribution media:
Internet (WWW).
Licensing policy:
From single license to site license. Contact The MathTools for
details.
OS provisions:
Linux 1.2, gcc 2.6.3 or later, 8 MB of RAM, 15 MB on disk.
Documentation:
Users manual and library reference in various formats (MS Word,
MS Write, plain text, PostScript).
Product support:
A fast product support is given by EMail only. The support
section in the web page give immediate access to a wealth of
resources, technical support, answers to frequently asked
questions, technical documents and more.
Extra features and add-ons:
MathTools Accelerator: provides significant performance gains
for Matrix<LIB> programs using Linear Algebra and matrix
multiplication, on a Pentium with the Visuall C++ compiler.
Available since:
November, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
US$399 (US$199 for academic institutes).
Vendor:
MathTools, Ltd.
P.O. Box 855
Horsham, PA 19044-0855
U.S.A.
Fax:
+1 888 MATHTOOLS, +1 215 957 1719
EMail:
info@mathtools.com
URL:
http://www.mathtools.com
Contact:
Robert G. Ford
Last modified:
March 18, 1997.
12.3. PKWARE Data Compression Library for Linux
Description:
The library does lossless compression and consists of
compression, an extraction, and an error checking routine. To
maintain flexibility and keep the library's code size at a
minimum, the PKWARE Data Compression Library does not create
.ZIP compatible archives.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes.
Licensing policy:
Per machine with no runtime royalties.
OS provisions:
Intel x86, 36 KB RAM for compressing and 13 KB RAM for
uncompressing, 1 MB on hard disk.
Documentation:
Printed 33 page manual and separate installation notes in
English. Example code provided on disk.
Product support:
No-charge. Technical support via phone, fax or EMail.
Extra features and add-ons:
Also compatible with FreeBSD.
Available since:
September 14, 1995.
Countries with distribution:
Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy, Germany, The
Netherlands, Japan, and the UK.
Price range:
US$450. Educational discount available.
Vendor:
PKWARE, Inc.
9025 N. Deerwood Drive
Brown Deer, WI 53223-2480
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 414 354 8699
Fax:
+1 414 354 8559
EMail:
info@pkware.com
URL:
http://www.pkware.com
Contact:
Bob Gorman
Last modified:
March 24, 1997.
12.4. SIMLIB IG
Description:
SIMLIB IG is a C library. It enables the user to communicate
with an Evans & Sutherland image generator (Liberty and ESIG
Systems) using a very efficient raw Ethernet protocol. There is
no need for using opcodes, since SIMLIB IG provides an API to
the functionality of the image generators.
Distribution media:
4mm DAT tar format and 3.5" diskettes.
Licensing policy:
Commercial.
OS provisions:
Linux 2.0.
Documentation:
Printed manual in English, source code examples on media.
Price range:
US$2,500.
Vendor:
KNIENIEDER Simulationstechnik
Technologiezentrum Tirol
Eduard Bodemgasse 5
A-6020 Innsbruck
Austria
Phone:
+43 512 390415 650
Fax:
+43 512 364000 20, +43 512 364000 30
EMail:
office@knienieder.co.at
Contact:
Stephan Haidacher
Last modified:
April 8, 1997.
13. Mathematics
13.1. Maple V Release 4 - The Power Edition
Description:
Maple V Release 4 is the powerful computer algebra system used
by mathematicians, engineers, and scientists for teaching and
research. Maple V lets you perform a wide range of symbolic and
numeric computations quickly and accurately. It includes more
than 2500 built-in math functions, 2D and 3D graphics,
animation, and more. New features in Release 4 include
outlining, styles, and hyperlinking, typeset math notation in
input, output, and text, full text search of Help Database and
new computational and plotting facilities.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
License for unlimited use in time of the bought version,
floating license with user based pricing.
OS provisions:
Linux kernel 2.0.0 or above, X11 R6.1 or above (for running X11
GUI components), 12 MB of RAM suggested. The binaries are
available in ELF format only.
Documentation:
3 books: "Maple V - Learning Guide", "Maple V - Programming
Guide", "The Maple V Handbook". Also available in German:
"Einf�hrung in Maple V" und "Programmieren mit Maple V".
Documentation and help in English, a variety of books available
in different languages.
Product support:
Updates/maintenance depending on license, please call the
distributor or WMSI.
Extra features and add-ons:
Share library via EMail and FTP. Free mailing list available
(maple_group@daisy.waterloo.edu).
Available since:
September, 1994.
Countries with distribution:
USA/Canada, Europe and Asia.
Vendor:
Waterloo Maple Inc.
450 Phillip Street
Waterloo, ON N2L 5J2
Canada
Phone:
+1 519 747 2373
Fax:
+1 519 747 5284
EMail:
info@maplesoft.com
Vendor in Germany:
Scientific Computers GmbH
Franzstr. 106
D-52064 Aachen
Germany
Phone:
+49 241 47075 0
Fax:
+49 241 44983
EMail:
maple@scientific.de
Contact:
Andreas Himmeldorf
Last modified:
March 26, 1997.
13.2. MATCOM and MATCOM MATH LIBRARY
Description:
MATCOM is a Matlab to C++ compiler and C++ MATRIX MATH LIBRARY.
MATCOM compiles Matlab source files (M-Files) to C++ source
code. The resulting code is linked with the supplied C++ Matrix
class library to create standalone executables or MEX files.
The C++ code and library can be integrated in products, royalty
free, saving the need to translate the algorithm prototype.
Compiled code runs significantly faster than the original
interpreted source.
Matrices of doubles, floats, ints and chars are supported,
providing lower memory usage for many applications, especially
signal and image processing.
MS Windows and many Unix platform are supported with a variety
of C++ compilers. An evaluation version (fully functional, 30
days limited) is available for free download from our web site.
Distribution media:
Internet (WWW).
Licensing policy:
From single license to site license. Contact The MathTools for
details.
OS provisions:
Linux 1.2, gcc 2.6.3 or later, 8 MB of RAM, 15 MB on disk.
Documentation:
Users manual and library reference in various formats (MS Word,
MS Write, plain text, PostScript).
Product support:
A fast product support is given by EMail only. The support
section in the web page give immediate access to a wealth of
resources, technical support, answers to frequently asked
questions, technical documents and more.
Extra features and add-ons:
MathTools Accelerator: provides significant performance gains
for MATCOM programs using Linear Algebra and matrix
multiplication, on a Pentium with the Visuall C++ compiler.
Available since:
May, 1995.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
US$399 ($199 for academic institutes).
Vendor:
MathTools, Ltd.
P.O. Box 855
Horsham, PA 19044-0855
U.S.A.
Fax:
+1 888 MATHTOOLS, +1 215 957 1719
EMail:
info@mathtools.com
URL:
http://www.mathtools.com
Contact:
Robert G. Ford
Last modified:
March 15, 1997.
13.3. Mathematica 3.0
Description:
Mathematica 3.0--Known for delivering quick, accurate numeric
and symbolic solutions, Mathematica is ideal for creating
interactive technical reports and presentations that include
text, active formulas, graphics, and customizable buttons and
palettes. Breakthrough new features, such as an innovative
typesetting system that can do math, now make Mathematica even
easier to use.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
Commercial, 30 day fully functional demo CD-ROM.
OS provisions:
Kernel 1.2 or higher.
Documentation:
The Mathematica Book 1400 pages. Complete book and additional
help files online.
Product support:
Three service levels, see http://www.wolfram.com/service for
details.
Extra features and add-ons:
About 15 application packages.
Available since:
October, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
US$1295, academic and student discounts, site licenses
available.
Vendor:
Wolfram Research, Inc.
100 Trade Center Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 800 441 6284, +1 217 398 0700
Fax:
+1 217 398 0747
EMail:
info@wolfram.com
URL:
http://www.wolfram.com
Last modified:
May 3, 1997.
13.4. MATLAB and Simulink
Description:
MATLAB is a high-performance language for technical computing.
It integrates computation, visualization, and programming in an
easy-to-use environment where problems and solutions are
expressed in familiar mathematical notation. MATLAB supports
the development of large complex applications. Features include
the M-file Performance Profiler for algorithm optimization, the
integrated visual editor and debugger, and powerful interactive
tools for signal processing and control system design.
Simulink is a powerful, interactive software package for
modeling, analyzing, and simulating dynamic systems. It
provides extremely accurate simulations of nonlinear continuous-
time systems and systems with multiple modes of operation.
Features include support for conditionally executed subsystems;
state-of-the-art solvers; usability improvements such as signal
and port labeling; and new blocks.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM and Internet (FTP).
Licensing policy:
Using GlobeTrotter (FLEXlm) CPU locked or floating network
options. Contact The MathWorks for details.
OS provisions:
Linux 2.0.18, 32 MB of RAM, 40 MB disk space (60 MB to include
all help files and documentation).
Documentation:
Printed documentation, online help, MATLAB Reference Guide
(HTML).
Product support:
The MathWorks supports a variety of Internet-based services to
provide product information and services 24 hours a day. These
services give immediate access to a wealth of resources, product
data sheets, technical support, answers to frequently asked
questions, user-contributed materials, open-forum discussions,
and more.
Extra features and add-ons:
MATLAB Extensions: MATLAB Compiler, MATLAB C/C++ Math Library.
Toolboxes: Fuzzy Logic, Signal Processing, Image Processing,
Spline, Symbolic Math, Neural Network, Control System, Robust
Control, Mu-Analysis & Synthesis, System Identification,
Optimization, Statistics, Financial, Frequency Domain System
Identification, Higher-Order Spectral Analysis, Communication,
LMI Control, Model Predicitve Control, NAG Foundation, Neural
Network, Partial Differential Equation, QFT Control Design,
Symbolic Math and Extended Symbolic Math, Wavelet.
Simulink Extensions: Simulink Accelerator, Real-Time Workshop.
Blocksets: Fixed-Point, DSP, Nonlinear Control Design.
Available since:
June, 1995.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Upon request.
Vendor:
The MathWorks, Inc.
24 Prime Park Way
Natick, MA 01760
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 508 647 7000 x7322
Fax:
+1 508 647 7002
EMail:
efroio@mathworks.com, brian@mathworks.com
URL:
http://www.mathworks.com
Contact:
Enza Froio (Marketing), Brian Bourgault (Technical)
Last modified:
March 27, 1997.
14. Network Servers
14.1. Aventail Internet Policy Manager
Description:
Commerical sOCKS5 server for Linux, easily extensible
authentication and encryption modules.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM and Internet (FTP).
Licensing policy:
Commercial, free demo availalbe from
http://www.aventail.com/download.html
OS provisions:
Linux 2.0, 16 MB of RAM, amdinistration tool requires X11R5 or
later. Approximately 14 MB of hard disk space required (less if
you have Perl 5.003 and Perl/Tk installed).
Documentation:
English documentation available in PDF or Microsoft Word format.
Product support:
90 days free technical support. Yearly maintenance is 20% of
initial purchase price. Maintenance includes product upgrades.
Extra features and add-ons:
Various plugins to add functionality at run-time.
Encryption/VPN plugins available domestically.
Available since:
November, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
World wide. VPN products avaiable only in the USA due to export
restrictions.
Price range:
Starting at US$1495.
Vendor:
Aventail, Corp.
117 South Main, Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98104
U.S.A.
Phone:
888.762.5785, 206.777.5600
Fax:
206.777.5656
EMail:
info@aventail.com
URL:
http://www.aventail.com
Last modified:
March 26, 1997.
14.2. Critical Angle X.500 Enabler
Description:
The Critical Angle X.500 Enabler allows an LDAP-only directory
server to be integrated into an X.500 directory service, such as
the PARADISE international white pages directory or an
enterprise messaging directory service. It supports all
X.500(88) operations, including authentication.
Distribution media:
Internet (WWW).
Licensing policy:
Licensed per server.
OS provisions:
Reference platform is Red Hat Linux 3 or later for Intel.
Documentation:
English documentation is included.
Product support:
An upgrade subscription is also available.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
A single server license is US$495.
There is also (in early 1997) a special version, PARADISE X.500
Enabler, exclusively for universities. This version does not
include the support for authentication or modification
operations; it is intended only for searching public
information. A single server license of PARADISE X.500 Enabler
is currently US$95.
Vendor:
Critical Angle Inc.
4815 W. Braker Lane #502-385
Austin TX 78759
U.S.A.
EMail:
info@critical-angle.com
URL:
http://www.critical-angle.com
Contact:
Mark Wahl
Last modified:
March 17, 1997.
14.3. DNEWS News Server
Description:
DNEWS is an advanced, full featured NNTP based news server. It
is suitable for ISP's and Corporate Intranets. DNEWS can be
used as a replacement for INN or cnews and will generally result
in improved performance and much lower administration. Features
include: easy installation and management, flexible expire
settings, flexible access restrictions, EMail confirmation of
posts, XOVER extentions implemented, streaming extentions built
in, dynamic sucking feeds option, news to web gateway included.
Distribution media:
Internet (WWW).
Licensing policy:
Commercial, DNEWS is try before you buy software and can be
downloaded from our web site for free trial.
OS provisions:
No special requirements
Documentation:
A user manual is provided in HTML format. Online help included.
Product support:
Supported by Netwin LTD.
Extra features and add-ons:
DNEWSWEB - A news to web gateway. Allows local and Usenet news
groups to be added to ordinary HTML pages and allows users to
read and post to local and Usenet news groups directly using any
web browser.
Available since:
1995.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
US$485 (Free registration for schools and universities).
Vendor:
Netwin LTD
P.O Box 27574
MT Roskill
Auckland
New Zealand
Fax:
+64 9 6300 689
EMail:
netwin@netwinsite.com
URL:
http://netwinsite.com
Contact:
Stephen Pugmire
Last modified:
March 27, 1997.
15. Office Tools
15.1. The American Heritage Dictionary Deluxe
Description:
This long-awaited release is ideal for technical writers,
authors, and researchers. Previously available only on PC's,
the product offers the ultimate reference tool for Linux users,
with full definitions for well over 200,000 words, plus
pronunciations, derivations, proper usage, idioms and sample
sentences. The world reknowned Roget's 500,000 word Thesarus is
fully integrated with the AHD. Browse, word and topic search,
anagrams and more. Single user, network, academic and site
licenses are available for Linux and key Unix platforms.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM, tapes, Internet (FTP and WWW).
Licensing policy:
Single user node locked or server license (shared). A free
unclockable demo is available at our web site.
OS provisions:
Motif GUI, 8-16 MB RAM, 15 MB harddisk or run from the CD-ROM.
Documentation:
Documentation as a help text file. English language.
Product support:
Maintenance available. Call DUX for details.
Extra features and add-ons:
Addlitional reference volumes and additional language support to
be announced.
Available since:
February, 1997.
Countries with distribution:
Currently sold in the USA and Germany. However, sales are made
internationally via unclockable FTP/WWW copies and sold with
authorized major credit card.
Price range:
US$49.95 for node lock single user. Call DUX or an authorized
reseller for sliding scale or site license pricing.
Vendor:
DUX Software Corporation
425 Sherman Ave. Ste 330
Palo Alto, CA 94306
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 800 543 4999, +1 415 473 1800
Fax:
+1 415 462 8723
EMail:
sales@dux.com
URL:
http://www.dux.com
Contact:
Bob Adams, Rob DuFrane
Last modified:
March 16, 1997.
15.2. Applixware Office Suite for Linux
Description:
Fully-graphical, fully-integrated office suite for Linux.
Includes word processor, spreadsheet, presentation graphics,
mail and HTML authoring software. Also ships with a version of
Red Hat Linux. The Developer's version includes all of the
above and the builder (rapid application development) program.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
Per machine license.
OS provisions:
Kernel 1.2.13 or better, XFree86 3.1.2 or better, 16 MB RAM, 150
MB hard disk.
Documentation:
Printed docs approximately 750 pages, online docs approximately
3000 pages, English.
Product support:
Installation support for 60 days by EMail or fax. Additional
support based on number of users, etc. Contact Red Hat
Software. Upgrades are offered at discounted prices to
registered users. Applixware users can subscribe to applixware-
list@redhat.com and archives of FAQs on web site.
Extra features and add-ons:
Add-on documentation.
Available since:
July, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
North America, Europe, Japan, Australia.
Price range:
US$79.95 (student version) to $495 (developer's version).
Vendor:
Red Hat Software, Inc.
3203 Yorktown Ave., Suite 123
Durham, NC 27713
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 888 REDHAT 1, +1 919 572 6500
Fax:
+1 919 572 6726
EMail:
redhat@redhat.com
URL:
http://www.redhat.com
Contact:
Lisa Sullivan <sulli@redhat.com>
Last modified:
March 17, 1997.
15.3. D.M.S. Document Management System
Description:
The system collects documents in Tiff-g4, PostScript and JPEG
and organizes them in folders with record information like names
and descriptions. The system can be access using any web
broswer: viewing, modify, full text retrieval and faxing are
provided by a web interface. New documents are made by printing
to printer spooler.
Licensing policy:
The system is installed by vendor on your Linux box with a
server licence, unlimited clients, unlimited document number.
OS provisions:
Linux 2.0.
Documentation:
HTML.
Extra features and add-ons:
SQL server integrationm, print capture from accounting software.
Price range:
Upon request.
Vendor:
Studio LEADER Pro
Via Pietrastretta, 76
I-38100 Trento
Italy
Phone:
+39 461 828229
Fax:
+39 461 829862, +39 461 829877
EMail:
DMS@leader.it
URL:
http://www.leader.it
Contact:
Guido Brugnara
Last modified:
April 11, 1997.
15.4. HotWire EasyFAX
Description:
Fully functional GUI Fax Management Program.
Distribution media:
Internet (WWW).
Licensing policy:
Free fully functional eval from WWW site..
OS provisions:
5.5 MB Disk, 4 MB RAM.
Documentation:
Online context-sensitive help.
Product support:
Via EMail and Usenet only.
Available since:
January 1, 1997.
Countries with distribution:
USA/Canada (Unisource Systems, Inc.), Germany/Europe (Delix
Computer, GmbH).
Price range:
US$99.
Vendor:
Unisource Systems, Inc.
1409 N. Cove Blvd.
Longwood, FL 32750
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 407 834 1973
Fax:
+1 407 834 8013
EMail:
sales@unisrc.com
URL:
http://home.xl.ca/perfectBackup
Contact:
Gary Heller
Last modified:
February 14, 1997.
15.5. NExS, the Network Extensible Spreadsheet
Description:
NExS is a full-featured graphical spreadsheet package which is
designed to take advantage of the advanced features of Unix and
the X Window system. It includes more than 230 computational
functions and 13 2D and 3D graph types for engineering,
scientific and business applications. NExS is extensible
through a network aware API that allows user-defined "plug-ins"
to add new features and functions in a variety of programming
languages. NExS software plug-in bus includes 63 "slots" for
remote processes to connect and extend NExS' basic
functionality, allowing for the development of sophisticated
networked applications.
Distribution media:
Internet (FTP and WWW).
Licensing policy:
The NExS Personal Edition license is for a single user and
single platform type. The owner may use the license on multiple
machines. The Professional Edition license is a floating
network license which allows a pool of licenses to be used on
any supported platform in your network. Without a license, NExS
runs in "demo mode" with limited functionality.
OS provisions:
NExS runs on Linux kernels which support ELF binaries. There
are two flavors for Linux, one which requires Motif 2.0 shared
libraries, and one which includes Motif 2.0 statically linked.
Documentation:
The NExS User Guide is available in PostScript (letter format,
431 pages, or A4 format, 403 pages), and in HTML. API and
tclNExS documentation are available separate from the User
Guide, also in PostScript and HTML format. Printed
documentation is also available. All documentation is in
English.
Product support:
EMail support is standard at no cost. Phone-in support is
available for a charge. Bug fix and minor version releases
(e.g., 1.2.x -> 1.3.0) are no cost. Major releases are
substantially discounted for existing licensees.
Extra features and add-ons:
NExS plug-ins and user-contributed code are available at
http://www.xess.com/plugins.html.
Available since:
1994.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
� US$149 ($99 academic) for Personal Edition
� US$249 ($125 academic) for Professional Edition
Vendor:
X Engineering Software Systems (XESS) Corp.
P.O. Box 33091
Raleigh, NC 27636
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 800 961 7840, +1 919 387 0076
Fax:
+1 919 387 1302
EMail:
info@xess.com
URL:
http://www.xess.com
FTP:
ftp://ftp.vnet.net/pub/users/xess/NExS
Contact:
Dave Van den Bout <devb@xess.com>
Last modified:
March 15, 1997.
16. Text Processing
16.1. Edith Pro for X11
Description:
Edith Pro is a powerful and easy-to-use text editing package,
for editing plain text such as EMail messages, HTML, LaTeX and
programming languages. It is aimed at people who want a
flexible editing tool but who are not prepared to spend much
time into learning and configuring their application. It
includes a fast text-only web browser with access to the system
manual and info.
Distribution media:
Internet (WWW).
Licensing policy:
You are only allowed to download Edith from the ZFC web pages
for personal use. Without a licence, Edith will regularly issue
messages stressing that the copy used is not licenced. Personal
use without a licence is allowed, but organizations are required
to buy a licence.
OS provisions:
ELF binary. 1MB is sufficient for editing normally sized text.
Documentation:
Online HTML help covers the printed manual completely. The
printed manual contains illustrations not in the online help.
Product support:
Free updates can be downloaded from the ZFC web pages. Licence
holders will be notified of updates. Licence holders can
contact ZFC by EMail for immediate support.
Available since:
January 1, 1997.
Countries with distribution:
World wide directly from ZFC.
Price range:
NLG 100 single host, NLG 500 maximum. 50% discount for
educational organizations and students.
Vendor:
ZFC
P.O. Box 15813
1001 NH Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone:
+31 20 4 208 248
EMail:
zfc@zfc.nl
URL:
http://www.zfc.nl
Contact:
Annius V. Groenink
Last modified:
March 17, 1997.
17. System Administration Tools
17.1. PerfectBACKUP+
Description:
PerfectBACKUP+ is the Unix/Linux world's premier Backup/Restore
utility. It is the worlds fastest backup/restore for Unix and
has been since 1985. Previously sold in the US as FASTBACK PLUS
for Unix, the counterpart to the DOS FASTBACK PLUS, it now has
character and Motif interfaces, networking support, compression,
the best verification and recovery, scheduling and is compatible
with both tar and cpio. Backs up all files, devices, partitions
etc. and can backup Windows, Netware and WindowsNT drives too.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes, Internet (WWW), 4/8mm DAT and soon CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
Free evaluation copy from http://home.xl.ca/perfectBackup.
Free online manual from same the same address. Price per CPU,
unlimited users.
OS provisions:
Kernels 1.2.x and 2.0.x, X11R6, Motif 1.2, 3 MB of RAM, 3 MB
disk.
Documentation:
Printed (188 pages), PostScript online, and online help.
English language documentation, but help by phone and EMail also
avilable in Spanish.
Product support:
Unlimited free EMail support and phone support.
Extra features and add-ons:
Comes with free PC program to read tar/cpio diskettes onto PC.
AutoChanger add-on with tape recycling for high-end shops.
Available since:
1996.
Countries with distribution:
USA, Canada, Germay, UK, Switzerland, Singapore, Malaysia,
Germany.
Price range:
UD$79 to US$499. Linux off the net (no media) is US$79 and
HP/UX is US$499. Always full product.
Vendor:
Unisource Systems, Inc.
1409 North Cove Blvd.
Longwood, FL 32750
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 407 834 1973
Fax:
+1 407 834 1973
EMail:
sales@unisrc.com
URL:
http://home/xl.ca/perfectBackup
Contact:
Gary Heller
Last modified:
March 15, 1997.
17.2. Venus
Description:
Venus is an distributed administration tool for any network
built of Unix workstations from different hardware vendors. A
Venus network presents itselfs to the user as a homogeneous
computer system and guarantees transparent access to any network
resource. It provides software tools for major cluster
management tasks: configuration management, software
distribution, user and filesystem administration.
Licensing policy:
Commercial.
OS provisions:
Currently build on top of the S.u.S.E distribution.
Documentation:
Printed doumentation, online help.
Product support:
Hotline, EMail, courses.
Available since:
1994.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Upon request. Special prices for educational institutions.
Vendor:
science + computing GmbH
Hagellocher Weg 71
D-72070 T�bingen
Germany
Phone:
+49 7071 9457 0
Fax:
+49 7071 9457 27
EMail:
info@science-computing.de
URL:
http://www.science-computing.de
Contact:
Olaf Flebbe
Last modified:
February 25, 1997.
18. X Windows Related Products
18.1. AcceleratedX Server
Description:
Commercial grade X display server with workstation-class
features like multiple visuals, overlays, and gamma correction
for FreeBSD and Linux. The AcceleratedX server drives the most
popular graphics hardware, including the latest cards from ATI,
Diamond, Matrox, NeoMagic, Number 9, and S3. In all, more than
450 different cards are supported.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes.
Licensing policy:
Per CPU.
OS provisions:
No known problems with any Linux distribution.
Documentation:
A 100 page perfect bound manual is included.
Product support:
Installation support in included.
Available since:
1994.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Contact your local reseller, or Xi Graphics.
Vendor:
Xi Graphics
1801 Broadway, Suite 1710
Denver, CO 80202
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 303 298 7478
Fax:
+1 303 298 1406
EMail:
sales@xig.com
URL:
http://www.xig.com
Contact:
Richard Van Dyke
Last modified:
March 14, 1997.
18.2. BXwidgets
Description:
BXwidgets is a supplementary widget set to develop especially
commercial Motif applications. It includes special widgets for
tabulars, masks, formatted input field and the full support for
a complete help system. All has Motif look and feel and is
platform independent.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes.
Licensing policy:
Source code licence.
OS provisions:
Any kernel, X11R5 or X11R6, Motif 1.1 or Motif 1.2.
Documentation:
About 250 pages of documenation with examples. Several demo
programs.
Product support:
Support and update service is available (DM 1200; approximately
US$750)
Available since:
1992.
Countries with distribution:
Germany, UK and USA.
Price range:
DM 1600 (approximately US$1000) for a full source code licence.
Vendor:
BREDEX GmbH
Fallersleber-Tor-Wall 23
D-38100 Braunschweig
Germany
Phone:
+49 531 24 33 0 0
Fax:
+49 531 24 33 0 99
EMail:
info@bredex.de
URL:
http://www.bredex.de
Last modified:
March 17, 1997.
18.3. BXwidgets/DB
Description:
BXwidgets/DB is a supplementary widget set to access relational
databases. Data can be automatically queried form the database,
displayed in various forms, changed and stored in the database.
All applications built with BXwidgets/DB are database
independent. The database access is performed by transaction-
servers. Transaction-Server and database may reside on other
hotsts in the network.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
Per OS license, no run-time restrictions. Evaluation license
available.
OS provisions:
X11R5 and Motif 1.2 must be installed.
Documentation:
Printed manual in English.
Product support:
Support and update service is available.
Available since:
1996.
Price range:
DM 4900 (approximately US$2900).
Vendor:
BREDEX GmbH
Fallersleber-Tor-Wall 23
D-38100 Braunschweig
Germany
Phone:
+49 531 24 33 0 0
Fax:
+49 531 24 33 0 99
EMail:
info@bredex.de
URL:
http://www.bredex.de
Last modified:
March 17, 1997.
18.4. AcceleratedX CDE Business Desktop
Description:
A complete networked operating system that enables
administrators to integrate industry-standard PCs into existing
Unix networks with better internationalization and the same
functionality as more expensive workstations.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
Per CPU.
OS provisions:
No known problems with any Linux distribution.
Documentation:
A 100 page perfect bound manual the AcceleratedX server and a
300 page perfect bound manual for CDE is included.
Product support:
Installation support in included.
Available since:
1997.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Contact your local reseller, or Xi Graphics.
Vendor:
Xi Graphics
1801 Broadway, Suite 1710
Denver, CO 80202
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 303 298 7478
Fax:
+1 303 298 1406
EMail:
sales@xig.com
URL:
http://www.xig.com
Contact:
Richard Van Dyke
Last modified:
March 14, 1997.
18.5. AcceleratedX OSF-Certified Motif
Description:
A complete OSF-Certified Motif runtime and development
environment.
Distribution media:
CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
Per CPU.
OS provisions:
No known problems with any Linux distribution.
Documentation:
Release note that include references to well-written commerical
reference manuals.
Product support:
Installation support in included.
Available since:
1995.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Contact your local reseller, or Xi Graphics.
Vendor:
Xi Graphics
1801 Broadway, Suite 1710
Denver, CO 80202
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 303 298 7478
Fax:
+1 303 298 1406
EMail:
sales@xig.com
URL:
http://www.xig.com
Contact:
Richard Van Dyke
Last modified:
March 14, 1997.
18.6. AcceleratedX SGI-Certified OpenGL
Description:
A complete SGI-Certified OpenGL server extension.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes.
Licensing policy:
Per CPU.
OS provisions:
No known problems with any Linux distribution.
Documentation:
Release note that include references to well-written commerical
reference manuals.
Product support:
Installation support in included.
Available since:
1995.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Contact your local reseller, or Xi Graphics.
Vendor:
Xi Graphics
1801 Broadway, Suite 1710
Denver, CO 80202
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 303 298 7478
Fax:
+1 303 298 1406
EMail:
sales@xig.com
URL:
http://www.xig.com
Contact:
Richard Van Dyke
Last modified:
March 14, 1997.
19. Other Software
19.1. Clustor
Description:
Clustor is a program for managing large computational tasks.
Clustor greatly simplifies a common computationally intensive
activity - running the same program code numerous times with
different inputs. Clustor provides increased performance by
distributing jobs over a network of computers and improved task
management through a friendly user interface.
Targeted at users who run computationally demanding tasks,
Clustor supports all phases of running such a task: task
preparation, job generation and job execution. With Clustor,
users who do not have extensive knowledge of programming
parallel applications, such as scientists, engineers,
researchers, are able to utilize the power of networked
computers.
Distribution media:
Internet (WWW). Optional CD-ROM.
Licensing policy:
A free demo licenses with limited functionality, 30 days
evaluation licenses with complete functionality from our web
site.
OS provisions:
Linux 1.2 or higher.
Documentation:
Web site, optional printed documentation.
Product support:
EMail support.
Extra features and add-ons:
Features for load monitoring and resource sharing, network
installation program.
Available since:
February, 1997.
Countries with distribution:
World wide
Price range:
Starting at US$998.
Vendor:
Active Tools Inc.
246 First St, Suite 310
San Francisco, CA 94105
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 415 882 7062
Fax:
+1 415 680 2369
EMail:
info@activetools.com
URL:
http://www.activetools.com
Contact:
Rok Sosic, Sergij Foski
Last modified:
March 17, 1997.
19.2. FootPrints
Description:
The first web-based helpdesk software system. Tracks
problems/solutions, trouble tickets -- whatever information you
need to manage -- and makes it available via the World Wide Web
to your customers or users using their web browser.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes, tape and Internet (FTP and WWW).
Licensing policy:
Free eval available from http://www.unipress.com/cgi-
bin/free_evals or ftp://ftp.unipress.com/pub/free_evals.
Pricing is on a per-user basis.
OS provisions:
Runs with any Linux running a web server. Program size is 100K,
3MB diskspace.
Documentation:
Online manual/help.
Product support:
Free maintenance through May 31, 1997. 15% thereafter for
maintenance and updates. Support is free.
Available since:
January 1, 1997.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
US$1995 per starter pack (server software plus 3 user licenses).
Vendor:
UniPress Software, Inc.
2025 Lincoln Highway
Edison, NJ 08817
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 800 222 0550, +1 908 287 2100
Fax:
+1 908 287 4929
EMail:
info@unipress.com
URL:
http://www.unipress.com
Contact:
Sue Glassberg <sue@unipress.com>
Last modified:
March 5, 1997.
19.3. Aladdin Ghostscript
Description:
PostScript, PDF, PCL5e (2Q97), PCL5c (2Q97), and PCL XL
interpreter. Provides X Windows previewing, conversion to half
a dozen raster file formats, and output to dozens of printers.
Runs in all OS environments, not just Linux, and on any
processor (32- or 64-bit) with a C compiler. Can drive black-
and-white, RGB, and CMYK devices, both bilevel and continuous-
tone. For more information, see
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html. Note that Aladdin
Ghostscript is an OEM product only: end-user licensing is not
available (and not necessary, since the product is free for end
users), nor is end-user support.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes.
Licensing policy:
Normally per-CPU. License normally includes source code,
upgrades, and support.
OS provisions:
X11R5 or later is required for X Windows previewing. OS-
specific modules are available for Unix (including Linux), VMS,
MS Windows (including Windows NT), OS/2, and Macintosh. Porting
to other OSs is simple: all OS dependencies are segregated in a
single file of typically less than 100 lines of code.
Documentation:
Online documentation only, in English. Currently in plain ASCII
text; texinfo and HTML versions are in preparation.
Product support:
Normally included in license; by EMail, phone, and fax.
Extra features and add-ons:
Each input language is priced separately, with a discount for
multiple languages.
Available since:
1988 as free software, 1991 commercially.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
Negotiated for each customer.
Vendor:
Artifex Software Inc.
454 Las Gallinas Ave., Suite 108
San Rafael, CA 94903
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 415 492 9861
Fax:
+1 415 492 9862
EMail:
info@arsoft.com
URL:
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html
Last modified:
February 21, 1997.
19.4. LjetMgr
Description:
Printers from Hewlett-Packard (both laser and ink variants) have
an extensive set of configurable options. These options are
normally set on the front panel of the printer.
The most notable options are:
� Ccono-mode to save toner
� Powersave mode
� Page format selection
� Font/typeface and language selection
With LjetManager you can directly modify these settings on your
screen. It is especially usefull for printers that lack front
panel configurability (like the LaserJet 5L) or if you have more
than one printer at your disposal.
LjetManager sports a graphical user interface, is fully
localizable and comes with documentation and help pages in HTML
format.
Distribution media:
3.5" diskettes, Internet (EMail and WWW).
Licensing policy:
You can download a demo version (in fact it's the previous
version of LjetMgr) from the following locations and their
mirror sites. Just look for LjetMgr2.4.1.README and the
acompanying files.
� http://www.neosoft.com/tcl/ftparchive/sorted/print
� ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/tcl/sorted/print
� ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing
Note that the commercial version contains a lot of enhancements
and is faster.
OS provisions:
Needs a printer that supports PJL. Available for Linux on Intel
and Alpha.
Documentation:
Complete context sensitive Help and documentation in HTML
format. A PostScript version is available on request.
Product support:
Prices include installation support and one year of free
upgrades. Additional support available on request.
Available since:
May, 1996.
Countries with distribution:
World wide.
Price range:
A single license of LjetMgr costs US$65. Discount for
educational institutions and students is 10%.
This price includes installation support and one year of free
upgrades.
Contact us for discounts on network licenses.
Vendor:
softWorks, Richard Schwaninger
Theodor-K�rnerstr. 173
A-8010 Graz
Austria
Phone:
+43 316 686590
Fax:
+43 316 686590
EMail:
risc@ping.at
URL:
http://members.ping.at/risc
Contact:
Richard Schwaninger
Last modified:
March 26, 1997.
20. Free Software for Commercial Hardware
This section covers free Linux software (e.g. drivers) for specialized
hardware.
20.1. Stallion Technologies Multiport Serial Boards
Description:
Stallion provides Linux support for its EasyIO and
EasyConnection range of multiport cards. EasyIO is available
with either 4 asynchronous serial ports with RJ45 connectors, or
8 asynchronous serial ports with RJ45 or DB25 connectors.
EasyIO supports data rates of up to 145 Kbits/sec or 460
Kbits/sec per port (depending on the model) and full modem
signaling. Drivers are available for most Intel-based operating
systems, including Linux. EasyIO is available for the ISA bus.
EasyConnection is an expandable multiport solution that provides
from 8 to 64 asynchronous serial ports in 8 or 16 port
increments. Both RJ45 and DB25 connectors are available.
Features include full surge suppression, full modem signaling,
and data rates of up to 145 Kbits/sec or 460 Kbits/sec per port
(depending on the panel version). Drivers are available for
most Intel-based operating systems, including Linux.
EasyConnection is available for the ISA, EISA and PCI bus.
Distribution media:
Internet (FTP).
Licensing policy:
The Linux driver is available at no charge and is copyrighted
under the GNU General Public License. Source code is provided.
OS provisions:
The most current driver supports all 2.0.x kernel versions. The
drivers are updated regularly to keep pace with kernel changes.
Documentation:
Hardware reference documentation provided with the boards. The
Linux driver package contains a README file with driver
installation and usage information.
Product support:
Stallion Technologies now fully supports the Stallion board
Linux drivers. Software updates are available from the
Internet. Stallion also provides technical support for the
hardware. Contact Stallion support for assistance.
Available since:
October, 1994.
Countries with distribution:
World wide distribution. Available in most countries.
Price range:
Prices for the serial boards vary from country to country.
Contact your nearest Stallion Technologies office for local
availability and pricing. The driver package contains a file
with contact information for all Stallion Technologies offices.
Vendor:
Stallion Technologies Pty Ltd.
2880 Research Park Drive, Suite 160
Soquel, CA 95073
U.S.A.
Phone:
+1 800 347 7979
Fax:
+1 408 477 0444
EMail:
info@stallion.com
URL:
http://www.stallion.com
FTP:
ftp://ftp.stallion.com
Last modified:
February 20, 1997.