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  Linux Commercial-HOWTO
  Martin Michlmayr, [e-mail], http://www.sypher.com/tbm
  v2.5, 23 August 1996

  This document contains a listing of commercial software and applica¡
  tions which are offered for Linux.  It is maintained by Martin
  Michlmayr <[e-mail]>.

  1.  About this document

  This is the Linux Commercial-HOWTO.  It contains a listing of
  commercial software which is available for Linux.  The Commercial-
  HOWTO doesn't contain any information on Linux distributions -- this
  is covered by the Distribution-HOWTO.

  This document was originated by Harald Milz <[e-mail]>.
  It is now maintained by Martin Michlmayr <[e-mail]>.

  If you need to know more about the Linux Documentation Project or
  about Linux HOWTO's, feel free to contact the supervisor Greg Hankins
  <[e-mail]>.

  Greg Hankins will post the listing to several national and
  international newsgroups on a monthly basis.  In addition, the
  Commercial-HOWTO is available via FTP at
  ftp://ftp.sypher.com/tbm/HOWTO or can be found on the World Wide Web
  at http://www.sypher.com/tbm/Commercial-HOWTO.

  The 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 Commercial-HOWTO are invited to fill in the
  following form and contact me at [e-mail].

  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, no
  Postscript, and no MIME.

  If you send me an entry for your product, please don't forget to send
  me timely updates if appropriate.

  Name:

  The name of your application.

  Description:

  SHORT description of the package, just the basic functionality.

  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:
  Contact:
  EMail:
  WWW:

  2.  Copyright Information

  This HOWTO is Copyright ⌐ 1996 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 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 [e-mail].

  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 (see the iBCS2 documentation at
  ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/BETA/ibcs2).

  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.

  My comments in the text are enclosed in parentheses () and marked with
  my ``initials'' tbm.

  4.  Related Information

  There's another HTML page which covers commercial Linux software.  It
  is maintained by Alan Cox <[e-mail]> and can be found at
  http://www.linux.org.uk/LxCommercial.html.

  5.  Marketing aspects of commercial Linux applications

  This section was suggested by Orest Zborowski <[e-mail]>; it
  is still under construction.

  It is meant to help potential commercial software developers to market
  their products.  There are several caveats to watch when doing this,
  e.g. the GNU General Public License (GPL) and the GNU Library General
  Public License (GLPL).

  I'd appreciate anyone who wants to share her experience with Linux-
  specific marketing issues to send me some lines (see questionaire
  below).

  Please make sure that people interested in more specific items can
  contact you via EMail or fax.

  5.1.  Investigation

  Here is a questionaire which I ask you to fill out and send me.
  Answers will be handled anonymously, and I will only disclose facts,
  no names.  The facts you tell me will be of great value to get an idea
  how the commercial Linux market looks like.  If you do not market your
  application in a native Linux version, please tell my why.  If not
  stated otherwise, ``application'' stands for ``native Linux version of
  your application''.

  ╖  Why did you start marketing your application? Why didn't you do it
     earlier?

  ╖  How many copies of the application do you expect to sell

  ╖  for Linux,

  ╖  for all the other Unix variants,

     during the planned product life? (This information is kept
     confidential if you require)

  ╖  How many copies of your application did you already sell

  ╖  for Linux?

  ╖  for all the other Unix variants?

     (This information is kept confidential if you require)

  ╖  Which technical problems did you have porting your application to
     Linux? How did you solve/circumvent them?

  ╖  How many employees are working on

  ╖  porting to Linux,

  ╖  providing support to end users/distributors?

     (This information is kept confidential if you require)

  ╖  Does your company offer the support for the application or did you
     (attempt to) outsource the support? If you provide support
     yourself, would you like to outsource it?

  ╖  Which issues were important for the pricing? Is the application

  ╖  more expensive,

  ╖  equally priced,

  ╖  cheaper,

  ╖  shareware priced,

     compared to versions for other Unix variants?

  ╖  What types of end users you you address with the application?

  ╖  According to your experience, was it a good decision to start
     marketing the application? Will you port and market other
     applications too?

  ╖  Are there any copy protection issues you have/like to consider? If
     yes, how did you solve the problem?

  ╖  How do you think about the iBCS2 emulator and offering a statically
     linked SCO/ISC or other version runnable under the emulator?  Why
     did you choose to offer a native Linux version instead?

  ╖  What is your warranty strategy (Do you restict the usage to certain
     kernel/C-lib versions etc.)?

  ╖  Which country-specific (e.g. legal) issues did you have to take
     into consideration?  How did you cope with them?

  ╖  Are there any other important issues which I possibly (probably)
     forgot to ask?

  5.2.  Some Aspects

  Porting to Linux simply means recompiling in many, many cases.
  Sometimes some #include tweaking may be necessary.  If you develop
  your apps using GNU C/C++ which is very useful sometimes, there should
  be virtually no further work to do.

  One big advantage with Linux is that all the source code of the
  operating system is freely available.  Experienced programmers can
  easily spot the locations where problems occur and contact the
  "responsible" developer for assistance.  I never encountered anyone
  being impolite -- just make sure you read the respective documentation
  first...

  The persons responsible for the Linux port should know where to get
  vital information in case of problems. The Linux Documentation Project
  offers plenty information about all and everything and the kitchen
  sink. The Linux INFO-SHEET is a good place to start with for
  beginners.

  The key to success with your Linux port is Internet access,
  particularly FTP access to the big Linux FTP servers such as
  sunsite.unc.edu or tsx-11.mit.edu and their legion mirrors.

  It appears that one big problem is after-sales support.  If you do
  market your software for Linux, you should consider to employ someone
  who knows whom and where to ask in case of problems with the OS
  itself.  On the other hand, you may expect problems with Linux to be
  solved much faster than problems with commercial Unix variants.  For
  example, the /bin/login bug allowing people to log onto Unix hosts as
  root without entering a password (known publicly in September 1994)
  was solved in a fortnight under Linux, whereas IBM shipped AIX with
  the broken /bin/login for another couple of months (and didn't tell
  customers although there was a fix available via FTP).

  After-sales support for Linux, on the other hand, can be a good
  opportunity for small companies and startups.  If you want to sell a
  Linux version of your product you might want to find such a company to
  outsource the after-sales support (see respective section).  They
  might even help you with the porting.

  Some companies selling big and expensive software packages offer
  completely installed systems, i.e. the hardware, the OS and their
  specific software.  In the contract, you can restrict your warranty to
  specific kernel/library versions so that problems are unlikely to
  occur at a later time.

  The GNU General Public License (GPL) and the GNU Library General
  Public License (GLPL) contain no restriction in terms of marketing
  products developed with GNU tools as the GNU C/C++ compiler.  Anyway,
  the legal strength of the GPL was never checked at court -- I doubt it
  can be enforced outside the U.S.A.  If you violate the GPL, you may
  expect being sued by the FSF and being bashed publicly by the Linux
  community -- the GPL has a strong ethic value.  In case of doubts, you
  might want to contact the Free Software Foundation.  A very
  comprehensive interpretation in German is printed in section 1.7 of
  Kai Petzke's book "Unix fuer jedermann -- Einfuehrung in Linux",
  Bernd-Michael Paschke Verlag, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-929711-07-9.

  In short terms: The GNU copyleft doesn't affect your software
  development and marketing at all.  Feel free to sell your products
  without source code and everything, just as with every other piece of
  commercial software.  The GNU Public License says, if you put a piece
  of software under the GPL, or if you receive it as a piece of GPL'd
  software, you have to offer your customers the same rights concerning
  that software that you have (i.e. hand them the source code, or offer
  to deliver the source code for the cost of distribution for three
  years after delivery of the binary).  The GPL does not force you to
  put all your software under the GPL, irrespective of whether the
  operating system it's been written for is GPL'd itself.  In this
  HOWTO, you'll find an entire bunch of commercial software products
  none of which is GPL'd.

  Pricing: There are three major philosophies.  Some companies offer a
  full or limited version for a very low fee or even for free.  Others
  consider the Linux version as valuable as those for other OS's and
  offer it at a reasonable discount.  Third, the price is equal to that
  of, say, the Solaris or the HP/UX version.  Finding a reasonable price
  for your product may be somewhat more difficult than for other Unixes
  because there are many Linux users expecting to get everything for
  free.  Others (seriously interested customers, i.e. business people
  and decision makers) know that nothing is for free.  You'll have to
  decide for the target customer.

  A word concerning fast version shifts.  This is clearly a prejudice.
  From the view of a software vendor, this is clearly not true.  Linux
  is no moving target. It is true that Linus Torvalds
  <[e-mail]> sometimes releases two or more kernel
  patches per week (or even more) in the hackers' corner (odd minor
  kernel release numbers).  However, if you found a kernel doing what
  it's designed to do (version 2.0 being a good choice as of this
  writing), there's no reason to upgrade.  Leave everything as it is and
  limit your warranty to certain kernel releases.  Selling complete
  systems helps here, too, because you can ensure the respective kernel
  and its device drivers work in perfect harmony with the computer, its
  peripherals and your application.

  You might consider offering a statically linked Linux version too (as
  it is very popular for SCO due to some nasty bugs in several SCO
  runtime libraries) but please tell your customer about the additional
  memory requirement.  However, it is important to mention that a
  dynamically linked application automatically satisfies all the
  requirements of any LGPL libraries that it uses, but a statically
  linked application does not.  A statically linked application must be
  available in some relinkable form to satisfy the LGPL.

  If you intend to offer a shrink-wrapped systems (i.e. a complete
  hardware/software installation) please avoid IDE harddisks.  Those
  disks are a perfect performance bottleneck for a real-world
  multitasking OS if it comes to serious work.  If some day EIDE offers
  busmaster DMA, this rule may change, though.

  Two killer applications are needed under Linux: a good text processing
  system and a good spread sheet.

  Copy protection is virtually impossible under Linux.  Because the
  kernel and all the associated tools are available as source code, any
  experienced hacker can hook dongle or key card ioctl() calls.  On a
  PC, you don't have a machine/CPU id available.  You don't want to
  build a specialized kernel for a certain (and given) hardware
  configuration, not disclosing the corresponding source code; such a
  kernel would be a ``derived work'' according to the GPL, and doing so
  would clearly violate the GPL.

  Last not least, don't forget that university and college students who
  are the decision makers of tomorrow.  If you offer them a reasonably
  priced product for their beloved operating system today (think of
  campus licenses), there's little question which application they will
  choose tomorrow.

  6.  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

  6.1.  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.

  6.2.  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.

  6.3.  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.

  6.4.  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.
  7.  USELINUX Conference

  USELINUX: Linux Applications Development and Deployment Conference
  January 6-10, 1997 - Anaheim Marriott Hotel, Anaheim, California

  Co-located with the USENIX Annual Technical Conference Co-sponsored by
  Linux International and the USENIX Association

       ========================================
       Suggestions for Topics:  June 1, 1996
       Submissions  Due :  Date:  July 1, 1996
       Materials Due Date:  November 13, 1996
       ========================================

  CONFERENCE CHAIR:  Michael K. Johnson, Linux Journal

       TECHNICAL TRACK COMMITTEE:
       Michael K. Johnson, Chair, Linux Journal
       Mark Bolzern, WorkGroup Solutions
       Alan Cox, 3Com Remote Access Products
       Jon ``maddog'' Hall, Esq., Digital Equipment Corporation
       Lorrie LeJeune, O'Reilly and Associates
       Dr. Tom Miller, North Carolina State University
       Erik Troan, Red Hat Software
       Dr. Greg Wettstein, Roger Maris Cancer Center

       BUSINESS TRACK COMMITTEE:
       Jon ``maddog'' Hall, Esq.,  Chair, Digital Equipment Corporation
       Jonathan Eunice, lluminata, Inc.
       Michael K. Johnson, Editor, Linux Journal
       Lorrie LeJeune, O'Reilly and Associates
       Bryan Sparks, President , Caldera, Inc.
       Paul Winbauer, Director of Technical Programs, Avnet Computing
       Bob Young, President, Red Hat Software, Inc.

       ==============================================
       Tutorials:  January 6-7, 1997
       Technical Sessions:  January 8-9, 1997
       Business Sessions:  January 10, 1997
       Keynote:  Wednesday, January 8, 1997
       Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions: January 7-9, 1997
       Vendor Exhibits:  January 8-9, 1997
       Reception: January 8, 1997
       ==============================================

  7.1.  Overview

  The Linux Applications Development and Deployment Conference
  (USELINUX)  is aimed at three primary audiences: application
  developers porting or developing Linux applications, systems
  administrators charged with maintaining Linux systems, and business
  people who wish to bring Linux applications to market.  Two technical
  tracks on  January 8th and 9th will include separate components for
  developers  and systems administrators. A business track devoted to
  explaining the  dynamics of the Linux marketplace and how to partake
  of it will  take place on January 10.

  In addition to the three days of presentations and discussions, there
  will be two days of tutorials,  Birds-of-a-Feather sessions, and
  Vendor Exhibits.

  7.2.  Tutorials

  We are actively seeking proposals for half or full day tutorials on
  practical, technical aspects of using Linux.  If you would like to
  present a tutorial, please contact the USENIX tutorial co-ordinator,
  Daniel V. Klein.

       Phone: [phone]
       Fax: [phone]
       Email: <[e-mail]>

  7.3.  Technical track topics

  The technical track will have three components:

  ╖  An application developers component  focusing  on topics helpful in
     porting and developing Linux applications. These include things
     like APIs, including both Linux's levels of compliance with
     industry standard APIs and Linux-specific  APIs,  and capabilities
     that give extra functionality and/or convenience.

  ╖  A system administrators component to  help sysadmins apply their
     skills to Linux administration, and also demonstrate some of the
     unique and useful features that can make their lives easier.

  ╖  A component for enthusiasts involved in developing the Linux
     operating system and environment.

  7.4.  Business track topics

  The business track program will focus on obstacles and challenges in
  integrating Linux into a  business.  The target audience are software
  application developers, hardware vendors, service providers, large in-
  house application developers, and others who would like to know how to
  make their business more successful using Linux.  This  track  will
  concentrate on business issues such as:

  ╖  The Linux Market: Who, What, Where, When and Why?

  ╖  Application Portfolios: What is available, what can be done?

  ╖  Marketing to the Linux Marketplace

  ╖  Channels: Retail, Resellers, Distributors, Integrators, OEMs,
     Service

  ╖  Licenses and Licensing: I don't want to give away my application!!!

  In addition to the meetings, there  will be  a compendium of
  information on CD-ROM for conference attendees. This will include
  copies of the slides, pointers to resources, white papers, lists of
  current resellers, user groups, etc.

  7.5.  How to submit a proposal

  Suggestions for additional topics and areas where the topics can be
  expanded are welcome by June 1, 1996.  The program committee will then
  prioritize the topics and create the final list of topics by July 1st.
  The program committee will solicit volunteers to work on the program,
  and will balance volunteers with program needs by that time.

  An expanded electronic version of this announcement with greater
  detail, as well as the Call for Papers for the USENIX Annual Technical
  Conference, is available at the USENIX Web site at
  http://www.usenix.org.

  Proposals for invited talks and panels should be received by July 1,
  1996.  We welcome submissions of a full paper or an extended abstract.
  Panel proposals should  contain a list of names of potential
  panelists.  Please send submissions to the conference program chairs
  via one of the following methods.  All submissions will be
  acknowledged.

  Please send comments, suggestions, and volunteering of time for a
  particular area of expertise (including a small bio of your
  experience) to the conference program chair via one of the following
  methods. Email is greatly preferred.

  7.6.  Preferred method

  If you are submitting an idea for the technical track, send email to
  [e-mail].

  For the business program,  send your ideas via email to
  [e-mail] with the subject line:

       MADDOG, ANOTHER GREAT IDEA FOR THE *FABULOUS* USELINUX BUSINESS TRACK

  7.7.  Alternative method

  Via postal address or fax to:

  Michael Johnson or Jon ``maddog'' Hall, Esq.
  USENIX Association
  2560 Ninth Street, Suite 215
  Berkeley  CA  94710
  Fax:  [phone]

  7.8.  Vendor exhibits

  Vendors will demonstrate their products in a relaxed environment where
  attendees can discuss product features and services.

  Vendors are invited to participate in the Vendor Exhibits.  This is an
  excellent opportunity to receive feedback from our technically astute
  audience.  If your company would like to display its products or
  services, please contact Cynthia Deno:

       Phone:  [phone]
       Email: <[e-mail]>

  7.9.  Birds-Of-a-Feather sessions (BOFs)

  BOFs are very informal, attendee-organized sessions held in the
  evenings by attendees interested in a particular topic.  They may be
  scheduled on-site or in advance by contacting the USENIX Conference
  Office.  Send email to [e-mail] or phone [phone].

  7.10.  About the USENIX Association

  USENIX is the UNIX and Advanced Computing Systems Technical and
  Professional Association.  Since 1975 the USENIX Association has
  brought together the community of engineers, system administrators,
  scientists, and technicians working on the cutting edge of the
  computing world.

  The USENIX Conferences have become the essential meeting grounds for
  the presentation and discussion of the most advanced information on
  new developments in all aspects of advanced computing systems.

  The USENIX Association and its members are dedicated to:

  ╖  problem-solving with a practical bias,

  ╖  fostering innovation and research that works,

  ╖  communicating rapidly the results of both research and innovation,

  ╖  providing a neutral forum for the exercise of critical thought and
     the airing of technical issues.

  SAGE, a Special Technical Group within the USENIX Association, is
  dedicated to the recognition and advancement of system administration
  as a profession.  To join SAGE, you must be a member of USENIX.

  7.11.  About Linux International

  Linux International was established to promote the development and use
  of Linux.  The people at Linux International know how good Linux is
  and want it to become an accepted competitor to products from even the
  largest computer companies.  Among other things, it serves as a bridge
  between the dedicated and skilled community of developers, and the
  general world of commerce and industry.

  Linux International is a non-profit organization run by volunteers,
  many of whom are high-profile Linux developers or activists.

  For more information, please visit Linux International's Web site at
  http://www.li.org or send mail to [e-mail].

  7.12.  Registration information

  The complete program will be available in September 1996.  To receive
  a registration package,  please contact:

        USENIX Conference Office
        22672 Lambert Street, Suite 215
        Lake Forest, CA  92630
        Phone:  [phone]
        Fax:  [phone]
        URL:  http://www.usenix.org
        Email:  [e-mail]

  Or you can send email to our mailserver at [e-mail].  Your
  message should contain the line: ``send linux conferences'' and the
  program will be sent to you.

  8.  Linux vs. other free Unix flavors

  Why port to Linux and not to one of the free BSD versions like 386BSD
  and its derivatives FreeBSD and NetBSD (short: *BSD)?  Well, that
  depends on your application.  If it was originally written for a
  SystemV-based system as AIX, HP/UX or Solaris 2, porting to Linux
  should be fairly easy.  *BSD lacks certain SystemV features (such as
  the termio interface), and you'll have to carefully check the amount
  of work necessary.  On the other hand, FreeBSD and NetBSD are
  maintained by a closed developers' team (as opposed to the open and
  sometimes chaotic and anarchic Linux developers' community), and e.g.
  for FreeBSD there is only one so-called distribution available per
  FTP.  You might want to mail [e-mail] or take a look at
  http://www.cdrom.com/titles/freebsd.html.

  By the way, the FAQ for comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.announce concerning the
  *BSD flavors says (short excerpt):

          5.  Where BSD and POSIX differ, 386BSD conforms by default to
          BSD; Linux to POSIX.  Furthermore, while both run mostly GNU
          utilities, Linux tends toward the SysV flavor (e.g. init)
          where 386BSD sticks with the BSD style.  However, sources for
          different flavors of utilities are available for both, and
          both support compiler options which allow more BSD or more
          POSIX semantics.

  And later it says:

          1) the 386BSD family started with BSD, and Linux started with
          POSIX.  NetBSD/FreeBSD/386BSD have been adding POSIX and System
          V compatibility, and Linux has been adding Berkeley and System
          V compatibility.  So there's a good deal of overlap.  But ...BSD
          is still a better choice if you want to program in a Berkeley
          environment and Linux if you want a POSIX environment.

  9.  Product Groups

  This list is divided into several product groups to make finding a
  specific product more easy.

  9.1.  Databases

  9.1.1.  AccountFlex

     Description:
        AccountFlex is a powerfull full featured accounting system that
        includes modules for Order Entry, Inventory, Purchasing, A/R,
        A/P, G/L, Payroll, and Jobcost.  Accountflex uses Infoflex, an
        SQL based 4GL lanquage that is compatible with Informix (see
        information in this HOWTO. hm).

     Distribution Media:
        Diskette, Tape.

     Licensing Policy:
        Source, runtime and unlimited runtimes are available.  Demos and
        source are available for Linux, UNIX, DOS, or VMS.

     OS Provisions:
        Character Based Screen images.

     Documentation:
        Printed documentation.

     Product Support:
        Phone support charged by time usage.  Onsite training and custom
        programming available.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        October, 1994.

     Countries with Distribution:
        USA.

     Price Range:
        USD795 per module including source.

     Installed Base:
        11 (as of date of entry. hm)

     Vendor:

          Infoflex Inc.
          840 Hinckley Road, Suite 107
          Burlingame, CA 94010, USA
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax: [phone]
          Contact: Gerard Menicucci

     Last modified:
        May 10, 1995.

  9.1.2.  CONZEPT 16

     Description:
        CONZEPT 16 is a complete software development system based on a
        relational database.  It runs on different platforms and in
        heterogenous networks. A version with graphical user interface
        is available too. Client/Server technology optional. CONZEPT 16
        is a high performance system, for which there are hardly
        limitations.

     Distribution Media:
        Diskettes.
     Licensing Policy:
        Copy-protected.

     OS Provisions:
        Kernel version 1.1.26; RAM: at least 2 MByte, recommended: 8
        MByte, harddisk: about 3-4 MByte.

     Documentation:
        German, english, training documentation and reference (700 pages
        each), Online help.

     Product Support:
        Available (prices on request).

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        OEM-KIT, Recovery (prices on request).

     Available Since:
        September 1, 1994.

     Countries with Distribution:
        Worldwide.

     Price Range:
        Upon request.

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

          vectorsoft Gesellschaft fuer Datentechnik mbH
          Seligenstaedter Grund 2
          D-63150 Heusenstamm, Germany
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          Mailbox: +49 6104/5022

     Last modified:
        April 6, 1995.

  9.1.3.  D-ISAM

     Description:
        Multikey B+ tree Isam File Handler.  Follows the C-ISAM
        (Informix) file structure and function calls.  Sold with Source.

     Distribution Media:
        5.25" and 3.5" Floppy disk.

     Licensing Policy:
        Free distribution of the first 100 D-ISAM'd executables.
        Royalties apply after that.

     OS Provisions:
        Independent.

     Documentation:
        Documentation in english. Unix Style manual.

     Product Support:
        EMail, bbs, fax, telephone.  First 90 days free. US$450/year for
        ongoing.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        Transaction Processing functions: US$295.00

     Available Since:
        June 1994

     Countries with Distribution:
        UK, Germany, USA, Canada (manufacturer).

     Price Range:
        Single Programmer License with Source: US$595, Transaction
        Processing Add-on: US$295, Additional Programmers: US$100,
        Runtime Licenses per 100: US$695 (after the first 100),
        Unlimited Runtime: US$6950.  A free D-ISAM for Linux library is
        available for development, but not for commercial use, via FTP
        from ftp://ftp.wimsey.com/pub/linux/d-isam.

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          Byte Designs Ltd
          20568 - 32 Avenue
          Langley, BC V3A 4P5, Canada
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          Contact: Heinz Wittenbecher
          E-mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        September 8, 1994.

  9.1.4.  Empress RDBMS

     Description:
        The port to Linux provides customers a choice of two levels of
        product: A) full function RDBMS B) single user Personal EMPRESS
        for Linux.  A) EMPRESS RDBMS is a powerful application
        development tool which provides heterogeneous distributed
        processing capabilities.  Its features include data manipulation
        options, integrity and recovery features, portability, and
        unlimited storage capacity.  B) Personal EMPRESS for Linux is a
        low-cost, single-user version designed especially for the
        rapidly growing Linux users community.  It includes Version 6.6
        of the EMPRESS RDBMS and 4GL application generator; SQL, Dynamic
        SQL and host language C interface; and the EMPRESS GUI Builder
        for Motif.  This product is available via catalog through the
        ACC Bookstore.

     Distribution Media:
        CD-ROM.

     Licensing Policy:

     OS Provisions:
        Linux kernel versions 1.0.8, 1.1.72 and 1.2.1.

     Documentation:
        A) printed manuals. B) CD-ROM.

     Product Support:
        Technical support includes software updates, telephone support,
        internet access to Empress Technical notes, and a quarterly
        subscription to the users' newsletter Empressions.  A) Full
        technical support is provided with the full-function, multi-user
        version (EMPRESS RDBMS).  B) Technical support is available at
        an additional cost of USD1000 annually (Personal EMPRESS for
        Linux).

     Linux Support:
        A) none. B) if purchased through the ACC Bookstore, can be
        bundled with Red Hat Linux support.

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        EMPRESS RDBMS options include the   EMPRESS ODBC  Interface for
        allowing  PC applications  to    access EMPRESS   databases.
        Other features and   functions   include shared  library  and
        memory, and math library functions.

     Available Since:
        May 1, 1995.

     Countries with Distribution:
        Empress products are available worldwide through our network of
        sales offices and distribution partners, as well as through the
        ACC Bookstore.  For specific information please contact Empress
        International Operations: tel [phone], fax +1 (905)
        513-1668.

     Price Range:
        A) Please contact vendor for pricing of EMPRESS RDBMS.  B)
        Personal EMPRESS for Linux is available at a cost of USD80 in
        U.S. and Canada, and USD120 elsewhere.  This includes tax and
        shipping.

     Installed Base:
        A) 10 copies. B) 250 copies.

     Vendor:

          A)
          Empress Software Inc.
          6401 Golden Triangle Drive
          Greenbelt, MD 20770, USA
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-mail: [e-mail]
          Contact: Jim Sweeney

          B)
          ACC Bookstore
          Phone:  [phone]
          E-mail: [e-mail]
          Contact: Bob Young

     Last modified:
        June 14, 1996.

  9.1.5.  ESQLFlex

     Description:
        ESQLFlex is a low cost clone of the Informix-ESQL/C and Informix
        standard Engine products.  ESQLFlex will allow developers to
        completely replace Informix-ESQL and Informix standard engine
        without having to modify their existing application.  ESQLFlex
        enables developers to build, modify, and/or query databases
        using standard SQL calls from within "C" programs.

     Distribution Media:
        Diskette, Tape

     Licensing Policy:
        Source, runtime and unlimited runtimes are available.  Demos and
        source are available for Linux, UNIX, DOS, or VMS.

     OS Provisions:
        Character Based Screen images.

     Documentation:
        Printed documentation.

     Product Support:
        Phone support charged by time usage.  Onsite training and custom
        programming available.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        October, 1994.

     Countries with Distribution:
        USA, Spain, France, Germany.

     Price Range:
        US $ 495.

     Installed Base:
        35 (as of date of entry. hm).

     Vendor:

          Infoflex Inc.
          840 Hinckley Road, Suite 107
          Burlingame, CA 94010, USA
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax: [phone]
          Contact: Gerard Menicucci

     Last modified:
        May 10, 1995.

  9.1.6.  InfoFlex

     Description:
        InfoFlex is a complete 4GL that streamlines the design process
        with a consistent WYSIWYG approach to developing menus, screens
        and reports.  Infoflex is compatable with the Informix database
        and is similar in syntax.  Demos, source, and unlimited licenses
        are available for UNIX, DOS, or VMS.
     Distribution Media:
        Diskette, Tape.

     Licensing Policy:
        Source, runtime and unlimited runtimes are available.  Demos and
        source are available for Linux, UNIX, DOS, or VMS.

     OS Provisions:
        Character Based Screen images.

     Documentation:
        Printed documentation.

     Product Support:
        Phone support charged by time usage.  Onsite training and custom
        programming available.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        October, 1994.

     Countries with Distribution:
        USA, Spain, France, Germany.

     Price Range:
        US $ 995.

     Installed Base:
        18 (as of date of entry. hm).

     Vendor:

          Infoflex Inc.
          840 Hinckley Road, Suite 107
          Burlingame, CA 94010, USA
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax: [phone]
          Contact: Gerard Menicucci

     Last modified:
        May 10, 1995.

  9.1.7.  Just Logic/SQL Database Manager

     Description:
        The Just Logic/SQL Database Manager is a relational database
        system made to be used from C and C++ applications. It includes
        a complete set of libraries, utilities and a database engine. It
        comes with three programming interfaces: a C API interface, a
        C++ Class definitions and a C Precompiler. The client-server
        version permits Windows and Unix applications to access a remote
        server on Unix across TCP/IP.

     Distribution Media:
        Diskettes.

     Licensing Policy:
        Unlimited runtime licence of applications.

     OS Provisions:
        SLS 1.0, 400K RAM, plus 100K per user, and 1.2 Meg Hard Disk,
        plus 1 Meg for client-server.

     Documentation:
        User manual (175 pages).

     Product Support:
        Phone, EMail, fax.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        Fully compatibles versions on SCO, BSDI, UnixWare, FreeBSD, DOS,
        Windows and OS/2.

     Available Since:
        August, 1994.

     Countries with Distribution:
        Sold to all countries. Distributors in US and Germany.

     Price Range:
        The Linux release is priced at USD149 (USD219 with client-
        server).

     Installed Base:
        250 (Linux release).

     Vendor:

     Just Logic Technologies Inc.
     P.O. Box 63050
     40 Commerce St.
     Nun's Island, Quebec H3E 1V6, Canada
     Phone: [phone] (toll free USA and Canada)
            [phone]
     Fax: [phone] (has voice-fax autodetection)
     E-mail: [e-mail]
     WWW: http://www.pht.com/justlogic

     Last modified:
        September 08, 1994.

  9.1.8.  POET 2.1

     Description:
        POET 2.1 ODBMS for C++. Database functionality for C++ objects.
        Full support of encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism and
        objectidentity. Two versions available : Personal Edition
        (Single/User 1 Developer) Professional Edition (Client/Server up
        to 4 Developer).

     Distribution Media:
        Diskettes.

     Licensing Policy:
        SDK license from US$ 99.  Runtime Licenses for commercial
        Products and for Public Domain or Share Products available.

     OS Provisions:
        Kernel version > 1.0; SDK needs 4 MBytes on harddisk.

     Documentation:
        Handbook and tutorial (450+ pages).

     Product Support:
        Hotline support, training please contact vendor.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        March, 1994.

     Countries with Distribution:
        Many; please contact vendor.
     Price Range:
        Personal Edition US$ 99 / DM 170. Professional Edition US$ 1990
        / DM 3.990 (includes 1 year hotline support).

     Installed Base:
        234 copies as of July 1994

     Vendor:

          POET Software GmbH
          Fossredder 12
          D-22359 Hamburg, Germany
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-Mail: [e-mail]
          Contact: Detlef Meyer

     Last modified:
        September 19, 1994.

  9.1.9.  /rdb

     Description:
        /rdb is a RDBMS consisting of more than 125 shell level commands
        which read tables from the standard input and write tables to
        the standard output.  Applications are typically written in
        shell scripts, mixing /rdb commands with ordinary system
        commands. A runtime library is also included.

     Distribution Media:
        3.5" diskettes.

     Licensing Policy:
        /rdb is licensed by the CPU.  Time stamped licenses are
        available to allow for hardware upgrades.  An example of a full-
        text search using /rdb can be found at the Melody Shop at
        http://www.branch.com/~rsw.

     OS Provisions:
        Kernel version 0.99.12 or later; consumes about 3MB storage.

     Documentation:
        230 page manual, both printed and on line.  Some on-line help.
        Informational and error message tables provided for translation.

     Product Support:
        Free EMail support; maintenance costs 10% of license fee/year.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        October, 1993.

     Countries with Distribution:
        US, Canada, South America, Australia, Germany, France, Ireland,
        Great Britain.

     Price Range:
        USD149 qty 1 / CPU.

     Installed Base:
        101+

     Vendor:

          Revolutionary Software
          131 Rathburn Way
          Santa Cruz, CA 95062-1035
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-mail: [e-mail]
          Contact: Evan Schaffer

     Last modified:
        April 7, 1995.

  9.1.10.  Veritas

     Description:
        Veritas is a system for German drinks wholesalers
        ("GetrΣnkegrosshΣndler"). It's based on Onyx which is my 4gl and
        database project, which of course stays under the GNU Public
        License 2.0.

        The first version of Veritas was developed for PCOS Olivetti in
        1992, later Xenix versions followed. The recent 3rd release
        features twelve years of experience with this kind of market, so
        you can expect to have nearly anything a drinks wholesaler
        needs, e.g. Pfand, Sektsteuer, Brauereiabrechung,
        Bruchvergⁿtung, etc.

        Several servers can be linked via SLIP or UUCP and replicate
        transactions to share data. Clients are connected via ethernet
        to a local server and can run MS Windows or better Linux.
     Distribution Media:
        Directly installed on the customer's hardware. Plus a Tape
        containing (I hope) all of the GNU'ish sources including Onyx
        and a bunch of different databases.

     Licensing Policy:
        Veritas is licensed according to a German translation of the GNU
        Public License 2.0, restricted in a way that any changes made
        must be mailed to the author, and that any customer must know
        that I'm the author and give support.

        Although the licence is very much like the GPL, I really
        recommend to purchase a copy if you prefer to get support.

     OS Provisions:
        Linux 1.0.9 (MCC), XFree86 2.1.  Servers: 8-16 MB RAM, 200-500
        MB harddisk, tape, modem.  Clients: 8 MB RAM, 40 MB harddisk.

     Documentation:
        About 41 pages printed for Veritas in German, and about 43 pages
        online documentation for Onyx in English.

     Product Support:
        Retail price includes one week of training, and one year first
        class support over modem lines and D2 phone directly from the
        author. If you are interested in Onyx support, contact the
        author directly.

     Linux Support:
        Support for the installed sites is included in the installation
        price for one year.

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        The 3rd version of veritas is now in BETA in Bremerhaven.

     Countries with Distribution:
        Only distributed in Germany because of the user interface
        language and a lot of German tax related features.

        If sold outside the northern part of Germany we need a VAR able
        to handle Linux, and sell and install the right hardware for a
        share.

     Price Range:
        Between 10,000 and 20,000 DM without hardware which depends on
        the number of servers and additional tayloring.

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

     Michael Koehne
     Loss Datensysteme
     Bremerstr. 117
     D-28816 Brinkum, Germany
     Phone: [phone]
     V32bis: +49 (0)421/87 05 32
     Fax: [phone]
     E-Mail: [e-mail] (company)
             [e-mail] (private)

     Last modified:
        September 08, 1994.

  9.1.11.  Yard SQL

     Description:
        The YARD company offers 5 SQL products as follows:

     ╖  YARD-SQL -- Relational SQL database server with compliance to
        X/Open XPG4 and ANSI SQL 92

     ╖  YARD-ESQLC -- Embedded SQL for C.

     ╖  YARD-ODBC -- ODBC interface for MS Windows clients

     ╖  YARD-NET -- Remote access to YARD databases via TCP/IP.

     ╖  YARD-X -- Motif client for database access (No development tool)

     Distribution Media:
        Floppy disk and streamer tapes

     Licensing Policy:
        License number and activation key for each product and
        installation with user dependent licenses for the SQL-Server.

     OS Provisions:
        LINUX 1.0.9 and upwards compatible versions; Motif 1.2.3; RAM
        Usage: 1 MByte (minimum) for Shared Memory, 500 KByte per User;
        Disk Usage: YARD-SQL 7 MByte, YARD-ESQLC 1 MByte, YARD-ODBC 1,5
        MByte, YARD-NET 1 MByte, YARD-X 5 MByte.

     Documentation:
        Printed 600 pages reference and users guide in German. English
        documentation will be available early 1995.

     Product Support:
        Release Update, Price 25% Version Update, Price 50% Technical
        support according to a special maintenance agreement (20% of
        total pricing).  Training on request.

     Linux Support:
        None.

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        All products also available for other widely distributed Unix
        systems (e.g. SCO UNIX, SPARC Solaris).

     Available Since:
        January, 1994.

     Countries with Distribution:
        Current distribution in Germany through Distributor Ordix
        Software ([e-mail]), Paderborn, Germany.
        Europeean/international distribution scheduled for early 1995.

     Price Range:
        YARD-SQL        590,00 (1 user) - 8.490,00 DEM (unlimited user)
        YARD-ESQLC      390,00 DEM YARD-ODBC       490,00 DEM YARD-NET
        490,00 DEM YARD-X          990,00 DEM

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          YARD Software GmbH
          Hansestr. 99
          D-51149 Koeln, Germany
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-Mail: [e-mail]
          Contact: Thomas Schonhoven ([e-mail])

     Last modified:
        September 24, 1994.

  9.2.  Data Visualisation, CAD

  CAD tools, renderers, OCR software, etc.

  9.2.1.  Ghostscript 3.x

     Description:
        Aladdin Ghostscript 3.n is a full PostScript Level 2 language
        interpreter.  It can display PostScript files on the screen with
        X Windows, convert them to various raster formats (TIFF/F, GIF,
        PCX, PPM), and print them on many non-PostScript printers, such
        as the H-P inkjet and laser printers.

     Distribution Media:
        PC diskettes only, normally compressed with tar + gzip. A
        shareware version is available via FTP from
        tp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/pub/ghost/aladdin for non-commercial use
        only.

     Licensing Policy:
        Redistribution in non-commercial contexts (i.e., if no money
        changes hands in connection with the distribution) is allowed
        without license.  Any commercial distribution of any kind
        requires a commercial license, with a negotiated license fee.
        If you are a commercial organization and intend to distribute
        Aladdin Ghostscript in a manner for which you believe you don't
        need a license, please check with us: "in connection with" is
        only a shorthand for the terms of the actual non-commercial
        license.

     OS Provisions:
        Will run on any Linux version.  Will display on any X11R4 or R5
        compatible window system.

     Documentation:
        English, probably about 30 pages.  On-line only (no printed
        doc).  No on-line help.

     Product Support:
        No training available.  Maintenance (bug fixing) and updates are
        available with commercial licenses and unavailable otherwise.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        We offer commercial-quality sets of the 35 standard PostScript
        fonts at a price of $10 to end users and a much lower price to
        commercial licensees.

     Available Since:
        August 1994.

     Countries with Distribution:
        We distribute worldwide.  Our only current overseas distributor
        is in Germany.

     Price Range:
        We will ship diskettes to end-users for a charge of $58 to cover
        service and materials costs.  There is an additional charge for
        $50 for a custom configuration and of $20 (domestic) or $30
        (international) for next-day mail.  Commercial licensing prices
        are negotiated, and vary considerably.

     Installed Base:
        (L. Peter Deutsch estimates the number of users of the
        commercial version under Linux at about 12,000, as of Sep 23,
        1994.)

     Vendor:

          Aladdin Enterprises
          203 Santa Margarita Ave.
          Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        Aug 26, 1994

  9.2.2.  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.

     Distribution Media:
        CD-ROM and anonymous FTP <ftp://ftp.rsinc.com>.

     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 meg RAM minimum
        recommended.  50 meg disk space.

     Documentation:
        1600+ pages of documentation on paper and hypertext on-line
        help.

     Product Support:
        Customer support service, maintenance/update service, training
        and consulting are available.  In addition, a usenet newsgroup
        <news:comp.lang.idl-pvwave> is devoted to IDL.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        HDF support, animation, volume slicer, high resolution mapping
        built-in.

     Available Since:
        September 1995

     Countries with Distribution:
        (many; ask vendor).

     Price Range:
        contact vendor/distributor

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

          Research Systems, Inc.
          2995 Wilderness Place
          Boulder, Colorado, USA
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          Email:  [e-mail]

          Distributor for Central Europe:

          CREASO GmbH
          Phone:  [phone]
          Email: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        September 14, 1995

  9.2.3.  MRJ Symbolic OCR

     Description:
        MRJ SOCR (Symbolic OCR) (TM) is an OCR program for Japanese
        text.  SOCR reads TIFF files and recognizes Japanese text in
        scanned images.  Output formats include PC, Mac, and Unix
        formats with Unicode, Shift-JIS, JIS, and EUC encodings.  Also
        available for Sun OS.

     Distribution Media:
        3.5" Floppy Disks.

     Licensing Policy:
        One SOCR license per workstation.

     OS Provisions:
        Operating System: Linux 1.x, Window System: Motif run time
        library required, System RAM: 16 MB, Hard Disk: 6 MB.

     Documentation:
        Installation Guide and User Manual.  All documentation is in
        English.

     Product Support:
        Technical support available via telephone, EMail, and FAX.

     Linux Support:
        The Linux version of SOCR is fully supported.  See Product
        Support.

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        Contact MRJ for information on OEM and software developer
        versions of SOCR.

     Available Since:
        August 1994

     Countries with Distribution:
        Distribution from U.S.  Available for export.

     Price Range:
        Special Introductory Offer -- $895 through 30 September 1994.

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          MRJ, Inc.
          10455 White Granite Drive
          Oakton, VA 22124, USA
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-Mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        Sep 08,1994

  9.2.4.  SISCAD-P 1.3-3

     Description:
        SISCAD-P is a 2D-CAD system that gives engineers a production
        implementation of new design technologies - parametrics,
        variational geometry, inference sketching, a fully customizable
        user interface, constraint-based modeling and feature-based
        modeling. Today there is only a German version of SISCAD-P
        available. Unfortunately we can not yet provide a SISCAD-P
        version in any foreign language but we are already working on an
        English version. The release date for this version is not
        certain yet.

     Distribution Media:
        available via FTP.  On diskette and CD-ROM available from
        several Linux distributors.

     Licensing Policy:
        SISCAD-P is running on several Unix workstations and is
        available as shareware for Linux. The shareware version is a
        FULL featured package which is restricted to at maximum 10 parts
        with each 2000 objects. It is provided at no charge to the user
        for evaluation. With this concept, the user can test all
        features of SISCAD-P and has a chance to try before buying it.
        After a reasonable trial period, the user must make a
        registration payment and will receive a license code which will
        disable all limitations.

     OS Provisions:
        X Windows running under Linux. 8 MByte of memory minimum, 16
        MByte or more recommended.  Slackware Linux 0.19pl14 or newer.
        Fvwm or Mwm window manager recommended.

     Documentation:
        Online help and several documents in PostScript, DVI and ASCII
        format.

     Product Support:
        Product support for registered users via EMail, fax and BBS.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        February, 1994.

     Countries with Distribution:
        Germany (worldwide via FTP).

     Price Range:
        DM 399 commercial users; DM 49 students version.

     Installed Base:
        20 registered users as per Sep 22, 1994.

     Vendor:

          Staedtler Mars GmbH & Co
          Geschaeftsbereich Informationssysteme - SIS
          Moosaeckerstrasse 3
          D-90427 Nuernberg, Germany
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax:   [phone]
          BBS:   +49 (0)911/3080-609, login: info, password: gast
          E-Mail: [e-mail]
          Contact: Helmrich Streitmatter

     Last modified:
        September 19, 1994.

  9.2.5.  TecPlot 6.0

     Description:
        Tecplot is a plotting program for visualizing and analyzing
        engineering and scientific data.  The standard version includes
        XY, 2D and 3D-surface plotting.  An optional extension (called
        3DV) adds the capability to visualize 3D volumetric data.  With
        Tecplot you don't have to write a program, just input your data
        and start visualizing immediately.  (for more information
        consult vendor. hm)

     Distribution Media:
        3.5-inch floppies, 150MB-QIC, 4mm DAT, 8mm tape, (CD-ROM
        available November 1994)

     Licensing Policy:
        Single-computer license (node-locked) Evaluation copies are
        available.

     OS Provisions:
        4 MByte is minimum RAM, required hard disk space is 20 MByte.

     Documentation:
        Printed Users Manual 512 pages, partial online help info.
        English.

     Product Support:
        Update and technical support included with license for first
        three months and available for extra charge after that.
        Training classes are available; price is negotiable.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        3DV is an optional package of volumetric features available for
        an additional $300 USD.

     Available Since:
        August 1993

     Countries with Distribution:
        (many, please consult vendor. For Germany, see below. hm)

     Price Range:
        USD 995 to USD 1395 per Node-locked License

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          Amtec Engineering, Inc
          PO Box 3633
          Bellevue, WA 98009-3633, USA
          Phone:  [phone] (800-676-7568 in US/Canada)
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-Mail: [e-mail]
          Contact: Tom Chan

          For Germany:
          GENIAS Software GmbH
          Erzgebirgstr. 2
          D-93073 Neutraubling, Germany
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax: [phone]
          Contact: Johannes Grawe
          E-mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        May 15, 1995.

  9.2.6.  XVScan

     Description:
        Image scanning and manipulation software for HP ScanJet
        scanners.

     Distribution Media:
        FTP or EMail preferred.  4mm DDS2 DAT tape or floppies
        (additional $US15 in US, $25 international).

     Licensing Policy:
        XVScan is based on XV and is not available in demo version due
        to licensing restrictions.  Source is available.
     OS Provisions:
        Linux, tested with 1.2.x and 1.3.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.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        Available for HP-UX and FreeBSD.

     Available Since:
        May, 1995.

     Countries with Distribution:
        Worldwide.

     Price Range:
        $US50 for FTP or EMail shipping.  Additional US $15 for media in
        the United States, US $25, internationally.  Mastercard, Visa
        and Discover Credit Cards accepted.

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          tummy.com, ltd.
          #807 300 S 16th Street
          Omaha, NE 68102
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax: [phone]
          Contact: Sean Reifschneider ([e-mail]) or Evelyn
                  Mitchell ([e-mail])
          EMail: [e-mail]
          WWW: http://www.tummy.com/xvscan

     Last modified:
        June 14, 1996.

  9.3.  Development tools

  Compilers, development environments and so on.

  9.3.1.  Amzi! Prolog & Logic Server

     Description:
        Full-featured, Edinburgh-standard (no data typing) system for
        embedding Prolog rule-based modules in C/C++ and other
        languages.  Includes: compiler, listener, debugger, linker, EXE
        generator, and call-in/call-out Logic Server API.

     Distribution Media:
        3.5" diskettes.

     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 250kb RAM for typical small application, 3-4mb disk.

     Documentation:
        Printed 250pp manual.  Various technotes on disk.

     Product Support:
        Subscription Plus service provides automatic updates for a full
        year, $150.  Custom development services available.

     Linux Support:
        No Linux system included.  For Amzi! software, free tech support
        for registered users by phone, fax and e-mail.

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:

     Available Since:
        November 3, 1995.

     Countries with Distribution:
        Anywhere.

     Price Range:
        Personal, $98.  Professional, $298.

     Installed Base:
        New Linux version.  Existing Windows/DOS version has been in use
        since 1986.

     Vendor:

     Amzi! inc.
     40 Samuel Prescott Drive
     Stow, MA 01775
     USA
     Phone: [phone]
     Fax: [phone]
     Contact: Mary Kroening
     E-mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        June 13, 1996.

  9.3.2.  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, Xenix.

     Distribution Media:
        3.5" diskette

     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 $39.00 less shipping.  Maintenance
        contracts available.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        C-ISAM (Informix Inc.) Interface in C source code form.  Cost
        $35.00.

     Available Since:
        December 1993

     Countries with Distribution:
        to purchase from manufacturer directly.
     Price Range:
        $195.00 (less shipping)

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          Basmark Corporation
          P.O. Box 40450
          Cleveland, OH 44140, USA
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-Mail: [e-mail]  (for orders)
          Contact: Joseph O'Toole (for orders)

     Last modified:
        Sep 23, 1994

  9.3.3.  Clickables

     Description:
        Clickables are CGI exectuables - easy to customize and easy to
        install.  Available as single programs or total toolkit.  Adding
        new modules weekly.

     Distribution Media:
        Download from Internet Website

     Licensing Policy:

     OS Provisions:

     Documentation:
        Online: HTML page with demo, downloadable text version.

     Product Support:
        Update service, online, phone.

     Linux Support:

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        Will develop custom applications or customize current modules.

     Available Since:
        December 15, 1995.

     Countries with Distribution:
        Worldwide through the Internet.

     Price Range:
        Single modules as low as US $15, total toolkit is $95.

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          Clickable Software
          26 Medway, Suite 13
          San Rafael, CA 94901
          USA
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax: [phone] Fax
          Contact:
          EMail: [e-mail]
          WWW: http://www.catch22.com/clickables

     Last modified:
        June 14, 1996.

  9.3.4.  CODINE

     Description:
        CODINE Job Management System -- A Job-Queueing System that
        allows optimal utilization of a heterogeneous workstation
        cluster. The system features static and dynamic loadbalancing,
        checkpointing, support for parallel programs etc. It is
        available for SUN, HP, IBM, SGI, CRAY, CONVEC, DEC and LINUX

     Distribution Media:
        QIC tape, DAT tape, ftp

     Licensing Policy:
        free demo available at
        ftp://129.69.18.15/pub/info/producer/genias/codine

     OS Provisions:
        The GUI requires Motif, however the GUI is not necessary to use
        the system.  A command line interface is available.  RAM: 1,5 MB
        for the master daemon; HD: some Megs.

     Documentation:
        Manual in English available (also via ftp in PS format)

     Product Support:
        GENIAS offers training and support for the CODINE system. Please
        ask for prices.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        1994

     Countries with Distribution:
        Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, USA, Italy

     Price Range:
        N/A

     Installed Base:
        some 20. LINUX PC's are mostly only add-ons to a larger cluster.

     Vendor:

          GENIAS Software GmbH
          Erzgebirgstr. 2
          D-93073 Neutraubling, Germany
          Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax: [phone]
          Contact: Johannes Grawe
          E-mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        May 10, 1995

  9.3.5.  Distributed Interface Object Server System (DIOSS)

     Description:
        DIOSS is a high-level C Language API to an RPC based daemon that
        provides Motif 2.0 interfaces.  It includes an Interface Builder
        Tool (DiossLive) and a Distributed Database Daemon.  All daemons
        are freely distributed.

     Distribution Media:
        CD/ROM and Internet Download (with license password).

     Licensing Policy:
        Free demo at via FTP from ftp://in-tech.in-tech.com.  Linux
        Personal Edition - can only be used for freeware or shareware.
        Linux Corporate Edition - can be used for full commercial
        development.

     OS Provisions:
        Linux 1.2.7 and greater.  Requires Portmapper.  SunOS and
        Solaris versions available.

     Documentation:
        English language documentation English language on-line (Home
        Page) code and configuration examples.

     Product Support:
        1 year free maintenance upgrades (with license password). Free
        Home Page FAQ support free.  Email support. All DIOSS servers
        are freely distributable.

     Linux Support:
        we will offer a Home Page Linux (and SunOS and Solaris) system
        configuration and setup FAQ - in development) wee supply a link
        to the Linux Portmapper source

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        DiossWebDB - a set of CGI programs that allow HTML browsers to
        make SQL queries against our database daemon: USD49 Linux,
        USD500 SunOS and Solaris.  The Database daemon is free.

     Available Since:
        DIOSS has been available since August 1, 1995.
        DiossWebDB is available Sept. 1, 1995.

     Countries with Distribution:
        We target USA, Europe, and Asia.

     Price Range:
        DIOSS:  Linux Personal Edition (USD249 - Introductory: USD99
        till November).  Linux Corporate Edition (USD995).  SunOS and
        Solaris (USD2495).  DiossWebDB:  Linux (USD49).  SunOS or
        Solaris (USD495).

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

          DIOSS Corp.
          5205 Leesburg Pike 1200
          Falls Church, VA 22041, USA
          Phone:  [phone] (U.S. and Canada: 1 [phone])
          Fax:    [phone]
          Email:  [e-mail]
          Contact person: Tom ONeil

     Last modified:
        September 14, 1995

  9.3.6.  Discussion

     Description:
        C++ CGI with back end database supporting threaded discussions.

     Distribution Media:
        FTP and WWW download.

     Licensing Policy:
        Free for educational and charitable nonprofit use.  Demo version
        available off of our web pages at http://www.pennant.com/aex.

     OS Provisions:
        Available currently in a.out format, has run on kernels from
        1.1.58 onwards.

     Documentation:
        Online help available.

     Product Support:
        Currently in beta.  Web based technical support discussion
        available.  Buyers of the various betas updated at no charge to
        final release version (1.x).

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        Novemeber 14, 1995.

     Countries with Distribution:
        Demo has been downloaded all over the world.

     Price Range:
        $50.00 for one discussion system. $20.00 per additional
        discussion (Linux pricing only).

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

     Pennant Media
     1411 Lincolnshire Dr.
     Champaign, IL 61821
     Phone: [phone]
     Fax:
     Contact: Nick Nafpliotis
     EMail: [e-mail]
     WWW: http://www.pennant.com/aex

     Last modified:
        June 14, 1996.

  9.3.7.  EZ Clone

     Description:
        Software for programming handheld and mobile amateur radios.

     Distribution Media:
        Diskette.

     Licensing Policy:

     OS Provisions:
        Plain Linux.

     Documentation:
        Printed reference manual.

     Product Support:
        Free updates for a full year.

     Linux Support:

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:

     Available Since:
        January 1996.

     Countries with Distribution:
        Worldwide shipping from the US.

     Price Range:
        $40.00 USD.

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

     acsys
     120 Longview Drive
     Los Alamos NM  87544
     USA
     Phone: [phone]
     Fax: [phone]
     Contact:
     EMail: [e-mail]
     WWW: http://www.acsys.com

     Last modified:
        June 14, 1996.

  9.3.8.  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:
        3.5" diskettes

     Licensing Policy:
        One license per programmer; Applications are royalty-free Info
        and DEMO on http://www.everest.com/algorithms or
        ftp://ftp.everest.com/pub/dynace.

     OS Provisions:
        N/A

     Documentation:
        310 pages printed

     Product Support:
        N/A

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        Complete Windows development system

     Available Since:
        December 1993

     Countries with Distribution:
        N/A

     Price Range:
        Developer Edition (manual, libs & executables, some source):
        USD249; Source Edition (includes full source): USD599

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          Algorithms Corporation
          3020 Liberty Hills Drive
          Franklin, TN 37064, USA
          Phone: [phone] or [phone]
          Fax:   [phone]
          Contact: Blake McBride
          E-mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        June 9, 1995

  9.3.9.  Eiffel-S

     Description:
        Eiffel Compiler for Linux.

     Distribution Media:
        CD-ROM, diskettes or FTP.

     Licensing Policy:
        Version 1.3 Shareware, available from the Sunsite FTP archive.
        Version 2.0 commercial product.

     OS Provisions:
        At least 8 MByte RAM and GCC 2.6.3 necessary.

     Documentation:
        Included into delivery as ASCII text.  Printed documentation
        available for extra fee.

     Product Support:
        Available for the commercial version (between 300 DM and 1500
        DM; dependent on license type)  Training for Eiffel - 3 Days,
        1680 DM.

     Linux Support:

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:

     Available Since:
        1993.

     Countries with Distribution:

     Price Range:
        Shareware registration is 80 DM.  Actual version 2.0: personal
        license 345 DM, commercial license 790 DM.

     Installed Base:
        100.

     Vendor:

          SIG Computer GmbH
          D 35619 Braunfels
          Germany
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax: [phone]
          Contact:
          EMail: [e-mail]
          WWW: http://www.wwww.com/sig

     Last modified:
        June 14, 1996.

  9.3.10.  Finesse

     Description:
        OSF/Motif GUI for shell scripts.

     Distribution Media:
        Free full featured developer version available via FTP from
        ftp://ftp.science-computing.uni-tuebingen.de/pub/finesse-light
        or floppy.

     Licensing Policy:
        Finesse is a fully commercial product for other Unixes where
        nodelocked licenses are possible. The Linux version is freely
        available via FTP from ftp://ftp.science-computing.uni-
        tuebingen.de/pub/finesse-light/.  On Floppy medium: DM 90.

     OS Provisions:
        Kernel 1.2, Motif-1.2.4, XFree86-2.1.1 libs, 16 MB RAM min

     Documentation:
        Postscript File.

     Product Support:
        No support for free version.

     Linux Support:
        No support for free version.

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        Not appropriate

     Available Since:
        Linux Version since May 1995.

     Countries with Distribution:
        World.

     Price Range:
        Free Demo. Commercial version with support on request.

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

          science + computing GmbH
          Hagellocher Weg 71
          D-72070 Tuebingen, Germany
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-mail: [e-mail]
          WWW:    http://www.science-computing.uni-tuebingen.de/
          Contact: Olaf Flebbe

     Last modified:
        August 15,1995

  9.3.11.  Flagship

     Description:
        CA-Clipper5, Fox, dBase & beyond for Unix.  XBase 4GL
        applications development system & database.  Superset of CA-
        Clipper. Can be used to port.

     Distribution Media:
        3 3.5" Diskettes, other media extra charge.

     Licensing Policy:
        No royalty or licensing for software you create and distribute.
        For more information available via FTP from
        ftp://ftp.wgs.com/pub2/wgs/Filelist.

     OS Provisions:
        Linux 0.99 and later, has been tested on many. Requires C
        compiler, libraries and linker.  Make and other utilities
        useful.  4 MByte RAM & 5 MByte Hard disk needed to run.  More is
        better.

     Documentation:
        1200 page printed manual extra charge, same manual online is
        shipped as part of the product.

     Product Support:
        Support via phone, email, fax (email preferred), unlimited for
        30 days, chargable thereafter.  Maintenance agreements including
        discounts on upgrades are available.  All of this is country
        dependent.

     Linux Support:
        Country Dependent

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        FS2 Toolbox, FoxKit, and others.  Country dependent.

     Available Since:
        July 1994

     Countries with Distribution:
        We sell to all countries, and have regional distributors in most
        major areas, and on all continents.

     Price Range:
        Country dependent.  North America: Single user US$199, Unlimited
        User US$499 until Nov 15, 1994.  US$499 Single & US$999
        Unlimited after that.

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

     multisoft Datentechnik GmbH
     PO Box 312
     D-82027 Gruenwald, Germany
     Phone:  [phone]
     Fax:    [phone]
     E-Mail: [e-mail]
     Contact:  Dorte Balek

     North America:
     WorkGroup Solutions, Inc
     PO Box 460190
     Aurora, CO 80046-0190, USA
     Phone:  [phone]
     Fax:    [phone]
     E-Mail: [e-mail]
     Contact: Virginia Lane

     Last modified:
        Sep 19, 1994

  9.3.12.  Gen/X

     Description:
        An X GUI/Application development system with real-time data
        capabilities.  Little or no X experience required.

     Distribution Media:
        Internet download, diskettes, tapes.

     Licensing Policy:
        30 day evaluation available.  One license per host or site
        options.

     OS Provisions:
        Linux 1.2.13, No Motif, straight Xlib, Recom. 8M RAM.  8MB HD.
        At least 800x640 screen resolution.

     Documentation:
        Printed documentation (600 pages), English, downloadable MS Word
        docs (1 disk).

     Product Support:
        Update service, maintenance, training ($200/hd) and unlimited
        help.

     Linux Support:

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        Real time package (US $99), Customizable widgets and dyn objects
        free.
     Available Since:
        January 12, 1996.

     Countries with Distribution:
        USA.

     Price Range:
        $490 Development, $99 Real-time.

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          AgeTek, Inc
          2308 North Mission Circle. Friendswood, TX. 77546
          USA
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax: [phone]
          Contact: Anthony Correll
          EMail: [e-mail]
          WWW: http://www.agetek.com

     Last modified:
        June 14, 1996.

  9.3.13.  ICC11

     Description:
        ICC11 is a full featured C Compiler for the HC11
        microcontrollers: including floating point support, interspersed
        C and assembly listing, and much more. It's available in native
        Linux version, as well as DOS and OS2 versions.

     Distribution Media:
        It's available on 3.5" diskette. Latest upgrades are available
        via FTP, usually for free or for a minimal charge.

     Licensing Policy:
        There is an early version of the compiler available for free use
        in ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/im/imagecft/icc11/free

     OS Provisions:
        There is no special hardware or software requirement to run
        ICC11.

     Documentation:
        The product comes with a 100 page manual.

     Product Support:
        Preferred technical support via e-mail. Send mail to
        [e-mail].

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        Feb 95. Version 2 with floating point support available now.

     Countries with Distribution:
        N/A

     Price Range:
        USD45 plus USD5 S&H for U.S.A. and Canada, USD10 S&H for
        elsewhere.

     Installed Base:
        We have over 400 customers worldwide.

     Vendor:

          ImageCraft
          P.O. Box 64226
          Sunnyvale, CA 94088-4226, USA
          Phone/Fax: [phone]
          Contact: Richard Man or Christina Willrich
          E-mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        April 10, 1995

  9.3.14.  INSURE++

     Description:
        Insure++ (Formerly Insight++) is the most thorough automatic
        runtime debugger available.  Insure++ identifies compile-time,
        runtime, and algorithmic errors, including memory overwrites,
        pointer errors, and errors in system calls, C/ C++ libraries,
        third-party libraries and I/O statements.  Insure++ also
        includes data visualization tools and coverage analysis tools.

     Distribution Media:
        DAT tape, QIC tape
     Licensing Policy:
        free demo at ftp://129.69.18.15/pub/info/producer/genias/insure.

     OS Provisions:
        N/A

     Documentation:
        N/A

     Product Support:
        N/A

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:

     Available Since:
        1994

     Countries with Distribution:
        USA, Sweden, Netherlands

     Price Range:
        DEM 895 (with 25% educational discount)

     Installed Base:
        few

     Vendor:

          ParaSoft Corporation
          2031 S. Myrtle Ave
          Monrovia, CA  91016
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax: [phone]
          E-mail: [e-mail]

          GENIAS Software GmbH
          Erzgebirgstr. 2
          D-93073 Neutraubling, Germany
          Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax: [phone]
          Contact: Johannes Grawe
          E-mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        May 10, 1995

  9.3.15.  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, DOS and Windows.  The Linux version
        supports f2c and g77.  Functions include menus, text windows,
        forms, graphics primitives, presentation graphics, hardcopy
        (many formats) and operating system interface.

     Distribution Media:
        3.5" tar diskettes or 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 or f2c.

     Documentation:
        Two-volume English language printed manual.

     Product Support:
        Free lifetime technical support.  New releases every six months.
        Chargeable software updates.

     Linux Support:
        Same as for all other platforms (see above).

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        Optional INTERACTER Toolkit provides form designer, graphics
        file viewer, on-line 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 pounds 450).

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

     Interactive Software Services Ltd.
     Westwood House
     Littleton Drive
     Huntington
     Staffs WS12 4TS
     United Kingdom
     Phone: [phone]
     Fax: [phone]
     Contact:
     EMail: [e-mail]
     WWW: http://www.demon.co.uk/issltd

     Last modified:
        June 14, 1996.

  9.3.16.  ISE Eiffel 3

     Description:
        ISE Eiffel 3 provides a powerful and user-friendly O-O
        programming environment designed for large, complex systems.  It
        is an integrated GUI workbench consisting of a variety of
        Eiffel-based components: EiffelBench melting-ice workbench,
        EiffelBuild interface builder and application generator,
        EiffelVision graphics and GUI library, and EiffelBase basic
        libraries.

     Distribution Media:
        1/4 inch Tape, DAT.

     Licensing Policy:
        Each hardware platform type requires a different runtime.  The
        standard delivery of the EiffelBench comes with the runtime for
        the given platform type; additional runtimes may be purchased
        for cross-development.

        ISE charges run-time license fees, only for copyrighted
        commercial products built using ISE's technology. For further
        information contact vendor.

     OS Provisions:
        Motif required

     Documentation:
        Documentation including the Prentice Hall books "Eiffel: The
        Language, Reusable Software: The Base Object-Oriented Component
        Libraries" and "An Object-Oriented Environment: Principles &
        Practices".

     Product Support:
        The purchase prices include free technical support for three
        months.  The price of technical support per year is 30% (payable
        in advance) of the standard software purchase and provides
        assistance with problems encountered in the use of the software.
        Support is provided by electronic mail, fax or telephone.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        A special license for students and individuals of ISE Eiffel on
        Linux includes the full graphical environment.

     Available Since:
        June 1994

     Countries with Distribution:
        (many individual distributors worldwide; too many to name them
        here.  please consult vendor. hm)

     Price Range:
        US$295.00 plus shipping & handling. USA: $15.00 for UPS Ground,
        $20.00 for UPS 2nd Day Air; Canada: $35.00 for UPS 2nd Day Air;
        Other: $60.00 for UPS International Air

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          Interactive Software Engineering, Inc.
          270 Storke Road, Suite 7
          Goleta, CA 93117, USA
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        Sep 09, 1994

  9.3.17.  Metacard

     Description:
        MetaCard is a hypermedia/Rapid Application Development
        environment for X11/Unix workstations that is compatible with
        Apple Corp.'s HyperCard.  MetaCard can be used by programmers
        and sophisticated end users to build Motif applications and
        hypermedia documents using a powerful, direct manipulation
        editor and a simple scripting language.  Stacks developed with
        MetaCard are portable among all supported platforms (14 for
        release 1.3) and can be distributed with the MetaCard engine
        without licensing fees or royalties.

     Distribution Media:
        Anonymous FTP and 3.5" diskettes.

     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 1.4 release was built on Linux 0.99pl14.  8 MByte RAM
        minimum, 16MByte recommended.  800x600 minimum display
        resolution.  Requires about 5 MByte disk space.

     Documentation:
        Complete on-line documentation is supplied.  Printed
        documentation is an extra-cost option.

     Product Support:
        Free email technical support.  Free upgrades during the 1.X
        series of releases.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     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:
        February 1994

     Countries with Distribution:
        Direct sales world wide.

     Price Range:
        $247.50.  $495 for a license that works on Linux and all Unix
        platforms.

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          MetaCard Corporation
          4710 Shoup pl.
          Boulder, CO 80303, USA
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-Mail: [e-mail]
          Contact: Scott Raney

     Last modified:
        Sep 20, 1994

  9.3.18.  Mjolner BETA System

     Description:
        The Mjolner BETA System is a software development environment
        supporting object-oriented programming in the BETA programming
        language.  BETA is uniquely expressive and orthogonal amongst
        object-oriented languages. BETA unifies just about every
        abstraction mechanism, including class, procedure, function,
        coroutine, process, and exception, into the ultimate abstraction
        mechanism: the pattern. In addition it has general block
        structure, strong typing, whole/part-objects, and concurrency.
        Compiler: Native code generation, garbage collection, separate
        compilation, C and assembler interface. System: Persistence,
        distribution, comprehensive libraries, platform- independent GUI
        application framework (Unix, Mac, Windows, NT), metaprogramming
        system, graphical system, hyperstructure editor.

        Among the unique characteristics of the Mjolner BETA System are
        that the GUI-applications run on Motif, Windows NT and Macintosh
        without any change and with the native look and feel; it is easy
        to write distributed applications and it is easy to save and
        restore objects from a persistent store.

        The Mjolner BETA System is being used successfully for teaching
        both first grade and second grade students at several
        universities.

     Distribution Media:
        3.5" Floppy Diskettes, FTP.

     Licensing Policy:
        The normal version requires a licence per CPU.  Server licences
        are available at reduced cost.  Educational licences do not
        permit the use of the system for commercial purposes, but permit
        free distribution of Personal Editions (see below) for students.

        A Personal Edition containing compiler, the basic libraries,
        persistence, X frameworks is available. This version may not be
        used for commercial purposes and/or teaching.

     OS Provisions:
        Linux 1.0 or later, RAM: 4Mb (8 to 16 recommended), XFree86,
        OSF/Motif 1.1 or later (for MotifEnv programs only; not required
        to run compiler), Programs needed: (g)as, ld, make.

     Documentation:
        Full system includes  1000 pages of printed documentation.  FTP
        customers have access to all documentation in PostScript format.
        The Personal Edition includes  200 pages of printed
        documentation, and remaining documentation in PostScript.

     Product Support:
        Upgrade: 30% of the prices above. Hot-line support: USD500 per
        month per CPU license. E-mail support available. Ask for
        details.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:

          Persistent store                                        USD  95
          X frameworks, including Xtenv, AwEnv and MotifEnv       USD 195
          Bifrost, the interactive graphics system                USD 195
          Yggdrasil, the metaprogramming system                   USD 145
          Sif, the hyper structure editor                         USD 195

     Available Since:
        August 1994

     Countries with Distribution:
        The Mjolner BETA System for Linux must be purchased from
        manufacturer directly.

     Price Range:
        Basic system is USD195.  Add-ons ranges from USD95 to USD195.
        Full system available for USD820.  A Personal Edition (non-
        profit) containing compiler, the basic libraries, persistence, X
        frameworks is available for USD60.

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

          Mjolner Informatics Aps
          Science Park Aarhus
          Gustav Wieds Vej 10
          DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          Contact: Peter Andersen ([e-mail])
          E-mail: [e-mail], [e-mail],
                  [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        August 15, 1995

  9.3.19.  SEDIT, S/REXX

     Description:
        SEDIT is a powerful UNIX (tm) 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 langauge 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 http://www.portal.com/~sedit or
        http://www.sedit.com/sedit for more information including
        introductory pricing for Linux, etc.  The ftp directory includes
        a text file flattened from the above web pages for users wouth
        WWW capability or mail us at [e-mail].

     Distribution Media:
        The Linux version is available for ftp download or on diskettes.

     Licensing Policy:
        SEDIT and S/REXX are licensed products. See the above URLs 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 but testing has been limited to two: circa 1.0.5 and
        1.1.49.  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 on-
        line help files, and in optional printed manuals.

     Product Support:
        Technical support is available for all licensed users. For
        maintenance, see the above URLs.

     Linux Support:
        n/a

     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 beta Linux version has been available since about May 1,
        1995.  The poduct version is anticiapted about July 1.

     Countries with Distribution:
        SEDIT and S/REXX are available worldwide. The URLs should be
        consulted for current information.
     Price Range:
        Ranges from USD99 (introductory 2 user license without media or
        printed documentation) to USD440 (regular price for the 4 user
        version of SEDIT with S/REXX and all hardcopy manuals).

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

          Benaroya
          31 Rue de Constantinople
          F-75008 Paris, France
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax:   [phone]
          Contact:  Robert Benaroya
          E-mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        June 9, 1995

  9.3.20.  Smalltalk/X language system

     Description:
        Smalltalk language implementation with integrated development
        environment and smalltalk-to-C compiler.  Includes incremental
        compiler, symbolic debugger, source code browser, class library
        (+600 classes), batch compilers for high performance machine
        code, inline C capability, lightweight processes, 3D graphics
        and much more.

     Distribution Media:
        Diskettes, CD-ROM, tapes or others.

     Licensing Policy:
        Free demo version for non-commercial use.  Full versions
        available.  A free demo or shareware version is available at
        ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/stx.

     OS Provisions:
        Linux 0.99 - 1.2; 16MB RAM minimum.

     Documentation:
        Online; HTML.  Documentation also available online via the WWW
        at http://www.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/stx/stx.html.

     Product Support:
        Update service via FTP.  Maintenance, training, consulting upon
        request.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        1994.

     Countries with Distribution:
        USA, Germany.

     Price Range:
        Students, Educational institutes (non commercial): US$ 150.
        Others (non commercial): US$ 300.  Full commercial: US$ 3000.
        No per-runtime royalties.

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          DevCon, Development & Consulting
          Kirchheimerstr. 87
          D-74357 Boennigheim
          Germany
          Phone:
          Fax: [phone]
          Contact:
          EMail: [e-mail]
          WWW:

          Styx Technologies Inc.
          1132 Rhinecastle Way
          San Jose, CA 95120
          U.S.A.
          EMail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:

  9.3.21.  tgdb

     Description:
        tgdb is a graphical user interface for gdb, the GNU debugger.

     Distribution Media:
        Anonymous FTP, available as source package or Linux binary
        package.

     Licensing Policy:
        Shareware

     OS Provisions:
        Any Un*x-like OS (including Linux); requires X11R5.

     Documentation:
        Comprehensive online/hypertext help (english); can be converted
        into various formats for printing.

     Product Support:
        Updated when required; hotline and email support available.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        August, 1994.

     Countries with Distribution:
        Worldwide (FTP).

     Price Range:
        US$30 or DM50.00 per user; site licenses available.

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          HighTec EDV-Systeme GmbH
          Neue Bahnhofstr. 37
          D-66386 St. Ingbert, Germany
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax:   [phone]
          Email: [e-mail]
          Contact: Michael Schumacher

     Last modified:
        September 9, 1994.

  9.3.22.  TowerEiffel

     Description:
        TowerEiffel is a complete software engineering tool for creating
        scalable systems in the object oriented programming language
        Eiffel.  TowerEiffel for Linux includes a high performance
        Eiffel 3 compiler, open development environment, programming
        tools including debugger, browser and automatic documentation
        generation, and a base set of reusable software components.  Key
        features include fast executable code, global system
        optimization, user controllable garbage collection, clear and
        precise error messages, exception handling, genericity,
        automatic system builds, automatic documentation generation and
        built in test support.  A unique capability of TowerEiffel is
        Eiffel, C, and C++ interoperability.

     Distribution Media:
        4 Diskettes or QIC150 Tape

     Licensing Policy:
        TowerEiffel is licensed on a per user, right-to-use basis.
        There are no run-time fees.  Two types of licenses are
        available:
        Non-Commercial license for students and individuals developing
        software which will no be distributed for commercial use.  Upon
        permission from Tower, software can be published as shareware.
        license for commercial developers who will distribute or deploy
        developed software for commercial use.

     OS Provisions:
        no special requirements

     Documentation:
        500+ page user reference manual in English

     Product Support:
        60 days free technical support provided with purchase.  Non-
        Commercial support is 30% per year of current retail price.
        Includes technical support via email or fax, and free upgrades
        (excluding shipping cost).  Different support programs available
        for commercial developers.

     Linux Support:
        n/a

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        TowerEiffel supports interoperability with C and C++. Motif GUI
        Libraries, and Data Structure Library (Booch) sold as add-ons.

     Available Since:
        November 1994

     Countries with Distribution:
        TowerEiffel is available worldwide with aurthorized distributors
        in UK, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and China

     Price Range:
        USD249 for non-commercial license; USD1295 for commercial
        license
     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

          Tower Technology Corporation
          1501 West Koenig Lane
          Austin, TX 78756, USA
          Phone:  [phone] or [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-mail: [e-mail]
          www: http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk/Tower/

     Last modified:
        April 5, 1995

  9.4.  Financial Software

  All about financial tools.

  9.4.1.  BB Tool

     Description:
        BB Tool is a powerful stock charting, technical analysis and
        portfolio management tool.

     Distribution Media:
        FTP download, or 3.5" diskettes

     Licensing Policy:
        Per machine license. FREE demo version is available via FTP from
        ftp://ftp.portal.com/pub/ctor

     OS Provisions:
        kernel version 1.1.52+, XFree86 3.1.1

     Documentation:
        PostScript formatted document is available via FTP download
        (file bb_doc.ps.gz). The document has 42 pages including
        tutorial and reference guide.  Man pages are also provided.  BB
        Tool has extensive context sensitive online help.  Available in
        English only.

     Product Support:
        Free patch of current version available via Email or FTP.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        Historic stock data on US Stock Exchange (NYSE, AMEX, NASDAQ)
        are available at USD1.00 per stock.  Daily stock quote is
        available FREE, distributed via Email.

     Available Since:
        Sun SPARC version available since December 1993.  Linux version
        available April 1995.

     Countries with Distribution:
        USA

     Price Range:
        Linux version: USD79; Sun SPARC version: USD89 Plus tax and
        shipping (if applicable)

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

          Falkor Technologies
          P.O.Box 14201
          Fremont, CA 94539, U.S.A.
          Phone: [phone]
          Contact: Henry Chen
          Email: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        May 10, 1995

  9.5.  Mathematics

  Mathematics can as well be done with Linux ...

  9.5.1.  Maple V

     Description:
        Maple V Release 3 is a powerful general purpose computer algebra
        system. Maple V is a system for solving mathematical problems
        symbolically (instead of using paper and pencil and a lot of
        time) and numerically. Maple V's graphics (various types of 2D,
        3D, animation) visualizes the solutions. Maple V has also a
        programming language (Pascal like) which allows to extend the
        library of 2500+ functions.

     Distribution Media:
        3.5" disks

     Licensing Policy:
        License for unlimited use in time of the bought version,
        floating license with user based pricing

     OS Provisions:
        Linux kernel 1.0;  XFree86 or Motif possible but not necessary;
        release number 2100: at least 8 MByte RAM suggested

     Documentation:
        3 books ("First Leaves: A Tutorial Introduction" 253 pgs.,
        "Language Reference Manual", 267 pgs.  and "The Maple Handbook"
        497 pgs.), Installation Manual. Manual pages of all functions
        and commands, help browser, keyword search. Documentation and
        help in English, some books in various languages exist.

     Product Support:
        updates/maintenance depending on license, please call the
        distributor or WMSI.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        share library via EMail and FTP.  Free mailing list available
        ([e-mail]).

     Available Since:
        September, 1994.

     Countries with Distribution:
        US/Canada, Europe, Asia

     Price Range:
        German list price: DM 1785 (plus shipping and handling plus
        VAT). Please call the national distributor or WMSI.

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

     Waterloo Maple Software
     450 Phillip Street, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 5J2
     Phone: [phone]
     Fax:   [phone]
     email: [e-mail]

     Germany, Switzerland and Austria:
     Scientific Computers GmbH
     Franzstr. 106
     D-52064 Aachen, Germany
     Phone: [phone]
     Fax:   [phone]
     E-Mail: [e-mail]
     Contact: Monika Germ

     Last modified:
        Sep 19, 1994

  9.5.2.  Mathematica

     Description:
        Mathematica is a computational and visualization software
        package that's used by engineers and scientists worldwide for
        quick, accurate numeric and symbolic answers.

     Distribution Media:
        3.5" 1.44MB DOS floppy disks

     Licensing Policy:
        N/A

     OS Provisions:
        Will take advantage of numeric coprocessor, if present. 20MB
        free disk space recommended (30MB required during installation).
        8MB RAM required, 16MB RAM recommended for the Mathematica
        kernel.

     Documentation:
        Includes Mathematica : A System for Doing Mathematics by
        Computer, Installation Manual and User's Guide for Unix
        computers, Guide to Standard Mathematica Packages, Release
        Notes, and additional technical reports.  On-line help, on-line
        documentation.

     Product Support:
        Free technical support

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        July 1995

     Countries with Distribution:
        U.S., Canada, Europe, Latin America, South Africa, Asia, Far
        East, Australia (everywhere)

     Price Range:
        Starting at USD995 in the U.S.

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

          Wolfram Research, Inc.
          Phone:  [phone] or [phone]
          Fax:
          Contact:
          E-mail: [e-mail]
          WWW:    http://www.wri.com

          Europe:

          Wolfram Research Europe Ltd.
          Phone:  [phone]
          E-mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        August 16, 1995

  9.5.3.  Matlab and Simulink

     Description:
        MATLAB is a high-performance, interactive numeric computation
        and visualization environment that combines the advantages of
        hundreds of packaged advanced math and graphics functions with a
        high-level language.

        SIMULINK is a powerful, interactive software package for
        modeling, analyzing, and simulating dynamic nonlinear systems.

     Distribution Media:
        CD-ROM

     Licensing Policy:
        SiteID-Locked - Contact The MathWorks for details.

     OS Provisions:
        Linux '95  V1.2, 16 MB RAM, 20 MB disk space.

     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. (For details ask vendor. hm)

     Linux Support:
        None.

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        Toolboxes: Fuzzy Logic, Signal Processing, Image Processing,
        Spline, Symbolic Math, Neural Network, Nonlinear Control Design,
        Control System, Robust Control, Mu-Analysis & Synthesis, System
        Identification, Optimization, Statistics, Real-Time Workshop.
        Blocksets: Fixed-Point Blockset, DSP Blockset

     Available Since:
        June 1995

     Countries with Distribution:
        Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom, Belgium, The Netherlands,
        Luxembourg, Australia, Switzerland, Japan, Taiwan, Korea,
        Israel, Poland, Germany, France, Italy, Austria

     Price Range:
        Available upon request.

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

          The MathWorks, Inc.
          24 Prime Park Way
          Natick, MA 01760, USA
          Phone:  [phone] x4322
          Fax:    [phone]
          Contact: technical: Brian Bourgault, Marketing: Enza Froio
          E-mail: [e-mail], [e-mail]
          WWW:    http://www.mathworks.com

     Last modified:
        August 16, 1995
  9.5.4.  Reduce

     Description:
        REDUCE is a general purpose system for the symbolic manipulation
        of mathematical formulae (computer algebra) in science and
        engineering.  More information via WWW from http://www.zib-
        berlin.de/Symbolik/reduce.

     Distribution Media:
        REDUCE for Linux is normally distributed on 3.5 inch diskettes.
        Tape cartridges of different formats are available on request.

     Licensing Policy:
        One time fee per installation.  Discount for multiple licenses.
        Free demo version available via FTP from ftp://ftp.zib-
        berlin.de/pub/reduce/demo/linux.

     OS Provisions:
        Independent of LINUX kernel: the .c and .s sources for the LISP
        kernel are included and can be recompiled locally. X Windows not
        necessary but recommended. 8 Mbyte RAM recommended, better more.

     Documentation:
        A 230 page User's manual is available. A reference manual is
        accessible in hypertext style on line under X Windows. All
        documents in English. The manual and additional documentation on
        disk in LaTeX.

     Product Support:
        Free patches of the current version available via electronic
        mail or ftp.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        July 1993

     Countries with Distribution:
        All countries except Iraq and Yugoslavia. Local distributors in
        Russia, Japan, Czec Republic, China.

     Price Range:
        Personal REDUCE: approx. USD99; Professional REDUCE: approx.
        USD499. Plus freight and tax.

     Installed Base:
        several dozens

     Vendor:

          Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum Berlin
          Heilbronner Str. 10
          D-10711 Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-Mail: [e-mail]
          Contact: H.Melenk

     Last modified:
        Sep 28, 1994

  9.6.  Network Management

  9.6.1.  Galacticomm BBS

     Description:
        Worldgroup for UNIX, a client/server online software platform
        integrating workgroup/e-mail applications, commercial online
        services, and BBS technology.

     Distribution Media:
        CD-ROM, tape, 3.5" disks.

     Licensing Policy:
        concurrent user-license, no free demo or shareware is available.

     OS Provisions:
        1.1.59 and higher kernel, XFree86 3.1.x, 55MB disk usage, RAM
        depends on number of simultaneous users (approximately 750kb per
        user).

     Documentation:
        printed documentation, 550 pages, online client-side help.

     Product Support:
        30-day free installation support, service contracts there-
        after.  Classroom and/or on-site training available at extra
        costs.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        too many to list.

     Available Since:
        Oct. 95 (previous versions of software since Aug. 94).

     Countries with Distribution:
        N/A

     Price Range:
        baseline 8-user system, USD1695.

     Installed Base:
        1000+

     Vendor:

          Galacticomm, Inc.
          4101 SW 47 Avenue, Suite 101
          Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314, USA
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        Sept 14, 1995

  9.6.2.  NetEye

     Description:
        NetEye is a complete SNMP based Network Management System.
        NetEye's main features are:
        Standard X-Window System and OSF/Motif user interface
        Autodiscovery and automapping of all IP based objects
        MIB Browser to simplify the navigation of all MIB-2 and
        private.enterprise variables
        Trouble ticketing system capable of storing and forwarding
        tickets via email and fax
        Capture, filtering and storing of SNMP device traps
        Topological, logical and spatial network views using color codes
        User definable bitmaps to represent network objects on maps
        User definable alarm and warning thresholds and time plots of
        any number of MIB variables
        Builtin address book to store and retrieve all fax and email
        addresses of other network managers
        Online hyper help for unexperienced operators

     Distribution Media:
        3.5" Floppy disk or ftp

     Licensing Policy:
        Licensed per CPU, also available for OEM and source licensing.
        Full product is available on request for one month free of
        charge evaluation.

     OS Provisions:
        X11R5 and a video card capable of handling 256 colors. An
        ethernet card or PPP dialup connection. Minimum hardware
        requirements are 16 MByte RAM and a 386/40 CPU for managing
        small networks. Best performances using a 486DX2/66 CPU. Disk
        requirements: 12 MByte for basic installation that will grow
        depending on use and size of database of managed objects.

     Documentation:
        Documentation in english. Booklet of about 100 pages detailing
        all operations.

     Product Support:
        email, fax, telephone.  First 90 days free. USD450/year for
        ongoing support and updates.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        Comes with a compiled and ready to use copy of University Ingres
        8.9

     Available Since:
        September 1993

     Countries with Distribution:
        UK, USA, Canada, Italy and worldwide (manufacturer)

     Price Range:
        Complete network management system with trouble ticketing
        service: USD5500 list price.  Source and OEM contracts: contact
        manufacturer.

     Vendor:

          Soft*Star s.r.l.
          Via Camburzano 9
          10143 Torino, Italy
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          Contact: Enrico Badella
          E-mail: [e-mail]
                  [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        November 1, 1994
  9.6.3.  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 garantees transparent access to any network
        resource. It provides software tools for major cluster
        management tasks: configuration management, software
        distribution, user and filesystem administration.

     Distribution Media:
        N/A

     Licensing Policy:
        Commercial.

     OS Provisions:
        Kernel 1.2, XFree86 3.1

     Documentation:
        Printed doumentation, online help.

     Product Support:
        Hotline, email, courses ... on request.

     Linux Support:
        Upon request.

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        1994

     Countries with Distribution:
        World.

     Price Range:
        Upon Request. Special prices for educational institutions.

     Installed Base:
        10 Linux Venus clients. (growing rapidly...)

     Vendor:

     science + computing GmbH
     Hagellocher Weg 71
     D-72070 Tuebingen, Germany
     Phone:  [phone]
     Fax:    [phone]
     E-mail: [e-mail]
     WWW:    http://www.science-computing.uni-tuebingen.de/
     Contact: Olaf Flebbe

     Last modified:
        August 15, 1995

  9.6.4.  VU-BBS

     Description:
        Visually oriented BBS system and system/user administration
        package.  VU BBS offers tools for installing and managing a
        large and active site as well as providing an easy to use and
        yet powerful commercial BBS environment.

     Distribution Media:
        Public distributions of VU BBS may be found at ftp.amaranth.com.

     Licensing Policy:
        VU BBS is freely available at many major ftp sites.  Our primary
        site is ftp.amaranth.com.  In addition, annual registration is
        offered at USD45/year which provides immediate access to product
        updates and enhancements.  VU BBS is distributed fully
        functional with no limitations on simulataneous user access, and
        is registered on a per-running-machine basis.

     OS Provisions:
        Linux kernel 1.1.47 or later.  4 megs of free space for
        installation.  Running requirements are less than 200k per VU
        BBS user online!

     Documentation:
        Limited at this time.

     Product Support:
        In addition to registration, a publically maintained mailing
        list for VU BBS sysops is hosted through
        [e-mail].

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        March 1995.

     Countries with Distribution:
        world

     Price Range:
        see above

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

          Tycho Softworks
          25 Ceder St.
          Garfield, NJ 07026, USA
          E-mail: [e-mail]
          Contact: David Sugar

     Last modified:
        August 15, 1995

  9.7.  Text Processing

  All kind of text processing, ASCII- and GUI-based

  9.7.1.  CRiSP

     Description:
        CRiSP is a graphical text editor on various Unix and Windows
        platforms which is 100% compatible with BRIEF. What makes Crisp
        different is that it tries to deliver its power in an intuitive
        point & click environment, without taking away the keyboard.

     Distribution Media:
        3.5" diskettes. Tapes available at extra charge.

     Licensing Policy:
        Both node locked and floating licenses are available.
        Demonstration copy is archived at ftp://ftp.uu.net/vendor/vital.

     OS Provisions:
        RAM: 0.5 MByte, harddisk: 6 MByte (full), 2 MByte minimum.
        Openlook / Motif / Character versions are available on just
        about all commercial Unix platforms, Linux and Windows 3.1/NT.

     Documentation:
        printed, on-line manuals, on-line help, English

     Product Support:
        updates and maintenance can be purchased at $100.00 US per
        license per year.  It provides free upgrades for one year.

     Linux Support:
        We are currently giving away Slackware Professional 2.0 away for
        users ordering Crisp. This promotion however is only valid till
        end of October.

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        March 1994

     Countries with Distribution:
        International Distributor: VITAL; Europe: Lasermoon

     Price Range:
        USD99.99 (list: USD 149.99) without printed manuals. Printed
        user manual can be purchased at an additional USD40.00

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          VITAL SOLUTIONS INC
          4109 Candlewyck Drive
          Plano, TX 75024, USA
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-Mail: [e-mail]
          Contact: Gigi Mehrotra

     Last modified:
        Nov 1, 1995

  9.7.2.  ibgsXaed

     Description:
        ibgsXaed is an editor which is portable to every X Window System
        that offers OSF/Motif. The editor has normal edit functions and
        a lot of special features that support newcomers and
        professionals (f.e. function keys for system commands execution,
        variable fonts, undo, redo, online help, hotlist, iconbar,
        etc.).
     Distribution Media:
        3.5" diskette

     Licensing Policy:
        free demo version

     OS Provisions:
        X Window System X11R5, OSF/Motif 1.2, approx. 2 MByte harddisk

     Documentation:
        printed manual, online help, both in English or German

     Product Support:
        hotline, updates

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        July 1994

     Countries with Distribution:

     Price Range:
        DM 799,- for one license, sliding prices for more licenses

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          ibgs GmbH
          Promenade 7
          D-52076 Aachen, Germany
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          Contact: Mr.Sohn

     Last modified:
        Sep 28,1994

  9.8.  X Windows related products

  Alternative X Windows servers, widget sets, window managers.

  9.8.1.  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" DOS diskette.

     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 (1200,-DM or about
        750,-US$)

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:

     Available Since:
        1992.

     Countries with Distribution:
        Germany, UK, USA.

     Price Range:
        1600 DM (about 1000 US$) for a full source code licence.

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     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
     Contact:
     EMail: [e-mail]
     WWW: http://www.bredex.de

     Last modified:
        June 14, 1996.

  9.8.2.  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 Motif1.2 must be installed.

     Documentation:
        Printed manual in English.

     Product Support:
        Support and update service is available.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:

     Available Since:
        1996.

     Countries with Distribution:
        N/A

     Price Range:
        DM 4900.

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     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
          Contact:
          EMail: [e-mail]
          WWW: htpp://www.bredex.de

     Last modified:
        June 14, 1996.

  9.8.3.  Metrolink Motif

     Description:
        Motif 1.2.4 - Graphical User Interface - Complete Runtime and
        Development package with Color Pixmap Support.

     Distribution Media:
        3.5" diskettes (3), or FTP: The customer places the order with a
        credit card, then we email him our license agreement,
        installation instructions, release notes, and the FTP
        instructions -- including the current password.

     Licensing Policy:
        Licensing is per CPU.  NFS mounting not allowed.  Site licenses
        are available for 10 or more copies.

     OS Provisions:
        Linux 0.99pl15g or higher, 8-16 MByte RAM, 9 MByte HardDisk

     Documentation:
        OSF User's Manual (120 pages), man pages (electronic), English.

     Product Support:
        90 days free tech support, 30-day money back guarantee, Extended
        Tech Support Contract $100 US per year.
     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        Motif 1.2.4 for Linux since August 1994 (Motif 1.2.2 for Linux
        since June 1993).

     Countries with Distribution:
        USA, Germany, France.

     Price Range:
        $149.00 US through October 31, 1994; $199 US after that if the
        special offer isn't extended.

     Installed Base:
        2,600 copies as of Sep 23, 1994

     Vendor:

          Metro Link Incorporated
          4711 N. Powerline Rd.
          Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309, USA
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-Mail: [e-mail] (general info)
          Contact:  Holly Robinson ([e-mail], other
                  questions & orders)

     Last modified:
        Sep 19, 1994

  9.8.4.  MoCheap

     Description:
        A port of Motif to Linux, derived from and compatible with
        OSF/Motif 2.0.  Requires Linux and X-windows and includes
        complete runtime and development system licensed for one CPU.

     Distribution Media:

     Licensing Policy:

     OS Provisions:

     Documentation:

     Product Support:

     Linux Support:

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:

     Available Since:

     Countries with Distribution:

     Price Range:

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          Yggdrasil Computing, Inc.
          4880 Stevens Creek Blvd.  #205
          San Jose, CA  95129-1034
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax: [phone]
          Contact:
          EMail: [e-mail]
          WWW:

     Last modified:

  9.8.5.  OpenGL

     Description:
        OpenGL for Linux from Evans and Sutherland.  OpenGL is a vendor
        neutral application programming interface developing 2D and 3D
        graphics applications that are highly portable to a variety of
        computing environments from PCs to workstations.

     Distribution Media:
        CD-ROM.  Future updates will be made available via the World
        Wide Web.

     Licensing Policy:
        All of the OpenGL binaries are encrypted.  A key for decryption
        is provided with the media kit.  The encryption is not DES so
        shipment overseas is allowed.

     OS Provisions:
        OpenGL for Linux was been tested with kernel revisions from 1.0
        to 1.2.8.  It was compiled against XFree86-3.1.1 but you can
        also re-link your GLX server against the new XFree86-3.1.2.
        Recommended platforms: 486/33 ISA, 8 megabytes of ram, SVGA
        video.  Best tested was a Pentium/90 PCI, 16 megabytes of RAM
        with an ATI Mach 64 PCI video.

     Documentation:
        Complete OpenGL man pages.  References to OpenGL publications.

     Product Support:
        OpenGL for Linux from Evans and Sutherland is 79 U.S.  dollars.
        Support is by e-mail only.  This is to keep product cost down.
        The product passes conformance so very little problems have been
        reported.  If you are currently running XFree86, you shouldn't
        have any problems.  As updates and enhancements or demos are
        released, they will be provided for free via WWW server.

     Linux Support:
        OpenGL for Linux isn't bundled with Linux releases.

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        It includes the complete XFree86-3.1.1 source and binary trees.
        It also includes a special OpenGL LinkKit.  This LinkKit is used
        to reconfigure and re-compile your server if you need to.  With
        this you can upgrade to new video drivers or add the GLX
        extension to XFree86-3.1.2 package.

     Available Since:
        OpenGL for Linux from Evans and Sutherland has been available
        since June of 1995.

     Countries with Distribution:
        Even with encryption, shipments can be made to most overseas
        markets.  Currently, the only distribution channel is Portable
        Graphics Inc. in Austin Texas.

     Price Range:
        The cost for this package is 79 U.S. dollars.

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          Portable Graphics
          P. O. Box 161002
          Austin, TX 78716
          Phone: [phone]
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax: [phone]
          Fax: [phone]
          E-Mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        June 11, 1996.

  9.8.6.  X Inside X Servers

     Description:
        Replacement X Server for the XFree86 and other Servers for
        Linux.  Supports Actix, ColorGraphics, Compaq, ELSA, Matrox,
        Number 9, ATI, Boca, Diamond, Orchid, Reveal, STB, TechWorks.
        Chipsets include Matrox, Number 9 Imagine-128, ATI Mach64, S3
        964.  Supports Mouse Systems, Microsoft, Logitech mice.

     Distribution Media:
        single floppy diskette

     Licensing Policy:
        Per cpu license.  Site licenses available.

     OS Provisions:
        Tested on versions of Linux between 1.0.8 and 1.1.18.  No known
        problems with any Linux distribution.  Requires around 3MB hard
        disk.  Best used with a mouse...

     Documentation:
        Postscript formatted manual available via FTP from
        ftp://ftp.xinside.com/accelx/1.0/Manual.  Hardcopy shipped with
        first copy of Server license.

     Product Support:
        Installation support included in price; available by email, Fax
        (and by phone if we have to).

        Update service available, US$100 for four revisions a year, to
        track new chipsets and other performance improvements.  US$50 to
        upgrade to specified revision (e.g. 1.1 to 1.2).

        Product automatically sends email on failure.  We may respond to
        a problem before you know you have it!

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        Various extensions will be offered, starting with PEX.

     Available Since:
        May 94

     Countries with Distribution:
        Distribution currently in negotiation. Complete information
        available via FTP from
        ftp://ftp.xinside.com/accelx/1.0/All/prodinfo.txt.  Europe:
        Delix Computers, Stuttgart

     Price Range:
        US$199.00.  Student, academic and VAR discount programs.
        Student discount is 20% for Release 1.0 and 50% for Release 1.1.
        Post & Packing is between US$3 for US Mail to US$15 for Next Day
        delivery. Delix: Accelerated X  DEM 159, Motif 2.0 DEM 259.

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          X Inside Incorporated
          P.O. Box 10774
          Golden, CO 80401-0610, USA
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-mail: [e-mail]

          Europe:
          delix Computer GmbH
          Schloss-Str. 98
          D-70176 Stuttgart, Germany
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax:   [phone]
          E-mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        April 7,1995

  9.9.  Other Software

  Everything else that does not fit in one of the other sections by now.

  9.9.1.  Abuse

     Description:
        Abuse is a high-tech extremely fun action game using a classic
        side-scroller derivative format.

     Distribution Media:
        The Registered Linux version is available on CDROM.  The
        Shareware Linux version is available from http://crack.com

     Licensing Policy:
        The Shareware Linux version can be distributed without profit
        for free.  The Shareware Linux version can be distributed for
        profit by asking Crack dot Com for permission.  The Registered
        Linux version can be distributed for profit by opening a
        discussion with [e-mail].

     OS Provisions:
        8Mb, X11R6, harddisk usage minimal.
     Documentation:
        Online available with shareware and registered versions.

     Product Support:
        E-mail support via [e-mail].  Phone tech support for
        registered versions only.

     Linux Support:
        None.

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        None.

     Available Since:
        October, 1995.

     Countries with Distribution:

     Price Range:
        US$45 + shipping from 1 800 810 0022.  Can also order through
        [e-mail].  See shareware order.txt file for more details.

     Installed Base:
        Large but unknown.

     Vendor:

          Crack dot Com
          PO Box 163025
          Austin, TX  78716-3025
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax: [phone] (orders only)
          Contact: Dave Taylor
          E-mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        June 13, 1996.

  9.9.2.  Amadeus music software

     Description:
        Fully professional music notation and printing software.
        Supports MIDI-interface for realtime and step input. Printer
        drivers to some matrix-, Ink-jet and Laserprinters. Supports
        postscript translation for output on PS-printers or use in
        Ghostscript for printing on any printer supported by GS.
        Supports TIFF (import and export). The functionality is somewhat
        roff or TEX look a like. ASCII-files (one per system) containing
        source are processed into files, containing one page each, wich
        can be converted into graphic files for viewing or editing on
        screen or printing, or into other formats as PS or TIFF.  The
        software is highly automated in the actual note drawing. This
        makes it possible for blind musicians to print music for seeing
        if they use a blindsign-display to handle the computer.

     Distribution Media:
        Diskettes in tar-format (About 10)

     Licensing Policy:
        Strictly commercial. No demo at hand. Postcriptfile with
        detailed information and lots of music examples available. Post
        a message to [e-mail] and it will be sent to you.

     OS Provisions:
        Package contains kernel. XFree86 needed (not for blind users).
        8Mb RAM, about 20 Mb HD.

     Documentation:
        Doc. in English and German.

     Product Support:
        Support via Tel. or Fax. Support free if the information not is
        available in the manuals. Uppdates about once a year, prices
        varies.

     Linux Support:
        Only if it is strictly related to the software

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        Are developed if requested. Price related to the work needed.

     Available Since:
        March 1994

     Countries with Distribution:
        Directly to the intire world from the developer except for
        Scandivia. For Scandinavian customers: see Vendor

     Price Range:
        DEM 4000; Blind version DEM 6500; Upgrade from the Idris-version
        (Atari) DEM 2000

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

     Wolfgang Hamann
     Amadeus Notenzats
     Winterstr. 5
     D-81543 Muenchen, Germany
     Phone:  [phone]
     Fax:    [phone]
     Contact: Wolfgang Hamann

     Scandinavian customers and e-mail:
     Jerker Elsgard
     MIDIBIT AB
     Box 161
     S-618 23 KOLMARDEN, Sweden
     Phone/Fax: [phone]
     Contact: Jerker Elsgard
     E-mail:  [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        April 5, 1995

  9.9.3.  aqua_zis

     Description:
        (Time Series Information System). A system to store and maintain
        huge amounts of measurement data (mainly hydrological data).
        Time series with several 100,000's of values can be handled.
        You may retrieve, edit and insert data very fast. A lot of
        statistical and arithmetical operators are applicable. Time
        series may be visualized in a full scale GUI, includeing high
        performance zooming ans scrolling. The user may define
        individual GUI's in an easy script language and with the time
        series programming language Azur. Reports on any paper size
        including full graphics are possible through Azur.  Output is
        produced in Postscript and HPGL formats.

     Distribution Media:
        We install at your site. Demo disk available (tar)

     Licensing Policy:
        machine or site licenses available. Test licenses are limited in
        time.

     OS Provisions:
        Linux version 0.99pl6 or later.  Motif required if you use the
        GUI features. When set up as a time series database server, no
        graphics is needed. RAM usage 8 -- 16 MB. Disk space required:
        some 15 MB for executables and help files. For the data: several
        GB's.

     Documentation:
        printed manuals covering end user and admin tools (English
        version soon to appear).  Program documentation and design
        available only in English.

     Product Support:
        12 months warranty, maintenance contract recommended. One day
        training at your site included.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        aqua_trop precipitaion reconstrucion tool using GIS methods.
        DigiTul digitizing of precipitaion, water-level etc. paper
        registrations. aqua_log gound water data management.

     Available Since:
        Jan 1994

     Countries with Distribution:
        Germany, Austria, soon EC.

     Price Range:
        machine license: 39,000 DM, multiple machines: graduated
        discounts, site licenses on request, reasonable discout for
        universities.

     Installed Base:
        some 4 Linux-only systems are running.

     Vendor:

          aqua_plan
          Ing.-Ges. fuer Problemloesungen
          in Hydrologie und Umweltschutz mbH
          Mozartstr. 16
          D-52064 Aachen, Germany
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]

     Last modified:
        Aug 26, 1994

  9.9.4.  ChemApp

     Description:
        ChemApp is an object library of subroutines that enables a user
        to apply the powerful calculation capabilities of ChemSage via
        an easily programmable interface.  It fills the need for a
        flexible tool to allow ChemSage complex chemical equilibrium
        calculations for multicomponent, multiphase mixtures to be
        included into other programs.

        ChemApp can be used to design application-specific programs for
        process simulation, modeling or control; or to develop your own
        teaching program.

        It can be added as a module to third-party process simulation
        packages; for example, to commercial CFD programs, to general
        simulation programs, or to your own company's program.

        For more information, visit our World Wide Web site.

     Distribution Media:
        1 diskette.

     Licensing Policy:
        ChemApp is available for general use under licence, and under
        royalty terms for integration into third-party packages.

     OS Provisions:
        Kernel version >= 1.2.13 (might work with earlier versions too)

     Documentation:
        Printed documentation (English).

     Product Support:
        Full product support (incl. update service, technical support
        via EMail, fax, phone).  Prices for maintenance, training, and
        thermochemical data for use with ChemApp on request.

     Linux Support:
        Only for problems concerning Linux ChemApp.

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        Prices for custom additions to ChemApp (e.g.  user-specific
        solution models) upon request.

     Available Since:
        Spring 1996.

     Countries with Distribution:
        Worldwide, manufacturer in Germany, distribution partners in
        USA, Finland, Japan, France, U.K., Czech Republic.

     Price Range:
        Annual licence:    DM 5,000  - 11,000
        Perpetual licence: DM 12,500 - 27,500

        Reduced prices for universities and recognized national research
        institutions.

     Installed Base:
        N/A
     Vendor:

          GTT-Technologies
          Kaiserstrasse 100
          52134 Herzogenrath
          Germany
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax: [phone]
          Contact: Bob Fullerton-Batten (licencing),
                  Dr. Stephan Petersen (technical)
          EMail:
          WWW: http://gttserv.lth.rwth-aachen.de/~sp/tt/

     Last modified:
        June 24, 1996.

  9.9.5.  CLiX

     Description:
        CliX is a OSF/Motif based desktop available for almost any UNIX
        platform, providing support for remote and local file and
        directory manipulations, handling print and batch queues and
        message based communication.

     Distribution Media:
        Free Demo without network and batch functionality available via
        FTP from ftp://ftp.science-computing.uni-tuebingen.de/pub/clix-
        light/.  Floppy version on request.

     Licensing Policy:
        Free demo without remote functionality, full commercial version
        available on request.

     OS Provisions:
        Kernel 1.2, XFree86 3.1, 16 MB RAM min

     Documentation:
        Full version: printed documentation, approx 150 pages, online
        help. Free version: german docu without figures on ftp server.

     Product Support:
        No support for free version. Commercial version: Hotline,
        classes.. on request

     Linux Support:
        Not appropriate

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        Not appropriate

     Available Since:
        May 1995.

     Countries with Distribution:
        World.

     Price Range:
        Free Demo.  Full Version (Linux) DEM 1000. Domain licenses
        available.  Special discount (approx. 70 %) for educational
        sites.

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

          science + computing GmbH
          Hagellocher Weg 71
          D-72070 Tuebingen, Germany
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-mail: [e-mail]
          WWW:    http://www.science-computing.uni-tuebingen.de/
          Contact: Olaf Flebbe

     Last modified:
        August 15,1995

  9.9.6.  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 only.

     Licensing Policy:
        Licensing is per CPU.

     OS Provisions:
        Linux 1.2 or higher, 8-16 MByte RAM, 5 MByte HardDisk; Motif
        statically linked.

     Documentation:
        Printed book, man pages, on-line help, English.

     Product Support:
        Technical Support from SAS Institute.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:

     Available Since:

     Countries with Distribution:

     Price Range:
        US $99; includes hardcopy documentation, and Technical Support
        for one year.

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

          SAS Institute Inc., USA
          Book Sales Division
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax:
          Contact: Phil Herold
          E-mail: [e-mail]
          WWW: http://www.sas.com

     Last modified:
        June 13, 1996.

  9.9.7.  Executor

     Description:
        Commercial Macintosh Emulator.  Fast CPU Emulation (75 MHz
        486DX4 approximates 25 MHz 68040).  Allows many Macintosh
        applications, including Word 5 and Excel 4 to run without
        requiring anything from Apple.  Reads, Writes and Formats 1.4 MB
        Macintosh formatted floppies.  Reads and Writes SCSI Macintosh
        disks.  Reads Macintosh formatted CD-ROMs.  Color support,
        Prints to PostScript printers.  Has demo applications so you can
        run it with no Macintosh experience.

     Distribution Media:
        Electronic now, CD-ROM when 2.0 ships

     Licensing Policy:
        Executor for Linux can be found in
        ftp://ftp.ardi.com/pub/ExecutorLinux.  It has a ten minute time
        limit that can be removed via a serial number and authorization
        key.  There are enough incompatibilities that potential
        customers are strongly encouraged to examine the Executor in its
        time limited demo form before ordering.  However, we offer a 30
        day unconditional money back guarantee.

     OS Provisions:
        Is known to work with kernel 1.2.0.  Standard distribution takes
        about 7 MB.  Needs 8 MB of its own RAM to run quickly. The demo
        version is dynamically linked with the XFree86 3.1 libraries and
        with libc/libm-4.5.26.

     Documentation:
        English FAQ at ftp://ftp.ardi.com/pub/executor-faq.ascii.

     Product Support:
        Free upgrades to licensees of 1.99<x>, up to and including the
        first official release of Executor for Linux: Executor/Linux
        2.0.

     Linux Support:
        [e-mail]

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        Has been in pre-beta since March of 1995.  Is expected to be
        officially released in November of 1995.

     Countries with Distribution:
        Current pre-beta releases are available only directly from us.
        Within six months of 2.0's release we will probably have
        distribution worldwide.

     Price Range:
        Pre-beta copies are available for USD49 for students, faculty
        and staff of educational institutions, USD99 for everyone else.
        These prices are good at least until September 15.  Somtime soon
        thereafter the suggested retail price for the non-educational
        license will be USD249.  The educational price will rise
        significantly, also.

     Installed Base:
        129 Linux users as of August 12, 1995.  Many more DOS and
        NEXTSTEP users.

     Vendor:

     ARDI
     Suite 4-101
     1650 University Blvd., NE
     Albuquerque, NM 87102, USA
     Phone: [phone]
     Fax: [phone]
     Contact:
     E-mail: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        August 15, 1995.

  9.9.8.  Mazama Packet Filter

     Description:
        The Mazama Packet Filter is a Linux-based IP packet filtering or
        firewall application.

     Distribution Media:
        The Mazama Packet Filter package is distributed on 1 (one)
        floppy (3.5") disk.  Also included is the latest version of the
        InfoMagic CD-ROM Linux distribution.

     Licensing Policy:
        Evaluation copies are available on request, and will be
        distributed based solely on our evaluation of the potential
        client.  Source code will not be distributed with the eval
        version (but with the production version. hm)

     OS Provisions:
        kernel version: 1.2.1 through 1.2.8, support for later versions
        available as they surface. We track kernel versions closely.
        RAM: min. 8MB, suggested 16+MB. Hard disk: MPF software < 2MB.
        Recommend total at least 250MB, (accounts for log file disk
        space requirements). The MPF package includes the InfoMagic
        Linux distribution which includes all necessary source for the
        kernel. The MPF installation also provides patches for versions
        1.2.0 through 1.2.8, (see above) to update the kernel for
        compatibility with the MPF.

     Documentation:
        Printed and bound documentation, as well as online html version.
        Online version available at Mazama Web Site
        <http://www.mazama.com/>.  English language only currently.

     Product Support:
        Free updates via anonymous ftp.  E-mail and phone support.
        Training and consulting available on request.  Inquire about
        prices.

     Linux Support:
        Linux support, training, and configuration assistance available
        on request.  Once again, inquire about prices.

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        none.

     Available Since:
        May 15, 1995

     Countries with Distribution:
        We are currently negotiating with several foreign distributors.

     Price Range:
        Mazama Packet Filter: USD750.  Mazama Enterprize Firewall:
        USD1500

     Installed Base:
        5 copies currently in circulation.

     Vendor:

          Mazama Software Labs, Inc.
          15600 NE 8th St., Suite B1 #544
          Bellevue, WA 98008
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax:
          Contact: Eric D. Berg
          E-mail: [e-mail] (general inquiries),
                  [e-mail] (tech support)

     Last modified:
        June 9, 1995

  9.9.9.  PROCHEM-C

     Description:
        PROCHEM-C is an integrated Software System for users dealing
        with design, construction, maintenance, operation and control of
        plants in the fields of

        - Pipeline Construction
        - Chemical & Pharmaceutical Industry
        - Power Plant Construction
        - Petrochemical Industry
        - Food Processing
        - Environment Technology

     Distribution Media:
        DAT or QIC150

     Licensing Policy:
        per Workstation or Server-Licence

     OS Provisions:
        kernel version 1.0 , modified portmapper/mount XFree86 Version
        2.1, Motif Version 1.2.3, RAM : 32 - 64 MByte  (min. 16 MByte)
        DISK: 1 GByte        (min. 500 MByte) Swap 120 MByte (min. 80
        MByte)

     Documentation:
        ON-Line integrated in PROCHEM-C (printed optional) ca. 1700
        Pages. German or English.

     Product Support:
        Update Service : All 3 Months or on User-request.  Prices for
        Maintenance and Training on request.

     Linux Support:
        Only for Problems concerning LINUX <--> PROCHEM-C

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        1983,  LINUX Version since 1993

     Countries with Distribution:
        N/A

     Price Range:
        DEM 2,000 to DEM 65,000 (i.a.w. amount of features. hm)

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

          COMPLANSOFT CAD GmbH
          Sulzbacher Strasse 15 - 21
          D-65812 Bad Soden, Germany
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax :   [phone]
          Contact : Chris Chirila

     Last modified:
        April 6, 1995

  9.9.10.  ROSIN NC

     Description:
        ROSIN-NC-Werkbank (ger: workbench) The ROSIN-NC-Werkbank is a
        comprehensive set of tools which accomplish a CAD system. These
        tools comprise the ROSIN-VDAFS-Processor to process digitised
        data, and data in the VDAFS format; the ROSIN-Post Processors to
        generate 2- to 5-axis milling programs for all major CNC process
        controls; the ROSIN-NC-Editor to analyse and edit existing NC
        programs; the ROSIN-NC-Visualiser to visualise the tool path and
        generate printed information about a NC program; the ROSIN-
        Engraver to mill logos or fonts of any kind.

     Distribution Media:
        Tapes (DAT, QuarterInch) or floppy disk

     Licensing Policy:
        All tools of the ROSIN-NC-Werkbank are independently licensed
        via the ROSIN License System, the customer gets a production
        license for each purchased tool. The combination of license
        types with different tools is possible. There are individual
        licenses for single users, 2-5 users etc. Please consult vendor
        for more information.

     OS Provisions:
        Kernel Version higher or equal to 0.99pl14; Motif; RAM 16 MByte,
        recommended 20 MByte; the necessary disk space for a complete
        installation with all tools is 25 MByte. It is recommended to
        ensure a free disk space of at least 1,5 times the size of the
        input file(s).

     Documentation:
        An Online Help Function is available with all tools.  With the
        purchase of each tool a manual is supplied in the language
        chosen by the customer (languages available: German, English,
        French and Italian, other languages on request).  Size of
        manuals: Depending on the tool from 60 to 170 pages each.

     Product Support:
        Maintenance contracts are offered for all tools and cost 1,3%
        per month of the license price.  With a maintenance contract the
        customer gets regular product updates and manual updates.
        Migration to a different hardware platform is significantly
        cheaper (3% of the license price instead of 12% for customers
        without maintenance contract). The telephone hotline is free of
        charge.  Our telephone hotline is available from 8.30 to 17.00
        MET, languages are German and English.  We offer special prices
        for product installation and training courses (75% of the normal
        service prices) for product customers.  Prices for product
        updates can be provided on request.

     Linux Support:
        (there was no "official" statement by ROSIN, however, I was told
        on the phone that ROSIN ships complete systems with pre-
        installed software, and that they would offer limited Linux
        support as far as handling their software is concerned. hm)

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        1994

     Countries with Distribution:
        Germany, France and Mexico (please consult vendor for more
        information). We are looking for distributors in the UK, Spain
        and Italy.

     Price Range:
        The lower prices (in DM) are for Single User Licenses, the
        higher ones for Multi User Licenses, floating type. Prices for
        all other licenses are included in this price range.

        ROSIN-VDAFS-Processor       7500    to  9750 ROSIN-3-axis Post
        Processor 4500    to  11050 ROSIN-5-axis Post Processor 13500
        to  32500 ROSIN-NC-Editor             7500    to  9750 ROSIN-NC-
        Visualiser         3500    to  4550 ROSIN-Engraver
        1500    to  1950

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          ROSIN Gesellschaft fuer technische Datenverarbeitung mbH
          Roniger Weg 13
          D-53545 Linz am Rhein, Germany
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          Contact: Gisela Buechner (Marketing)

     Last modified:
        Sep 19, 1994

  9.9.11.  SPATCH

     Description:
        SPATCH software allows alphanumeric paging from a Linux system.
        With SPATCH, Linux users can send text messages to alphanumeric
        pagers from a user, an application, an operating system, or an
        E-Mail System.

     Distribution Media:
        3.5" Disk, File Transfer

     Licensing Policy:
        30 Day Evaluation Kits are available.
     OS Provisions:
        N/A

     Documentation:
        SPATCH includes printed documentation for installation and use.

     Product Support:
        Installation support is provided free of charge.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        SPATCH SECURITY (USD149) Used by ISPs to prevent unauthorized
        access to SPATCH.  SPATCH CALL COUNT REPORTING (USD99) Used by
        ISPs for reporting and billing of call counts.

     Available Since:
        July 1995

     Countries with Distribution:

     Price Range:
        USD199 - USD999

     Installed Base:
        Currently SPATCH is installed on 2 Linux systems.

     Vendor:

          The Hyde Company, Inc.
          P.O. Box 900190
          Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    N/A
          Contact: Alan Lewis
          E-mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        August 15, 1995

  9.9.12.  Unix Cockpit

     Description:
        The Unix Cockpit (UC) is a nifty new file manager for Unix/X11
        that smoothly integrates a directory tree, file browsers, custom
        menus and the classic Unix shells into one highly customizable
        productivity tool of a kind long missed on Unix systems.

     Distribution Media:
        anon. ftp from ftp.uu.net (192.48.96.9), directory
        /vendor/UniX11/linux.

     Licensing Policy:
        On Linux, USD25 shareware. For the people who wrote Linux, free.

     OS Provisions:
        Kernel 1.0.8 or higher. Small, single file executable (500k). No
        installation necessary.

     Documentation:
        Fully indexed, postscript version of tutorial is available via
        ftp.  Tutorial is also available online from within UC. UC has
        full context sensitive online help. The language used is
        English.

     Product Support:
        Small updates and bug fixes are free and made available via ftp.
        Extra support is via email courtesy support hotline at
        [e-mail].  Special training/installation help on
        request.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        The Linux version is beta testing since 11/94. The SGI versions
        have been shipping since 9/94. SunOS, HP & DEC Alpha versions
        are in beta, too.

     Countries with Distribution:
        All distribution goes over the internet.

     Price Range:
        USD25 shareware.

     Installed Base:
        It is still a beta version, which is free, so no Linux copies
        have sold.  Quite a few beta testers, though.

     Vendor:

          Henrik Klagges
          UniX11 Software Development Corp
          Moorbachweg 7
          D-83209 Prien, Germany
          E-mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        April 5, 1995

  9.9.13.  Unix Auto-Tutor

     Description:
        Unix Auto-Tutor is an automatic Unix tutor -- a comprehensive,
        fully interactive, self-teaching CBT system for Unix training.
        It is organized like a traditional textbook with hypertext
        pages.  Currently it has 9 chapters and 76 sections with 87
        interactive tutorial sessions attached to its hypertext pages.
        More than 150 Unix commands, such as find, grep, sort, sed, awk
        and vi, are introduced. Can be used to provide in-house training
        or on-line training through BBS or Internet.

     Distribution Media:
        3.5" diskettes.

     Licensing Policy:
        Per CPU with the number of users purchased, eg. 2 user edition
        would limit 2 users at a time.

     OS Provisions:
        Kernel version .99 or higher, runable under xterm, Motif version
        is under construction, 300k RAM and 1.2M harddisk usage.

     Documentation:
        A 185+ page hardcopy of the on-line hypertext, online help
        available, all in English.

     Product Support:
        90 days free telephone and e-mail support. Instructor-led Unix
        training based on the Auto-Tutor is also available in house.

     Linux Support:
        No support for Linux OS itself.

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        Additional copies of the textbooks are available at USD25  each.

     Available Since:
        March 1995

     Countries with Distribution:
        Direct sales world wide.

     Price Range:
        Single User Edition: USD199 per CPU (for individual only).
        USD299 per CPU (for business). Add USD100 for each additional
        user. Shipping is additional.

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

          Sunny Micro Lab
          1300 Britannia Road East, Suite #208
          Mississauga, Ontario L4W 1C8, Canada
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax:   [phone]
          E-mail: [e-mail]  or  [e-mail]
          Contact:  Mo Chen

     Last modified:
        August 15, 1995

  9.10.  Free Software for Commercial Hardware

  This section is somewhat ``exotic''.  It covers free Linux software
  (drivers et cetera) for specialized hardware.  This is no ``commercial
  software'', however, the software is unusable without the hardware.

  9.10.1.  Cyclades Cyclom-Y

     Description:
        Cyclom-Y is serial multiport card for ISA/EISA PC's. 8 and
        16-port models are available.  There are RJ-12 and DB-25
        connector options.  It is based on the Cirrus Logic CD1400
        serial processor. This RISC-based processor supports on-board
        character processing and allows speeds up to 115.2 kbps. Drivers
        for Xenix, SCO, ISC and UnixWare are available from Cyclades.
        There is a driver for Linux available in the Internet. Board
        variants: Cyclom-8Ys: 8 ports, RJ-12 connectors (no RTS signal);
        Cyclom-8Yo: 8 ports, DB-25 connectors in a octopus cable (full-
        modem); Cyclom-8Yb: 8 ports, DB-25 connectors in a external box
        (full-modem); Cyclom-8Yb+: 8 ports, same as 8Yb with surge
        protection; Cyclom-16Y: 16 ports, DB-25 connectors in a external
        box (full-modem).

     Distribution Media:
        3.5" diskettes

     Licensing Policy:
        The Linux device driver software is free and is available via
        FTP from ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/misc.

     OS Provisions:
        (the driver is available as a patch relative to Linux 1.1.8. A
        driver for newer kernels is under development. hm)
     Documentation:
        The user's manual contains all the reference information to
        configure and install the card. Specific information about the
        Linux driver can be found in readme files.

     Product Support:
        SW updates from Internet.  Cyclades will provide technical
        support on the hardware, but the driver is a freeware and is
        provided "as is". Cyclades makes no warranties about the
        suitability of this software for any purposes.  Some companies
        bundle the driver in their Linux distributions and can help in
        the installation and configuration of the card.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        July 1994

     Countries with Distribution:
        worldwide

     Price Range:

          List Price (end user):

          CYCLOM 8YS $459
          CYCLOM-8YO $549
          CYCLOM-8YB $599
          CYCLOM-8YB+ $699
          CYCLOM-16Y/DB25 $794

          Promotion for resellers only (first-time buyer):
          CYCLOM 8YS $99
          CYCLOM-8YO $199
          CYCLOM-16Y/DB25 $399

          NOTE:  All prices are F.O.B. Fremont, CA, USA

     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

     Cyclades Corporation.
     44140 Old Warm Springs Blvd
     Fremont, CA 94538, USA
     Phone:  [phone] or [phone]
     Fax:    [phone]
     E-Mail: [e-mail]
     Contact: Doris Li (Sales and Marketing).

     Distributor for Germany:
     roka EDV und Datenkommunikationsberatung GmbH
     Elbestr. 25
     D-47800 Krefeld, Germany
     Phone: [phone]
     Fax:   [phone]
     Contact: Bernward Averwald
     E-Mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        Sep 24, 1994

  9.10.2.  Stallion Technologies Multiport Serial Boards

     Description:
        (Stallion Technologies sent me a vast amount of data concerning
        their 4 thru 64 port boards. Too much to print here, really.
        Basically, there's the EasyIO series with 4 or 8 ports, the
        EasyConnection 8/32 with 8 to 32 ports and EasyConnection 8/64
        with up to 64 connections.  The Stallion Linux drivers also
        support the older ranges of Stallion Technologies boards,
        including the ONboard, Brumby and original Stallion familys of
        boards.  Please contact vendor for more information. hm)

     Distribution Media:
        3.5" diskettes for supported operating systems (including SCO
        UNIX and XENIX, UnixWare, SVR4.x, Interactive Unix, NetWare
        Connect V1.0 or higher, NACS V3.0 and higher, MS-DOS, OS2).
        Linux drivers available from Internet archive sites,
        stallion.com, sunsite.unc.edu, tsx-11.mit.edu and their mirrors.
        (Note the Linux driver is not supported by Stallion
        Technologies).

     Licensing Policy:
        The Linux driver is available at no charge and is copyrighted
        under the GNU General Public License.

     OS Provisions:
        The most current driver supports kernel versions 1.2.5 and
        later.  The drivers are updated regularly to keep pace with
        kernel changes.

     Documentation:
        Hardware reference documentation provided with the boards. The
        The Linux driver package contains a README file with driver
        installation and usage information.

     Product Support:
        Stallion Technologies does not support the Stallion board Linux
        drivers. They were developed independently of Stallion
        Tecnologies.  Stallion Technologies will provide support for
        their hardware.

     Linux Support:
        N/A

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        October 1994

     Countries with Distribution:
        Worldwide distribution. Available in most countries.

     Price Range:
        Prices for the serial boards vary from country to country.
        Contact your nearest Stallion Technolgies office for local
        availability and pricing. The driver package contains a file
        with all Stallion Technologies offices.

     Installed Base:
        N/A

     Vendor:

          Stallion Technologies Pty Ltd.
          56 Sylvan Rd
          Toowong, QLD, 4066, Australia
          Phone: [phone]
          Fax:   [phone]
          E-mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        June 9, 1995

  9.11.  German corner

  This section contains software which is only marketed in Germany
  and/or other German-speaking countries or which is otherwise specific
  for Germany or German-speaking countries.  The companies listed here
  sent me entries in German...

  Dieser Abschnitt enthaelt Software, die nur in Deutschland und oder
  anderen deutschsprachigen Laendern vertrieben wird, oder die
  anderweitig spezifisch fuer den deutschen oder deutschsprachigen Raum
  ist.  Die hier gelisteten Firmen schickten mir deutsche Eintraege...

  9.11.1.  BBSD-Druckerei

     Description:
        BBSD-Druckerei bietet alle erdenkliche Funktionalitaet, die zur
        Verwaltung in kleinen und mittleren Druckereien benoetigt wird:

     ╖  Verwaltung von Papieren zur Kalkulation und zur Lagerverwaltung

     ╖  Kundenverwaltung

     ╖  Erstellung von Kalkulationsboegen

     ╖  Erstellung von Angeboten mit Staffelpreisen etc.

     ╖  Erstellung von Auftragstaschen

     ╖  Erstellung von Rechnungen

     ╖  Drucken von Etiketten

     ╖  Listen ueber alle erfassten und verwalteten Daten

        BBSD-Druckerei arbeitet mit einer Textoberflaeche, so dass fuer
        die meisten Arbeitsplaetze nur einfache ASCII-Terminals
        angeschafft werden muessen. Allerdings existieren auch
        Schnittstellen zu PC's, so dass eine problemlose Datenuebernahme
        - bspw. aus der Kundenverwaltung in eine PC-Textverarbeitung
        (Serienbriefe!?) - moeglich ist.

     Distribution Media:
        Disketten, DAT

     Licensing Policy:
        Die SW wird nur kommerziell vertrieben. Eine Praesentation kann
        nach Absprache bei uns oder bei dem Kunden vorgenommen werden.

     OS Provisions:
        Kernel Version 1.2, mind. 8 MB RAM und 0,5 MB RAM je Benutzer

     Documentation:
        Deutsches Handbuch, Online-Hilfe

     Product Support:
        Update-Service, Schulung, persoenliche Betreuung, Fernwartung

     Linux Support:
        N/A
     Extra Features and Add-Ons:
        N/A

     Available Since:
        Juni 1995

     Countries with Distribution:
        Deutschland

     Price Range:
        DEM 2000 (abhaengig von kundenspezifischen Anpassungen)

     Installed Base:
        (am 02.08.95) >= 4

     Vendor:

          Baastrup & Bayard GbR Software Design
          Mallinckrodtstr. 7
          44145 Dortmund
          Phone:  [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-Mail: [e-mail]

     Last modified:
        September 14, 1995

  9.11.2.  Orgaplus

     Description:
        Orgaplus vertreibt eine ganze Auswahl branchenspezifischer
        Loesungen:

     ╖  J5 - Projektmanagement & Controlling fuer Agenturen und
        Projektierende Unternehmen (ab DM 6000,-)

     ╖  netConnect - Kabelmanagement & Endstellenverwaltung (ab DM
        5500,-)

     ╖  R4 - Warenwirtschaft fuer den Reifenhandel (ab DM 6500,-)

     ╖  W5 - Warenwirtschaft (ab DM 6500,-)

     ╖  S2 - Technik / Wartung / Service (ab DM 3500,-)

     ╖  M3 - Menue- & Security-Management entspr. ISO 9000 Audit
        Vorschriften (ab DM 850,-)

     ╖  F4 - Finanzbuchhaltung (ab DM 1750,-)

     ╖  APAS - Lohn & Gehalt mit Voll-DUEVO. AOK-Systemgeprueft (ab DM
        2800,-)
     ╖  A7 - Vertrieb- & Marketingmanagement (ab DM 1250,-)

     ╖  T5 - Textverarbeitung (integriert in die opus Software) (ab DM
        300,-)

     ╖  G4 - Reportgenerator fuer den Sachbearbeiter (ab DM 1500,-)

     ╖  V2 - Versandpapierschreibung, Zollabwicklung (ab DM 4500,-)

     ╖  B2 - Anlagenbuchhaltung (ab DM 2500,-)

     ╖  K4 - Kostenrechnung (ab DM 4500,-)

     ╖  E2 - Elektronische Archivierung (ab DM 20000,-)

     ╖  Data Dictionary (ab DM 4500,-)

     ╖  Klassenbibliothek (ab DM 8500,-)

     ╖  Programmgenerator (ab DM 12500,-)

     ╖  Maskengenerator Text + GUI (ab DM 2500,-)

     Distribution Media:
        Disketten, DAT

     Licensing Policy:
        Demonstration erfolgt in unserem Haus oder nach Vereinbarung,
        Kurzpraesentation ueber WWW in Erstellung.

     OS Provisions:
        Kernel Version 1.2, XFree86 alle Versionen, Motif nicht noetig,
        mind. 8 MByte RAM, mind. 30 MByte freien Speicherplatz.

     Documentation:
        Deutsches Handbuch, selbst erweiterbare Online-Hilfe

     Product Support:
        Update-Service, Schulung, persoenliche und telefonische
        Betreuung, Fernwartung, Fernschulung. Preise siehe beiliegendem
        Honorarverzeichnis.

     Linux Support:
        Installation von Linux, komplette Einrichtung von Linux.
        Preisgestaltung nach Aufwand, wegen unterschiedlichen
        Kundenanforderungen.

     Extra Features and Add-Ons:

     Available Since:
        Maerz 1995

     Countries with Distribution:
        Deutschland, Oesterreich, Schweiz, Niederlande

     Price Range:
        User- und modulabhaengige Staffelung siehe Preisliste.
     Installed Base:

     Vendor:

          orgaplus Software GmbH
          Tel.:   [phone]
          Fax:    [phone]
          E-mail: [e-mail]
          WWW:    http://www.orgaplus.de
          Contact: Herr Michael Walz (Geschaeftsfuehrer),
                   Herr Jaeger (Vertrieb)

     Last modified:
        10. Mai 1995

  10.  Support

  Who you're gonna call ...

  This section contains some companies who provide for Linux support.
  The raw format is as follows:

  Company name
  Address
  Phone
  Fax
  EMail
  Contact
  Type of support (via phone, e-mail, inhouse, training etc.)
  sample prices

  10.1.  Companies

  The following list is virtually alphabetically sorted.

  ╖  ARIS Technology, Inc.
     Mississippi Research & Technology Park, Suite 204
     Starkville, MS 39759, USA
     Phone: [phone]
     Fax: [phone]
     EMail: [e-mail]
     Contact: Dr. Michael L. Stokes
     Type of support: Local Area networking support, Linux/Unix/Windows
     compatibility software, Custom software, Web Authoring, Internet
     Access(Broadband 65kpbs and above)
     Sample prices: Technical support (USD25/hour).  For Internet
     prices, see http://www.aris.com

  ╖  Baastrup & Bayard GbR Software Design
     Mallinckrodtstr. 7
     D-44145 Dortmund, Germany
     Phone:  [phone]
     Fax:    [phone]
     E-Mail: [e-mail]
     Contact: Joern Baastrup or Bjoern Bayard

     Type of support: We offer phone/EMail/inhouse support,
     installation, ongoing administration, training, consulting and
     support for porting existing applications to LINUX.

     Sample prices:
     Installation/Administration support (via phone/EMail)       DM
     100,00 / hour
     Developer support                                           DM
     135,00 / hour
     Training (contracts with better conditions are possible)    DM
     125,00 / hour
     Consulting                                                  DM
     140,00 / hour

     Specialities: Development of business applications, Workflow-
     Managment based on COSA by Software Ley GmbH, WWW and EMail, "Plug
     & Play" LINUX-Workstations, Cyclades Multiportcards, ISDN with
     LINUX

  ╖  Bitbybit Information Systems
     Radex Complex, Kluyverweg 2A
     NL-2629 HT Delft, The Netherlands
     Phone: ++31-15-682569
     Fax: ++31-15-682530
     EMail: [e-mail]
     Contact: Ir. N. Simon
     Type of support: On-site, Network
     Sample prices: Hfl 120,- per hour.
     Specialities: Installation, Internet Connectivity. Consulting,
     Custom-Made Software, Timetabling Systems, Database
     Interoperability.

  ╖  ClearVu TWS
     95 Clearview Drive
     Christiansburg, VA 24073, USA
     Phone: [phone]
     EMail: Thomas Dunbar
     Sample prices: EMail/phone USD70/hr; inhouse USD70/hr + traveling
     expenses
     Speciality: custom typesetting systems

  ╖  Couvares Consulting
     146 Mill Lane
     Amherst, MA 01002, USA
     Phone: [phone]
     EMail: [e-mail]
     Contact: Peter F. Couvares
     Type of support: We offer phone/EMail support, installation,
     ongoing administration, training, programming, and specialized
     consulting services for free-software, Linux, and other Unix
     environments.
     Sample prices: USD50/hour commercial, USD25/hour nonprofit, sliding
     scale for personal

  ╖  Gregg Weber
     1076 Carol Lane #3
     Lafayette, CA 94549, USA
     Phone: [phone]
     EMail: [e-mail]
     Contact: Gregg Weber
     Type of support: ?
     Sample prices: USD40/hour, or per job quote. Free initial
     discussion of job requirements.
     Specialities: Installation, problem solving, C and assembly
     language programming, Embedded controller microcoding, cumputer
     systems and peripheral electronic design and development. Systems
     integration.  DOS, MS-Windows, X Window System, Novell, Lantastic,
     internet EMail

  ╖  Frontier Internet Services Limited
     Allied House
     45 Hatton Garden
     London EC1N 8EX, England
     phone   [phone]
     fax     [phone]
     EMail:  [e-mail]
     Contact: Gareth Bult, Piers Cawley
     Type of support: All.
     Sample prices: UKP250/day
     Specialities: Internet Services Providers Systems/Network
     Integraters (Unix/Novell/Windows) General Consultancy

  ╖  Le Reseau netwerksystemen BV
     Burg. F. v. Ankenweg 5
     NL-9991 AM Middelstum
     The Netherlands
     Phone: [phone]
     Fax: [phone]
     EMail: [e-mail]
     WWW: http://www.reseau.nl
     Contact: Arthur Donkers
     Support: Phone, EMail, InHouse, software porting, software
     development, plug-and-play Linux machines
     Price: Support subscriptions for phone and EMail costs Dfl.
     495/year, InHouse support costs Dfl. 75 / hour.  Projects are done
     on a fixed price basis
     Extra: Le Reseau also sells Linux CD Roms by InfoMagic, Red Hat,
     Walnut Creek and Yggdrasil.  Le Reseau is an Caldera Business
     Partner for the Netherlands.  Le Reseau is also the home for the
     Dutch linux mailinglists

  ╖  LEMIS
     Schellnhausen 2
     D-36325 Feldatal, Germany
     Phone: [phone]
     Fax: [phone]
     EMail: [e-mail]
     Contact: Greg Lehey
     Type of support: Phone, EMail, inhouse
     Sample prices  Hotline: DEM 3 per minute or part thereof; Contract:
     DEM 150/hour

  ╖  Michael Koehne
     Bremer Strasse 117
     D-28816 Brinkum, Germany
     Phone: +49 (0)421 / 87 55 00
     Fax: +49 (0)421 / 87 55 51
     EMail: [e-mail] (private)
     Type of support: N/A
     Sample prices: to be negotiated
     Specialities: Linux installation for database or internetworking
     use.  OS/2 and WfW conectivity. Applications for
     Getraenkegrosshaendler, Buchhandlungen, Wasserwirtschaftsaemter.

  ╖  Randysoft Software
     286 Cresta Vista Way
     San Jose, CA 95119, USA
     Phone: [phone]
     EMail: [e-mail]
     Contact: Randy Hootman
     Type of support: Via phone, e-mail, inhouse, training, software
     development. C/C++, Perl, Shell, networking, internet,
     installation.
     Sample prices: Prices vary according to type of work and length of
     contract.

  ╖  Signum Support AB
     Box 2044
     S-580 02 Linkoping, Sweden
     Phone:  [phone]
     Fax:    [phone]
     EMail: [e-mail]
     Contact: Magnus Redin, Inge Wallin
     Type of support: Phone, fax and EMail support
     Sample prices: Linux on CDROM with manual and installation support
     for one system, SEK 1,380; Internet server with WWW, Gopher, FTP,
     Sendmail, News/INN and DNS with administrationing tools that fits a
     pc system administrator and 40h support, SEK 30,000
     Specialities: Linux, GCC, CVS version management, Emacs, Tcl/Tk and
     Internet services: WWW, Gopher, FTP, Sendmail, News/INN

  ╖  The Silk Road Group, Ltd.
     13628 Bent Tree Circle #201
     Centreville, VA 22020, USA
     Phone: [phone]
     Fax: [phone]
     EMail: [e-mail]
     Contact:Tim Bass
     Sample Prices: subject to project and availability
     Specialities: IP network management specialists using Linux
     platforms for Internet Information Services, including httpd
     servers, DNS and news servers, SMTP mail relay hosts, IP firewalls.
     Large scale system and network design and integration for large
     corporations and goverment agencies.  Clients include the USAF and
     the National Science Foundation.  More info on
     http://www.silkroad.com/

  ╖  Systems Software
     22 Irvington Cres
     Willowdale, On, Canada M2N 2Z1
     Phone: [phone]
     EMail: Drew Sullivan
     Sample prices: $90 Canadian/hour
     Specialities: Unix Systems & Internet Consulting

  ╖  Sytek s.r.l.
     Via Cernaia 14
     I-10122 Torino, Italy
     Phone: [phone]
     Fax: [phone]
     EMail: [e-mail], [e-mail]
     Contact: Mariotti Mario
     Type of support: by e-mail, inhouse/outhouse, training
     Sample prices approx. USD60 per hour
     Specialities: General Unix Consultant, X11/Motif Experts, we own a
     GUI Builder for Motif (Xad), we have great experience in writing
     Unix Device Drivers (char & block).

  ╖  Wizvax Communications
     1508 Tibbits Ave
     Troy, NY 12180 USA
     Phone:  [phone]
     Fax:    [phone]
     Contacts: Richard Shetron (owner/manager), Stephanie Gilgut
     (Linux/SunOS/Unix wizard)
     Support: We prefer to do as much support as possible via e-mail,
     phone, telnet.
     Sample prices: Prices vary depending on both level of service
     desired (24 hr/7 day, business hours, phone, EMail, etc.) and term
     of contract (one-shot, monthly, yearly, etc.).  Typical prices
     range from USD45/hr for classes for beginners taught by JR level
     staff to USD120/hr for one-shot emergency calls to fix systems
     broken by incorrectly installed software/hardware by non-customers
     with no support contracts.
     Specialities: We primarily support the multiport serial boards and
     cables we sell.  Support for products we sell is free for
     installation and initial setup.  We can do Linux consulting,
     training, seminars, etc.

  11.  Value Added Resellers (VARs)

  This section contains some companies who sell preconfigured hardware
  for the purpose of running Linux.

  11.1.  Advanced System Lab

     Address:
        2342 Shade Tree Lane
        San Jose, CA 95131
        U.S.A.

     Phone:
        +1.408.923.3837

     Fax:
        +1.408.923.4615

     Contact:
        Jeff Nguyen

     EMail:
        [e-mail]

     WWW:
        http://www.aslab.com

     Last modified:
        August 20, 1996.

  11.2.  Apache Digital Corporation

     Address:
        777 Main Ave. Suite 211
        Durango CO 81301
        U.S.A.

     Phone:
        [phone]

     Fax:
        [phone]

     Contact:
        Mark Wauchope

     EMail:
        [e-mail]

     WWW:
        http://www.apache.com

     Last modified:
        August 9, 1996.

  11.3.  Chaos Computing, Inc.

     Address:
        8450 Ann Marie Tr.
        Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077
        U.S.A.

     Phone:
        [phone]

     Fax:
        None

     Contact:
        Eric Rotvold

     EMail:
        [e-mail], [e-mail]

     WWW:
        http://www.chaoscomp.com

     Last modified:
        August 14, 1996.

  11.4.  Linux Hardware Solutions, Inc.

     Address:
        1917 Wild Dunes Drive
        Raleigh, NC 27604
        USA

     Phone:
        [phone]
        +1 888-LINUX-HW

     Fax:
        [phone]

     Contact:
        Kit Cosper <[e-mail]>

     EMail:
        [e-mail]

     WWW:
        http://www.linux-hw.com

     Last modified:
        August 13, 1996.

  11.5.  Pacific Internet

     Address:
        600 Corporate Pointe, Suite 100
        Culver City, CA 90230
        U.S.A.

     Phone:
        [phone]

     Fax:
        [phone]

     Contact:
        K. Kamath, Tania Hayek, Michael Boyer, Denise Schutte, Maria
        Lepisto, Natalie Jackson

     EMail:
        [e-mail]

     WWW:
        http://www.pacnet.com

     Last modified:
        August 9, 1996.

  11.6.  Sound Software Ltd.

     Address:
        20 Abelard Avenue
        Brampton ON
        Canada L6Y 2K8

     Phone:
        [phone]

     Fax:
        [phone]
     Contact:
        Evan Leibovitch

     EMail:
        [e-mail]

     WWW:
        http://www.ftn.net/telly/sound.html

     Last modified:
        August 16, 1996.

  11.7.  SW Technology

     Address:
        1701 North Greenville Suite 1104
        Richardson, TX 75081
        U.S.A.

     Phone:
        214-907-0871

     Fax:
        214-907-9339

     Contact:
        Marvin Y. Wu

     EMail:
        [e-mail]

     WWW:
        http://www.swt.com

     Last modified:
        August 9, 1996.