From: noer AT cygnus DOT com (Geoffrey Noer) Subject: Cygnus Cygwin32 Press Release 1/21/97 9 Feb 1997 02:49:38 -0800 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199702090929.BAA15375.cygnus.gnu-win32@rtl.cygnus.com> Content-Type: text Original-To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Original-Cc: noer AT cygnus DOT com (Geoffrey Noer) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Length: 3235 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Greetings, Following is a copy of the recent Cygwin32 press release made on Jan 21, 1997. Of particular note is the fact that Cygnus will be selling commercial licenses for Cygwin32 in the first half of 1997. This means that companies wishing to use the Cygwin32 library in proprietary programs will be able to do so with a license from Cygnus. Cygnus will continue to provide public releases under the GPL for those people using the library in conjunction with the development of free software. I will send more detailed information to the lists as it becomes available. Regards, Geoffrey Noer Cygnus Solutions noer AT cygnus DOT com ---------------------------------> snip <--------------------------------- News Release For more information contact Cygnus Solutions Jeacline Marinkovic +1-408-542-9600 Cygnus's cygwin32 Supports NT and UNIX Hosts from Single Source Base Cygnus Solutions announces a preview release of cygwin32--the most complete C and C++ POSIX development environment for WindowsNT. With cygwin32, developers can support WindowsNT and multiple UNIX platforms from a single source base. Cross-platform host targets from a single source base provides: * True compatibility of multi-platform applications * Reduced support costs in development and deployment * Significantly accelerated time to market Cygnus developed cygwin32 in order to port key Internet software packages from UNIX to WindowsNT. Popular Internet technologies, such as the GNU development tools, MIT's Kerberos, and the Apache web server are freely available for the range of UNIX hosts. Cygnus, recognizing the migration trend of multi-user applications to NT, created a solution that would bring cross-platform support without the development and support costs of modifying source code. With Cygwin32, the cost of multiplatform support is substantially reduced. Existing UNIX source code does not require special changes to migrate from Unix to WindowsNT. This means that software can be delivered to WindowsNT customers without migrating the sources away from Unix or investing in NT development resources. As a powerful example of this capability, Cygnus ported 250,000 lines of software originally part of MIT's Kerberos source base to WindowsNT -- effectively without changing the source. Not only did Cygwin32 make it possible to guarantee Kerberos compatibility across Unix and WindowsNT (since both can run the same source base), but it also enabled Cygnus to demonstrate the world's first version of Kerberos 5 running on WindowsNT. Cross platform support for key Internet technologies was highlighted earlier this month when Microsoft announced that WindowsNT 5.0 will standardize on Kerberos user authentication. Cygnus's KerbNet for NT was in beta test as Microsoft made this announcement. The preview release of cygwin32 is at ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/gnu-win32/gnu-win32-b17.1 This software is covered by the GNU General Public License. A commercial version with commercial licensing terms will be available in the first half of 1997. Cygnus will continue development of cygwin32, targeting additional functionality, such as an integrated development environment, for the commercial release. - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".