Linux Commercial-HOWTO

Linux Commercial-HOWTO
Harald Milz, [email protected]
12 April 1995

This document contains commercial software and applications which are
offered for Linux. It is maintained by Harald Milz
(http://www.ix.de/ix/editors/hm.html) ([email protected]).

1. Introduction

This is the Linux Commercial-HOWTO. It contains commercial application
software which is available for Linux. The Commercial-HOWTO will not
contain Linux distributions and related stuff -- that's what the
Distribution-HOWTO is for.

This HOWTO will contain tabular entries for each product (example
follows). The entry format is similar to the new Linux Software Map
(LSM) entry (field/stanza lengths are arbitrary). Please: KEEP SHORT.
Otherwise I'll have to shorten your data, and I hate work. ;-)

Description:
SHORT description of the package, just the basic functionality

Distribution Media:
diskettes, CD-ROM, tapes or others

Licensing Policy:
whatever applies. is there a free demo or shareware version
available via FTP? Where?

OS Provisions:
kernel version, XFree86 version, Motif version, RAM and harddisk
usage

Documentation:
printed documentation, page number, online help, language

Product Support:
update service, maintenance, training and prices thereof

Linux Support:
if you bundle a complete Linux system with your software, which
kind of support do you offer for the operating system? prices?

Extra Features and Add-Ons:
and their prices

Available Since:
the date you started shipping the Linux version

Countries with Distribution:
if you ship in too many countries to name them all, naming
regional distribution channels is okay.

Price Range:
whatever it costs

Installed Base:
how many copies of the Linux version did you sell? (This piece
of information will be kept secret if you wish. I'd just like to
know what's going on... thank you.)

Vendor:

address
phone
fax
e-mail address
contact person

I'll post the list to several national and international newsgroups on
a monthly basis. In addition, the Commercial-HOWTO is available via
FTP (ftp://ftp.ix.de/pub/ix/Linux/docs/HOWTO) (the latest and
greatest, ASCII, DVI, Postscript and HTML formats) and will be
uploaded to sunsite.unc.edu
(ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO) if there were changes.
WWW users can access the document at URL
http://www.ix.de/ix/linux/Commercial-HOWTO.html
(http://www.ix.de/ix/linux/Commercial-HOWTO.html) (mirrored at
http://fvkma.tu-graz.ac.at/howto/Commercial-HOWTO.html
(http://fvkma.tu-graz.ac.at/howto/Commercial-HOWTO.html)).

There is a french version of sections 1, 2 and 3 available via WWW
(ftp://ftp.ix.de/pub/ix/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Commercial-HOWTO.French.html)
(outdated).

The Commercial-HOWTO is not a forum for product announcements or
marketing hypes and no ad space -- it is a service to customers.
Resellers will not be listed -- the list is for companies who produce
their software themselves. Two main goals are being aimed at:

1. 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.

2. 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 via e-mail ([email protected] (mailto:[email protected]),
preferred) or fax (+49 (0)511/5352-361). If you happen to know a
company which does, please drop me a note. If you send me an entry for
your product(s), please don't forget to send me timely updates if
appropriate.

2. Disclaimer

I will not select nor deselect any particular product. Instead,
everyone who wants to have his/her product included will be serviced.
However, I reserve the right to shorten individual entries to keep
things concise.

If you don't find a particular product or vendor in this list, this is
probably due to one of the following reasons:

o I never heard of that product or vendor and thus didn't try to get
in contact.

o I did get in contact, but the vendor didn't answer yet.

o I did get in contact, but the vendor stated positively that he
doesn't sell his product for Linux (yet).

In any case, please kick me if you feel someone's missing, also if you
discover any errors in the file. But don't forget: I'm not being paid
for that job ;-) .

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.

3. Related Information

There's another html page which covers commercial Linux software too.
It is provided by LINUX.ORG.UK
(http://www.linux.org.uk/LxCommercial.html) and maintained by Alan Cox
(mailto:[email protected]).

4. Marketing aspects of commercial Linux applications

This section was suggested by (Orest Zborowski
(mailto:[email protected])) and 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 Public License (ftp://ftp.ix.de/pub/ix/Linux/docs/COPYING-2.0).
I'd appreciate anyone who wants to share his/her experience with
Linux-specific marketing issues to send me some lines. Please make
sure that people interested in more specific items can contact you via
e-mail or fax.

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 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 any of
those guys being impolite -- just make sure you read the respective
documentation first...

The persons doing the Linux port should know where to get vital
information in case of problems. The Linux Documentation Project
(http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/INDEX.html) offers plenty
information about all and everything and the kitchen sink. The Linux
INFO-SHEET (http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/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 as
sunsite.unc.edu (ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux) or tsx-11.mit.edu
(ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux) and their legion mirrors.

It appears that the main 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. However, you may as well expect problems to be solved much
faster in the Linux community than by commercial Unix vendors. For
example, the /bin/login bug allowing people to log onto Unix hosts as
root without entering a password was solved in a fortnight under
Linux, whereas IBM shipped AIX with the broken /bin/login for another
couple of months.

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 force the customer not to
change parts of the OS so that problems are unlikely to occur at a
later time.

The GNU Public License (ftp://ftp.ix.de/pub/ix/Linux/docs/COPYING-2.0)
(GPL) contains no restriction in terms of marketing products developed
with GNU tools as the GNU 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. In case of doubts, you might want to contact the
Free Software Foundation (mailto:[email protected]).

Pricing: Well, there are three major philosophies around. 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
everything for free ;-). Others (seriously interested customers, i.e.
business people) know 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. It is
true that Linus Torvalds (mailto:[email protected]) 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 1.0.9 or 1.2.0
being good choices), 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 and its peripherals.

Last not least, don't forget that university and college students who
are the majority of Linux users worldwide are the decision makers of
tomorrow. If you offer them a reasonably priced product for their
beloved operating system today, there's little question what they will
choose tomorrow.

5. Migrating to ELF format

On March 28, 1995, H.J. Lu (mailto:[email protected]), the maintainer of
the binary distributions of GCC and LIBC, posted in
comp.os.linux.announce:

Hi,

In the next few weeks, Linux will move to the ELF binary format. A
new set of the ELF-based development tools will be released for
testing during the week of March 27. All the new binaries generated
by the new development tools will be in ELF. We have compiled the
kernel, XFree86 3.1.1 and many packages in ELF. They are all working
fine. The next module utilities will also support ELF.

In the meantime, a new and last a.out DLL shared C library 4.7.x will
also be provided for bug fixing. All the old a.out binaries should
continue running fine. But all the new features will only be in the
Linux C library 5.x.x which will be in ELF only.

To help smoothly transfer to ELF, I hope the commercial software
vendors please get in touch with me. I will provide all the necessary
supports to migrate to ELF, which should be very easy. I'd like
to see the ELF versions of Motif, Netscape, Mac emulator, ...
to just name a few. I have some documentations and examples which
are useful for using ELF.

Thanks.

H.J

6. Product Groups

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

6.1. Databases

Database products are well appreciated, even under Linux ;-)

6.1.1. 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:
Sep 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: +49 6104/6477
Fax: +49 6104/65250
Mailbox: +49 6104/5022

Entered:
April 6, 1995

6.1.2. 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
(ftp://ftp.wimsey.com/pub/linux/d-isam)

Installed Base:

Vendor:

Byte Designs Ltd
20568 - 32 Avenue
Langley, BC V3A 4P5, Canada
Phone: +1 (604) 534-0722
Fax: +1 (604) 534-2601
Contact: Heinz Wittenbecher
E-mail: [email protected]

Entered:
Sep 08, 1994

6.1.3. 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
(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: +49 (0)89/6417904
Fax: +49 (0)89/6412974
E-Mail: [email protected]
Contact: Dorte Balek

North America:
WorkGroup Solutions, Inc
PO Box 460190
Aurora, CO 80046-0190, USA
Phone: +1 (303) 699-7470
Fax: +1 (303) 699-2793
E-Mail: [email protected]
Contact: Virginia Lane

Entered:
Sep 19, 1994

6.1.4. Just Logic/SQL Database Manager

Description:
The Just Logic/SQL Database Manager is a complete ANSI SQL
database system. It includes a complete set of libraries,
utilities and database engine for developing C and C++
application. It comes with a choice of three programming
interfaces: a C precompiler, a C API interface and a C++ SQL
class. In november Just Logic Technologies will release a
client-server version permitting Windows, Mac and Unix
applications to access a remote server on Linux across TCP.

Distribution Media:
Diskettes.

Licensing Policy:
Unlimited runtime licence of applications.

OS Provisions:
SLS 1.0, 300 K RAM and 1.1 Meg Hard disk space usage.

Documentation:
User reference manual (150 pages) + Unix version reference
guide.

Product Support:
Phone hotline. ($2.00 per minute charge for technical support,
first minute is free.)

Linux Support:
same.

Extra Features and Add-Ons:
Fully compatible versions on other UNIXes, DOS, Windows and
OS/2.

Available Since:
August 94

Countries with Distribution:
The product is shipped from the Montreal office to all
countries.

Price Range:
The Linux release is priced at 195.00 $US plus $10 shipping and
handling to US and Canada ($35 other countries)

Installed Base:

Vendor:

Just Logic Technologies Inc.
P.O. Box 63050
40 Commerce St.
Nun's Island, Quebec H3E 1V6, Canada
Phone: +1 (800) 267-6887 (toll free USA and Canada)
+1 (514) 761-6887
Fax: +1 (514) 642-6480 (has voice-fax autodetection)
E-mail: [email protected]

Entered:
Sep 08, 1994

6.1.5. 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: +49 (0)40/609 90 18
Fax: +49 (0)40/603 98 51
E-Mail: [email protected]
Contact: Detlef Meyer

Entered:
Sep 19, 1994

6.1.6. /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
(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: +1 (408) 429 6229
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact: Evan Schaffer

Entered:
April 7, 1995

6.1.7. Veritas

Description:
Veritas is a system for German drinks wholesalers
("Getraenkegrosshaendler"). It's based on Onyx which is my 4gl
and database project, which of course stays under the GNU Public
License 2.0 (ftp://ftp.ix.de/pub/Linux/COPYING-2.0). Ftp to
wowbagger.pc-labor.uni-bremen.de (ftp://wowbagger.pc-labor.uni-
bremen.de/pub/unix/databases) if you like to take a look at
Onyx.

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,
Bruchverguetung, 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 (http://www.suse.de/gpl-ger.html), 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: +49 (0)421/87 55 00
V32bis: +49 (0)421/87 05 32
Fax: +49 (0)421/87 55 51
E-Mail: [email protected] (company)
[email protected] (private)

Entered:
Sep 08, 1994

6.1.8. Yard SQL

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

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

o YARD-ESQLC -- Embedded SQL for C.

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

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

o 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 ([email protected]), 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: +49 (0)22 03/45 71 30
Fax: +49 (0)22 03/45 71 31
E-Mail: [email protected]
Contact: Thomas Schonhoven ([email protected])

Entered:
Sep 24, 1994

6.2. Data Visualisation, CAD

CAD tools, renderers, OCR software and such stuff.

6.2.1. 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
(ftp://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: +1 (415) 322-0103
Fax: +1 (415) 322-1734
E-mail: [email protected]

Entered:
Aug 26, 1994

6.2.2. 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, e-mail, 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: +1 (703) 385-0700
Fax: +1 (703) 385-4637
E-Mail: [email protected]

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Sep 08,1994

6.2.3. 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
(sunsite.unc.edu://pub/Linux/X11/xapps/graphics/draw/siscadp1.3-3.tar.gz).
On diskette and CD-ROM available from several Linux distributors
(i.e. CDs with sunsite mirrors. hm)

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 e-mail, 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: +49 (0)911/3080-691
Fax: +49 (0)911/3080-692
BBS: +49 (0)911/3080-609, login: info, password: gast
E-Mail: [email protected]
Contact: Helmrich Streitmatter

Entered:
Sep 19, 1994

6.2.4. 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. hm)

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

Installed Base:

Vendor:

Amtec Engineering, Inc
PO Box 3633
Bellevue, WA 98009-3633, USA
Phone: +1 (206) 827-3304 (800-676-7568 in US/Canada)
Fax: +1 (206) 827-3989
E-Mail: [email protected]
Contact: Tom Chan

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Sep 24, 1994

6.3. Development tools

Compilers, development environments and so on.

6.3.1. 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: +1 (216) 871-8855
Fax: +1 (216) 871-9011
E-Mail: [email protected] (for orders)
Contact: Joseph O'Toole (for orders)

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Sep 23, 1994

6.3.2. 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
(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
[email protected] (mailto:[email protected]).

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: +1 (408) 749-0702
Contact: Richard Man or Christina Willrich
E-mail: [email protected]

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April 10, 1995

6.3.3. 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: +1 (805) 685-1006
Fax: +1 (805) 685-6869
E-mail: [email protected]

Entered:
Sep 09, 1994

6.3.4. 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.metacard.com (ftp://ftp.metacard.com/MetaCard) and
ftp.uu.net (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: +1 (303) 447-3936
Fax: +1 (303) 499-9855
E-Mail: [email protected]
Contact: Scott Raney

Entered:
Sep 20, 1994

6.3.5. tgdb

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

Distribution Media:
Anonymous ftp, available as source
(ftp://sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/devel/debuggers/tgdb-1.0.src.tgz)
package or Linux binary
(ftp://sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/devel/debuggers/tgdb-1.0.srcbin-
linux.tgz) 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: +49 (0)6894/87 00 41
Fax: +49 (0)6894/87 00 44
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Michael Schumacher

Entered:
Sep 09, 1994

6.3.6. 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:
1) 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.
2) Commercial 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: 800 285 5124 or +1 512 452 9455
Fax: +1 512 452 1721
E-mail: [email protected]
www: http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk/Tower/

Entered:
April 5, 1995

6.4. Network Management

Network management tools that are Linux based can save quite a bit on
your budget ;-)

6.4.1. 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: +39 11 746092
Fax: +39 11 746487
Contact: Enrico Badella
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]

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November 1, 1994

6.5. Text Processing

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

6.5.1. 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.uu.net
(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:
$99.99 without printed manuals. Printed user manual can be
purchased at an additional $40.00

Installed Base:

Vendor:

VITAL SOLUTIONS INC
4109 Candlewyck Drive
Plano, TX 75024, USA
Phone: +1 (214) 491-6907
Fax: +1 (214) 491-6909
E-Mail: [email protected]
Contact: Gigi Mehrotra

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Sep 20, 1994

6.5.2. 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: +49 (0)2408/9455-53
Fax: +49 (0)2408/9455-15
Contact: Mr.Sohn

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6.6. X Windows related stuff

Alternative X Windows servers, widget sets, window managers.

6.6.1. 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: +1 (305) 938-0283
Fax: +1 (305) 938-1982
E-Mail: [email protected] (general info)
Contact: Holly Robinson ([email protected], other questions & orders)

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Sep 19, 1994

6.6.2. 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
(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 (
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: +1 (303) 384-9999
Fax: +1 (303) 384-9778
E-mail: [email protected]

Europe:
Delix Computer GmbH
Hasenbergstr. 113
D-70176 Stuttgart, Germany
Phone: +49 711/636 22 20
Fax: +49-711/636 22 30
E-mail: [email protected]

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April 7,1995

6.7. Other Software

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

6.7.1. 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 [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) 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: +49 89 669678
Fax: +49 89 669579
Contact: Wolfgang Hamann

Scandinavian customers and e-mail:
Jerker Elsgard
MIDIBIT AB
Box 161
S-618 23 KOLMARDEN, Sweden
Phone/Fax: +46 11 391663
Contact: Jerker Elsgard
E-mail: [email protected]

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April 5, 1995

6.7.2. 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: +49 (0)241/31430
Fax: +49 (0)241/31499

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6.7.3. 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
(ftp://daisy.uwaterloo.ca/pub/maple). Free mailing list
available ([email protected]).

Available Since:
September 94

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: +1 (519) 747-2373
Fax: +1 (519) 747-5284
email: [email protected]

Germany, Switzerland and Austria:
Scientific Computers GmbH
Franzstr. 106
D-52064 Aachen, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)241/26041
Fax: +49 (0)241/44983
E-Mail: [email protected]
Contact: Monika Germ

Entered:
Sep 19, 1994

6.7.4. 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: +49 6196/56 06-0
Fax : +49 6196/56 06-66
Contact : Chris Chirila

Entered:
April 6, 1995

6.7.5. 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 (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 (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: +49 (0)30/89604-195
Fax: +49 (0)30/89604-125
E-Mail: [email protected]
Contact: H.Melenk

Entered:
Sep 28, 1994

6.7.6. 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: +49 (0)2644/97003-0
Fax: +49 (0)2644/97003-32
Contact: Gisela Buechner (Marketing)

Entered:
Sep 19, 1994

6.7.7. 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
[email protected]. 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: [email protected]

Entered:
April 5, 1995

6.8. 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.

6.8.1. 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 at sunsite.unc.edu
(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 \*(dR459
CYCLOM-8YO \*(dR549
CYCLOM-8YB \*(dR599
CYCLOM-8YB+ \*(dR699
CYCLOM-16Y/DB25 \*(dR794

Promotion for resellers only (first-time buyer):
CYCLOM 8YS \*(dR99
CYCLOM-8YO \*(dR199
CYCLOM-16Y/DB25 \*(dR399

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: +1 (510) 770-9727 or (800) 347-6601
Fax: +1 (510) 770-0355
E-Mail: [email protected]
Contact: Doris Li (Sales and Marketing).

Entered:
Sep 24, 1994

7. 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
E-mail
Contact
Type of support (via phone, e-mail, inhouse, training etc.)
sample prices

7.1. Companies

The following list is virtually alphabetically sorted.

o ARIS Technology, Inc.

Mississippi Research & Technology Park, Suite 204

Starkville, MS 39759, USA

Phone: +1 (615) 325-2319

Fax: +1 (615)323-3726

Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

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 (http://www.aris.com)

o ClearVu TWS

95 Clearview Drive

Christiansburg, VA 24073, USA

Phone: +1 (703) 231-3938

Email: Thomas Dunbar (mailto:[email protected])

Sample prices: email/phone USD70/hr; inhouse USD70/hr + traveling
expenses

Speciality: custom typesetting systems

o Couvares Consulting

146 Mill Lane

Amherst, MA 01002, USA

Phone: +1 (413) 253-2589

Email: [email protected]
(mailto:[email protected])

Contact: Peter F. Couvares

Type of support: We offer phone/email support, installation,
ongoing administration, training, and specialized consulting for
free software and Linux (and other UNIX) systems.

Sample prices: USD40/hour commercial, USA20/hour nonprofit, sliding
scale for personal

o Gregg Weber

1076 Carol Lane #3

Lafayette, CA 94549, USA

Phone: +1 (510) 283-6264

E-mail: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

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-Windoze, X-Windows, Novell, Lantastic,
internet email

o Frontier Internet Services Limited

Allied House

45 Hatton Garden

London EC1N 8EX, England

phone +44 (0)171 242 3383

fax +44 (0)171 242 3384

Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

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

o LEMIS

Schellnhausen 2

D-36325 Feldatal, Germany

Phone: +49 (0)66 37/91 91 23

Fax: +49 (0)66 37/91 91 22

E-mail: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Contact: Greg Lehey

Type of support: Phone, Email, inhouse

Sample prices Hotline: DEM 3 per minute or part thereof; Contract:
DEM 150/hour
o Michael Koehne

Bremer Strasse 117

D-28816 Brinkum, Germany

Phone: +49 (0)421 / 87 55 00

Fax: +49 (0)421 / 87 55 51

E-mail: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
(private)

Type of support: N/A

Sample prices: N/A

Specialities: Linux installation for database or internetworking
use. OS/2 and WfW conectivity. Applications for
Getraenkegrosshaendler, Buchhandlungen, Wasserwirtschaftsaemter.

o Randysoft Software

286 Cresta Vista Way

San Jose, CA 95119, USA

Phone: +1 (408) 229-0119

E-mail: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

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.

o Signum Support AB

Box 2044

S-580 02 Linkoping, Sweden

Phone: +46 (0)13 21 46 00

Fax: +46 (0)13 21 47 00

E-mail: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Contact: Magnus Redin (mailto:[email protected]), Inge Wallin
(mailto:[email protected])

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
o The Silk Road Group, Ltd.

13628 Bent Tree Circle #201

Centreville, VA 22020, USA

Phone: +1 (703)222-4243

Fax: +1 (703)222-7320

Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Contact:Tim Bass

Sample Prices: N/A

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.
Clients included fortune 1000 corporations and the US government.
http://www.silkroad.com/ (http://www.silkroad.com/)

o Systems Software

22 Irvington Cres

Willowdale, On, Canada M2N 2Z1

Phone: +1 (416) 225-1592

Email: Drew Sullivan (mailto:[email protected])

Sample prices: $90 Canadian/hour

Specialities: Unix Systems & Internet Consulting

o Sytek s.r.l.

Via Cernaia 14

I-10122 Torino, Italy

Phone: +39 11 9884111

Fax: +39 11 9951487

E-mail: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]), [email protected]
(mailto:[email protected])

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).

o Wizvax Communications

1508 Tibbits Ave
Troy, NY 12180 USA

Phone: +1 (518) 273-4325

Fax: +1 (518) 271-6289

Contacts: Richard Shetron (mailto:[email protected])
(owner/manager), Stephanie Gilgut (mailto:[email protected])
(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.