Date:  Wed, 31 Oct 2001 18:07:04 -0500
From:  madodelatptdprolog.net
Subject:  [VOICENWS] OpenWatcom Watcom 11.0c beta

From: tamatgmx.de (Timo Maier) 

http://www.openwatcom.org/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information please contact:
SciTech Software, Inc.
(530) 894-8400
pressinfoatscitechsoft.com

SciTech Announces Watcom 11.0c Beta Release

Update Paves the Way for Massive Open Source Effort

Chico, Calif., September 27, 2001 -- SciTech Software, Inc. today
announced the beta release of the 11.0c update to the popular Watcomÿ
C/C++ and Fortran compilers. The patch includes a number of eagerly
anticipated fixes and enhancements and can be downloaded, free of charge,
from the Open Watcom web site at www.openwatcom.org. Support for the
update will be handled exclusively through the Open Watcom web site.

"This binary update will immediately aid thousands of active Watcom
developers," said Rob Veitch, Director of Business Development at Sybase ,
"This release shows Sybase's commitment to its customers and it
demonstrates that SciTech Software is up to the task of assuming the
leadership role in the Open Watcom development effort."

Jointly developed by Sybase, SciTech and a core team of Open Watcom
developers, the 11.0c update is the first new release of the Watcom
compilers in over three years. The Watcom 11.0c release is a prelude to
the to the forthcoming Open Source release.

"We're honored that Sybase selected SciTech to lead the Open Watcom
effort. This step represents a major milestone in that process," said
Kendall Bennett, SciTech's Director of Engineering.

About Open Watcom The Watcom C/C++ and Fortran products will be the first
mass market, proprietary compilers to be Open Sourced and, weighing in at
nearly three million lines of source code, will represent one of the
largest pools of commercial source code of any type ever released under an
Open Source license. Sybase, Inc. developed the original Watcom code and
SciTech Software, Inc. is the official maintainer of the project.

The Open Watcom project has stirred tremendous interest among developers
worldwide. Thousands have already joined the Open Watcom community at
www.openwatcom.org in order to use Open Watcom and contribute to its
further development.

Watcom supports software development in Windows, DOS, OS/2, Netware, QNX,
and other operating systems (a Linux version of Open Watcom is planned).
The Open Watcom web address is http://www.openwatcom.org.

About SciTech Software, Inc. SciTech Software, Inc. is the leading
supplier of PC graphics utilities, drivers, and tools for high-performance
graphics applications, including computer games. SciTech's products help
users fix graphics hardware problems and allow software developers to
achieve maximum performance from PC graphics hardware. SciTech's products
include SciTech Display Doctor, the only universal display driver, SciTech
GLDirect, an OpenGL to Direct3D driver and SciTech MGL, an Open Source,
professional graphics library used to develop some of today's most popular
software programs. SciTech products support the Windows, Linux, OS/2, DOS,
QNX, and SMX operating systems. Many major software companies and hardware
companies license portions of SciTech's technology for incorporation in
their products. SciTech is privately held and the company's Web address is
http://www.scitechsoft.com.

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Sybase and Watcom are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sybase Inc.
or its subsidiaries. All other company and product names mentioned may be
trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies with which
they are associated.

                           
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