LynuxWorks to License Apogee Aphelion IDE to Streamline Java Development for LynxOS and BlueCat Customers

SAN JOSÉ, Calif.—Dec. 3, 2001—LynuxWorks™ and Apogee Software today announced that Apogee's Aphelion Integrated Development Environment (IDE) will be offered to LynuxWorks' customers deploying Java applications on the LynxOS® real-time or BlueCat® Linux® operating systems. The IDE gives developers access to state-of-the-art Java technology and translates to time and cost savings for OEMs who want application portability and code re-use options as they develop and manage product life cycles. VeriFone Inc., a worldwide leader in electronic payment solutions and a major provider of point-of-sale terminals, will become the first company to use LynxOS with the Aphelion IDE to develop its new line of "Java-powered" Sapphire site controllers.

Aphelion is a comprehensive IDE for developing high-performance embedded Java and Java/C/C++ applications with deployment on Sun's Connected Device Configuration (CDC) and Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) Java2 Micro Edition (J2ME) Virtual Machines. Developed for embedded systems, Aphelion removes the obstacles hindering the use of Java for embedded systems such as: large run-time footprint, slow run-time execution, and non-deterministic behavior of Java applications when running on Virtual Machines. At the same time, Aphelion preserves and enhances the strengths that have contributed to Java platform's remarkable success on desktops and servers, such as the "write once and run everywhere" paradigm. The result is an extensive IDE that offers features not available in other Java IDEs.

"This agreement leverages the benefits of Sun's Java technology, Aphelion's advanced IDE capabilities and LynuxWorks' operating systems to provide our customers with best-of-breed technologies for our customers developing embedded products," said Bob Morris, vice president of marketing for LynuxWorks. "Java is being deployed in communications, office automation and consumer appliance markets where developers require the ability to rapidly add new features and evolve their products. By continuously seeking out extensible platforms and technologies for the markets we serve, we are better able to serve our customer needs with complete developer solutions as requirements continue to change."

"Aphelion and its ports of Sun's Virtual Machines to embedded processors running LynxOS and BlueCat Linux offer a winning combination to LynuxWorks customers that want to enter a fast growing market for Java-powered embedded devices," said George Malek, chairman and CEO of Apogee. "Apogee is excited about the opportunity to work with LynuxWorks on making the embedded systems running LynxOS and BlueCat Linux the platforms of choice for deployment of many kinds of Java applications."

The Apogee x86/LynxOS port of Sun's CDC J2ME Virtual Machine and Foundation Profile was certified by Sun as CDC J2ME Platform compliant. This is the first and, thus far, the only compliance certification awarded by Sun for a port of CDC J2ME Virtual Machine and Foundation Profile. This certified port is being deployed by VeriFone, Inc., a worldwide leader in electronic payment solutions and a major provider of point-of-sale terminals, in its new line of "Java-powered" Sapphire™ site controllers, thus making the port the first production deployment of the certified CDC J2ME VM and FP in the industry.

"The Apogee CDC J2ME VM gives our development effort several important advantages," said Brad McGuinness, director of engineering at VeriFone Inc.'s petroleum division. "First, because it's scalable for different applications, it allows us to take greater advantage of the 'write once and run anywhere' characteristic of Java across a greater potential range of embedded platforms. Second, because Aphelion supports space-optimization and ahead-of-time compiling of bytecodes, we have greater assurance that applications targeted for a given platform will perform as required. Finally, because CDC J2ME tracks more closely to Sun's Java roadmap, our applications can take greater advantage of innovations from Sun, third-party vendors, and the open-source community. We can now deliver better engineered software products to our customers faster, and those products will be more resistant to platform churn."

About Apogee

Founded in 1988, privately held Apogee Software, Inc. specializes in the development of high-quality programming tools for developing Java, C and C++ applications for embedded systems, and C, C++ and FORTRAN applications for SPARC desktops and servers. Apogee is located in Campbell, California. For more information, please visit www.apogee.com.

About LynuxWorks

LynuxWorks is a world leader in the embedded software market, providing operating systems, software development products and consulting services for the world's most successful communications, aerospace/defense, and consumer products companies. Established in 1988, the company is a founding member of the real-time operating systems (RTOS) industry, and a leading participant in the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC). LynuxWorks' headquarters are located in San José, California. The company's products include the open-source BlueCat Linux and the scalable, Linux-compatible LynxOS real-time operating system. World-class companies use LynuxWorks' products, including: 3Com, Alcatel, Boeing, Ericsson, Hewlett Packard, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, Marconi, Mitsubishi, Motorola, NEC USA, Raytheon, TRW and Xerox.

Java and other Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Aphelion is a trademark of Apogee Software, Inc. LynxOS is a registered trademark and BlueCat is a trademark of LynuxWorks, Inc. VeriFone and Sapphire are registered trademarks of VeriFone, Inc All other brand names and trademarks mentioned in this document are the properties of their respective holders.

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