Streamlined porting allows legacy embedded systems to embrace open standards benefits and POSIX conformance

SAN JOSE, Calif., — November 21, 2005— LynuxWorks™ today announced its partnership with MapuSoft to provide embedded system developers with a streamlined migration path to its LynxOS® real-time operating system (RTOS). Through the combination of MapuSoft's OS Changer® and OS Abstractor®, developers can now seamlessly port large amounts of legacy code from an older operating system (OS) to LynxOS to leverage the benefits of an open standards-based, POSIX-conformant embedded operating system that delivers high reliability, superior performance and real-time capabilities.

As the embedded market continues to evolve across numerous industries, including consumer electronics, industrial automation, military and aerospace and telecommunications markets, developers are migrating towards open standards-based solutions such as LynxOS. Open-standards software enables developers to save a significant amount of development time to focus on other aspects of the design process by simplifying portability and software reuse. By ensuring that all software is open standards-based, developers can ensure that hardware and software upgrades can be made seamlessly to reduce cost and development time and support future enhancements on other platforms. In addition, open standards deliver a long-term cost savings because customers can protect their investment and avoid the high cost barriers and time-to-market penalties that normally occur with changing operating systems.

"Our partnership with MapuSoft builds upon our commitment to offering developers the greatest ease and flexibility of reusing their previous work," said Inder Singh, CEO and chairman of LynuxWorks. "The shift towards open standards is very real and gaining tremendous momentum across all industries. System developers are realizing that being tied down to one vendor is cost prohibitive and ineffective. Open standards is the key to unlocking their design potential and giving them the freedom and flexibility to leverage the ever-growing world of open standards software to get to market faster and cheaper."

"We are proud to team up with one of the recognized embedded industry leaders such as LynuxWorks and enable developers to seamlessly migrate towards an open standard based product," said Raj Johnson, president and CEO of MapuSoft Technologies. "Our OS Changer and OS Abstractor are designed to quickly and easily port existing code without compromising the operating system, allowing developers to upgrade their system and lower their development costs."

About MapuSoft Technologies, L.L.C.

MapuSoft Technologies is the leading provider of embedded software solutions and services designed to protect software investment by increasing the customers' level of software reuse in product development. We are working hard to provide software that is practical, familiar, and economical. We provide full source code with no royalty fees. For more information on MapuSoft Technologies or any of our products, please contact us by phone at 251.665.0280 or e-mail.

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 technology leader in the real-time operating systems (RTOS) industry. LynuxWorks' headquarters are located in San Jose, California.

LynuxWorks press contacts

Kirsten Long Director, Marketing Communications LynuxWorks, Inc. USA +1 408-979-4404	Dave Reddy Weber Shandwick USA +1 650-868-4659	Peter van der Sluijs Neesham Public Relations Europe +44 1442-879222
Hamid Mirab Managing Director EMEA LynuxWorks Ltd. United Kingdom +44 208-906-9506	Elvia Soltero Weber Shandwick USA +1 408-685-0614

 

LynuxWorks is a trademark and LynxOS are registered trademarks of LynuxWorks, Inc. Other brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of the respective holders. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.