EiffelStudio 5.2 for Linux

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  
Eiffel Software Announces Release of EiffelStudio 5.2 for Linux;
Provides Ideal Way to Efficiently Build Business-Critical Systems on and
for Linux
 
Santa Barbara, California - (November 18, 2002) - Eiffel Software today
announced the release of EiffelStudioT for Linux.  EiffelStudio is the
flagship product of the company that created the Eiffel Development
FrameworkT, a simple and powerful system for developing robust,
scalable, reusable software applications.
 
Widely regarded as a thorough, well-planned programming language, the
Eiffel language serves as the foundation for the EiffelStudio
development environment.  Because of the efficiency of the language and
the powerful tools in the environment, EiffelStudio's users are
demonstrating that they can produce 2 to as much as 10 times as much
usable software in the same amount of time as they can using other
popular languages.  Eiffel has thus gained specific prominence in recent
years among developers and design team leaders in challenging enterprise
environments, as well as among independent development teams who create
high-quality applications for smaller- to medium-sized companies.
 
"With the release today of EiffelStudio 5.2 for Linux, we are building
on the enormous momentum we have experienced since the release of our
Windows version a few weeks ago," states Chris Ambarian, VP of Sales and
Marketing for Eiffel Software.  "The trend in the development market is
toward an open environment where developers need to write and run
applications on multiple platforms and systems.  With EiffelStudio,
developers and architects can solve a myriad of challenging situations
involving multiple languages and multiple platforms."
 
"We are especially pleased to be able to contribute to the gathering
support for easier multi-platform work in general, and for the Linux
platform in particular.  EiffelStudio brings to Linux developers the
most powerful, flexible and productive development environment available
on any platform, and makes it much easier now to develop serious
applications in Linux.  It is of course a huge benefit that the
applications developed in EiffelStudio on Linux can also be effortlessly
ported to almost any other platform with a few mouse clicks."
 
EiffelStudio 5.2 is Eiffel Software's most sophisticated offering for
Linux yet.  Functional improvements include:  
A faster, more efficient compiler
A completely redesigned EiffelBuild, Eiffel Software's cross-platform
GUI builder that enables developers to create applications that work
identically on different platforms
Major improvements to its already excellent debugger
Improved speed of roundtrip interactions between the CASE tool and
editor
Ability to call external tools easily from within EiffelStudio
 
Because of its openness, developing with EiffelStudio 5.2 is a great way
to create robust, reusable objects and libraries that can run on a wide
variety of platforms including Linux, Unix, VMS, Windows, and embedded
systems.  Eiffel Software also reports that EiffelStudio very naturally
supports many of the philosophies and practices found in XP and agile
programming.  Its native Design by ContractT feature makes it especially
easy to create code that developers can safely, reliably use to create
business-critical, virtually unbreakable applications.  
 
Availability:
 
The Enterprise Edition of EiffelStudio 5.2 is shipping to Eiffel
Software's existing customers in the next week.  Eiffel Software
indicates that a non-time-limited Free Edition download is available now
at their download site, http://www.eiffel.com/downloads, to allow new
users to preview the software at their leisure before purchasing.
Onsite training and consulting are also available on the Eiffel Software
website.

Eiffel Software (a division of ISE) is the world leader in Eiffel "true
object-oriented" programming tools.  Founded in 1985, Eiffel Software
produces proven professional tools and component libraries for
business-critical and enterprise software developments.  Eiffel
Software's products enable their customers to output more and
higher-quality software in less time than with any other development
tools available.  Its users span the globe, in industries ranging from
large financial institutions, to technology manufacturing, to government
and defense contractors, to health care providers and more.

Contact:  Bill Navickas, Director of Marketing, +1-805-685-1006 x101,
billn@eiffel.com.
 
Product or service names mentioned herein are trademarks of Eiffel
Software.

Bill Navickas
Eiffel Software 
billn@eiffel.com
805-685-1006 x101
http://www.eiffel.com