FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 

Interop Systems Contact: Bill Miller
President
Tel: 425-785-2456
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 Interop Systems Inc. launches new UNIX Tools Community website
in cooperation with Microsoft

BELLEVUE, WA, OCTOBER 8, 2002 – Interop Systems Inc., a leading publisher of add-on software for Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX technology, announced that its UNIX Tools Community website is now live at www.interopsystems.com/tools.  The site was developed for both community participation as well as a repository for tools and applications used to simplify managing a mixed Windows and UNIX environment. 

This site provides free downloads for common open-source tools used in both Services for UNIX 3.0’s Interix and Win32 environments.  It also includes FAQs, resource materials, and a forum where best practices can be shared and requests for additional tools can be made.  Over the next few months, more UNIX tools for Windows are being planned, with the goal of having a rich and comprehensive set of tools available to the community managing both environments.  “As we learn more from the community, we will be updating the site with fresh content and new features over time,” said Bill Miller, President of Interop Systems.

Users of Microsoft Windows that will benefit from this community include:

·       Users faced with a mixed UNIX and Windows environment that need more interoperability tools.

·       Users migrating their infrastructure or applications to the Windows platform from either UNIX or Linux.

·       UNIX Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) porting specialized applications to the Windows platform, at the request of their customers. 

“Microsoft is pleased to see the resources that Interop Systems is providing through its UNIX Tools Community to help customers interoperate Windows with UNIX,” said Doug Miller, director of Microsoft Solution for UNIX Migration at Microsoft Corp. “UNIX developers and system administrators that are new to the Windows platform tell us how important it is to have familiar tools in their new environment, and we are working with Interop Systems to help provide those necessary resources.” 

 About Interop Systems (www.interopsystems.com)

Interop Systems specializes in extending the tool set for the Interix technology included with Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.0, with additional components to fully integrate UNIX applications with the Microsoft Windows platform.  These include: Interop X Server (powered by Hummingbird), Motif Development Kit, OpenGL Development Kit and X11R6 Development & Runtime Environment.

 Interop Systems also manages the Interix ISV Program on behalf of Microsoft for independent software vendors who are using Interix technology for their Windows applications.

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