From owner-freebsd-announce Tue Jan 14 15:40:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id PAA15924 for freebsd-announce-outgoing; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:40:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id PAA15919 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:40:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id PAA07295 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:40:26 -0800 (PST) To: announce@FreeBSD.org Subject: Who wants code development & validation tools for FreeBSD? Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:40:26 -0800 Message-ID: <7291.853285226@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Have you ever wanted a tool like "Purify" for FreeBSD but never dared to hope that some company might make a product like it available? Well, we were recently approached at USENIX by ParaSoft, Inc., a company which makes a Purify-like product called "Insure++" (so called because it handles both C and C++ code), and they indicated a strong interest in doing a FreeBSD version if a market could be shown to exist for it. They already provide products for Linux and BSD/OS, and if we want them to do a FreeBSD version then we now just need to LET THEM KNOW! ;-) In order to facilitate that process, Parasoft has even been kind enough to set up a special web page at: http://www.parasoft.com/forms/bsd/ If you're interested in the idea of buying Insure++ or CodeWizard, and there's even a place to signify how much you'd be willing to pay for them meaning you should *definitely* fill out the survey if you'd like to have some effect on the purchase price as well as the availability of of these products, please take a few minutes to visit this page and fill out the survey. Information on both products is also provided here. People often complain about the lack of commercial software for FreeBSD, well, now here's your chance to personally do something about that! It's also hard for me to overstate the importance of attracting commercial software vendors to FreeBSD. It's a little bit like choosing a restaurant you've never been to before: If you see a lot of people inside already eating then you're far more inclined to go in and join them. If the restaurant is empty, then you figure that something must be wrong with the food (even though it may be excellent) and you stay away. Please don't let that happen to FreeBSD; fill out ParaSoft's survey! :-) If you know any FreeBSD users who don't read the mailing lists or newsgroups and are interested in commercial development tools, please forward them the URL and help spread the word. Thanks! Jordan