Metrowerks Releases CodeWarrior for the BeBox

RELEASED APRIL 17, 1996

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Stacey Fields
Stirling & Cohen
(415) 513-0980
sfields@s-c.com

Jean Bélanger
Metrowerks, Inc.
(512) 873-4744
belanger@metrowerks.com

METROWERKS RELEASES CODEWARRIOR DEVELOPMENT TOOLS FOR THE BEBOX

AUSTIN, Texas-April 17, 1996-Metrowerks today announced the release of CodeWarrior for BeBox, the Be-native version of its award winning Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Developer Release One (DR1) of CodeWarrior for BeBox will be available starting April 22, at an introductory price of $149.

Last October, Metrowerks and Be, Inc. of Menlo Park, California announced that the two companies would collaborate in bringing the CodeWarrior environment to the Be Operating System (Be OS), a new multiprocessing, multithreaded operating system, ideal for media and communications-intensive applications. The Be OS is the heart of the BeBox personal computer, which makes use of multiple PowerPC microprocessors to simultaneously handle multiple audio sources (including digital audio, analog audio, and MIDI), multiple video sources, and communication with multiple Internet web sites-while at the same time handling capabilities such as file and database management, 3D computation and other functions.

"When we started late last year, we had great hopes for our relationship with Metrowerks. We're very happy to see the fruits of this relationship - the release of the Be-native release of the premiere C++ IDE, coincident with the new DR7 release of the Be OS," said Jean-Louis Gassée, president and chief executive officer of Be, Inc. "CodeWarrior for BeBox will please both existing and future Be developers."

Along with Macintosh and Windows, BeBox with the Be OS becomes the third announced host platform for CodeWarrior. The intuitive GUI-based CodeWarrior IDE has earned Metrowerks multiple awards, and won the loyalty of programmers all over the world. CodeWarrior is designed modularly, using a "front-end, back-end" architecture which allows Metrowerks to continuously add improved compilers, linkers and other tools, while maintaining a consistent environment for the programmer. This has enabled Metrowerks' well-accepted, three-times-a-year release schedule for CodeWarrior.

CodeWarrior for BeBox is written directly to the native Be OS application programming interface (API) and application framework. The IDE is multithreaded and enables concurrent compilation, which takes advantage of the multiple processors found in the BeBox to speed application building.

CodeWarrior for BeBox is a stand-alone product and will be available from Metrowerks on April 22, 1996. DR1 will include the Be-enabled CodeWarrior IDE, C and C++ compilers, linkers, sample code and classes, and online documentation. It will also include a source code cross-debugger which can be hosted on a network connected Macintosh.

DR1 features an introductory price of $149. Developers who purchase the DR1 release will also receive an extended set of updates, including all releases through CodeWarrior for BeBox 5. DR1 can be ordered directly from Metrowerks by calling 800-377-5416, or by sending e-mail to sales@metrowerks.com.

CodeWarrior for BeBox DR2 is scheduled for release in July, and will include the first release of the native Be OS source debugger among other features. DR2 will also feature the same low introductory price of $149, and will include updates to release DR3 through DR5.

DR3 is scheduled for release in October 1996, and will start the regular, three-releases-per-year update schedule common to all CodeWarrior professional tool products. CodeWarrior for BeBox will be updated on a October-February-June schedule from DR3 forward. DR3 will offered at a suggested retail price of $299.

Founded in 1985, Metrowerks develops, markets and supports a complete line of Macintosh-hosted computer language products for building Mac OS, Windows 95, Windows NT, Magic Cap and BeBox applications. Metrowerks CodeWarrior software products have quickly become the industry standard for professional Mac-hosted development tools with over 40,000 registered users in 60 countries. Additional information on Metrowerks and its products can be obtained by sending email to info@metrowerks.com, by calling (512) 873-4700, or via the Internet at http://www.metrowerks.com.

Metrowerks, the Metrowerks logo and CodeWarrior are registered trademarks of Metrowerks, Inc. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Be, BeBox and Be OS are trademarks of Be, Inc. All other companies and products may be trademarks of their respective holders and are hereby recognized.