[LI] SGI RELEASES POWERFUL TOOLS FOR LINUX SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

[Raj Mathur <raju@xxxxxxx>]

SGI RELEASES POWERFUL TOOLS FOR LINUX SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Sept. 17, 1999) - SGI (NYSE:SGI) announced today it
has released to the open source community Jessie, a next-generation
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) framework that will simplify and
accelerate the creation of Linux® applications.

Jessie provides comprehensive debugging and performance analysis tools in an
easy-to-understand, highly visual graphical user interface. The graphical
interface eliminates the need for employing command-line tools, a process
that is common in existing open source tools for Linux. In addition, Jessie
is capable of handling multiple executable commands simultaneously, allowing
developers to see the impact and interrelationships of commands on each
other.  This capability allows developers to find and correct errors earlier
in the development cycle.

The release of Jessie signifies SGI's ongoing commitment to release
technologies to the open source community that will advance the performance
and scalability of the Linux operating system. Jessie is available for
immediate download at SGI's Open Source Portal located at
http://oss.sgi.com.

"SGI continues to make noteworthy contributions to open source software,"
said Sandra Potter, research director, Linux services, The Aberdeen Group.
"Although there are commercial IDE offerings for Linux now, the respect SGI
garners from the technical community at large makes me believe that Jessie
is more than just the first open source IDE framework. Jessie should
encourage an even greater number of developers to begin using Linux as a
cross-platform development asset."

Jessie has been written to focus on scalability, providing multi-process and
multi-thread support for large applications. Within the architecture of a
single window, the free software has a highly intuitive user interface and
is able to handle multiple executables. Jessie is written in Java(tm) SMPT,
giving developers the broadest cross-platform support available. Jessie
supports C, C++, Assembler, Fortran and other languages that gdb, the
industry standard Linux debugger, supports.

Robert Dewar, president and CEO, Ada Core Technologies, announced that his
company will adapt the Jessie technology for use with the widely used GNAT
Professional Ada 95 technology. "There are a number of visual debugger
interfaces in use now, but Jessie is the first to seriously address the
issues of large scale multi-processor applications, which is a critical need
for large scale Ada applications."

SGI provides a broad range of high-performance computing and advanced
graphics solutions that enable customers to understand and conquer their
toughest computing problems. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., with
offices worldwide, the company is located on the Web at www.sgi.com.
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