Metrowerks Collaborates with Sun Microsystems to Provide Java Programming Tools in CodeWarrior Product for Macintosh; Apple's Macintosh Gets Internet Boost: Metrowerks to Ship Support for Java Language and Hot Java Browser in Market-Leading CodeWarrior Development Products

Business Wire, Nov 10, 1995

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1995--Metrowerks, Inc. (TSE, ME: MWK), the leading provider of Macintosh development tools, today announced that it will provide a suite of Java(TM) development tools, code-named Wired, for the Macintosh platform.

In addition, Metrowerks announced it intends to ship the first developer release of the Java tool suite in May, 1996.

The combination of Java, CodeWarrior and the Apple Macintosh makes for a powerful Internet development solution. Sun's Java allows Internet sites to fully incorporate motion and sound, real-time information updates, and user customization and feedback.

Apple's Macintosh family of personal computers is heralded as the multimedia development platform of choice, with Dataquest estimating 63% of multimedia content is developed on the Macintosh.

Metrowerks' CodeWarrior product line is the market-leading development environment for Macintosh, and is widely credited as a key factor in enabling hundreds of Macintosh developers to make a quick and easy transition to the RISC-based Power Macintosh line.

Winning Proposition For Macintosh Developers

"Sun is delighted that Metrowerks, the leading provider of professional programming tools for the Macintosh operating system, is creating tools for Java," said Eric Schmidt, chief technical officer at Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Metrowerks will help round out the Java suite for cross-platform Internet development."

"The Macintosh is the ideal platform for developers and users to launch into the exciting and media-rich new frontier of the Worldwide Web," said Greg Galanos, president and CEO, Metrowerks.

"Our proven experience with Macintosh development and our clear vision for next generation computing make Metrowerks the right company to bring the power of Java to the Macintosh."

"With the graphics and multimedia dominance Apple's Macintosh enjoys, and the growing presence of Macintosh systems on the Internet, it is no surprise that Internet development on the Macintosh is ripe with possibilities," said David Nagel, Apple senior vice president of worldwide research and development.

"Metrowerks' CodeWarrior 9 release, expected in May, 1996, with Sun's Java technology, will offer Macintosh developers even more tools and a rich environment to build leading-edge, graphically rich Internet applications."

Java Applets on Macintosh

Using Java, which is syntactically similar to C , developers can write custom mini-applications called applets. When integrated into the Internet's Web pages, applets can enable expert graphics rendering and real-time interaction with users, live information updating, and instant interaction with servers on the Internet. Applets are downloadable from any server and run safely on any platform.

Metrowerks will provide full Java support in its Mac-hosted CodeWarrior products. The company anticipates that the first developer release of Java for the Macintosh will be ready for CodeWarrior 9, which is expected to be available at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose, California in May 1996.

Company Information

Founded in 1985, Metrowerks develops, markets and supports a complete line of Macintosh-hosted computer language products for building Mac OS, Win95, WinNT, Magic Cap and BeBox applications. Metrowerks CodeWarrior software products have quickly become the industry standard for professional Mac-hosted development tools with over 28,000 registered users in 60 countries. Additional information on Metrowerks is available on the Internet at http://www.metrowerks.com, by sending email to info@metrowerks.com, or by calling 512/305-0400.

With annual revenues of $6 billion, Sun Microsystems, Inc., provides solutions that enable customers to build and maintain open network computing environments. Widely recognized as a proponent of open standards, the company is involved in the design, manufacture and sale of products, technologies and services for commercial and technical computing. Sun's SPARC workstations, multiprocessing servers, SPARC microprocessors, Solaris operating software and ISO-certified service organizations each rank No. 1 in the UNIX industry. Founded in 1982, Sun is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and employs more than 14,000 people worldwide.

CONTACT: Metrowerks, Inc.

Jean Belanger, 512/305-0409

blanger@metrowerks.com

or

Stirling and Cohan

Brooke Cohan, 415/513-0973

cohan@applelink.apple.com