Reasoning Joins Embedded Linux Consortium as Founding Member; Leading Provider of Software Inspection Services Improves Quality in Embedded Open Source Applications

Business Wire, June 19, 2000

Business/High Tech Editors

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2000

Reasoning, Inc., the first ASP to offer automated software QA, today demonstrated its commitment to improving embedded software quality with its founding membership in the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC).

The ELC is a nonprofit, vendor-neutral trade association whose goal is the advancement and promotion of Linux throughout the embedded, applied, and appliance computing markets. Reasoning improves the quality of critical embedded software applications through its automated software inspection service that finds software defects at the source code level, dramatically improving software quality, accelerating software development cycles, and reducing the cost of building software.

"Increasingly, developers of Internet appliances, home networks, set-top boxes and other embedded applications are turning to Linux as the operating system of choice," said David Jones, president and CEO of Reasoning. "Software quality is vital for these proliferating embedded Linux applications not only because of the real-time issues in embedded software but also for the long-term growth and acceptance of Linux as an embedded platform. Reasoning is uniquely positioned to reach out to open source developers around the world via its ASP model to improve software quality through its automated software inspection services that detect critical defects early and cost effectively."

"High software quality is fundamental to the success of any Linux-related software application," said Murry Shohat, interim executive director of ELC. "Reliability is on everyone's top five embedded application requirements list. I am pleased that Reasoning, a leading provider of software quality services, has chosen to become a charter member of the Embedded Linux Consortium to further promote quality initiatives as the embedded Linux marketplace evolves."

About Reasoning's InstantQA

InstantQA finds defects that traditional testing misses, faster, earlier, and at much lower cost by using advanced automated software inspection technology, highly skilled software quality specialists, and a proven methodology. InstantQA finds defects:

-- Fast -- Analysis of a large software application is performed

in less than one week.

-- Without Test Cases -- Defects are found by looking at an

application's structure, which allows 100% code coverage and

does not require test case development.

-- Earlier and at Lower Cost -- Inspection is performed at the

source-code level, so defects are found earlier in the

software development cycle, when defect repair is much less

expensive.

-- Without Taxing In-house Resources -- Product-based software

testing tools require internal staff for installation and

maintenance. InstantQA eliminates this problem and provides

all the additional resources needed.

InstantQA finds a wide range of critical software defects in C and C . Java will be supported later this year. Results from an InstantQA engagement include a prioritized list of defects found in one or more software applications, with corresponding source code locations. Customers that use InstantQA benefit from fewer defects to locate during testing cycles, fewer defects that slip into production, and software that is more reliable.

About the Embedded Linux Consortium

Responding to the rising tide of interest in Linux for embedded applications, representatives from dozens of technology firms formed the ELC, a vendor-neutral trade association dedicated to advancing the depth, breadth and speed of Linux adoption in the enormous embedded computer market. In its first 75 days of operation, membership hit 75 (now at 89). The ELC offers free membership to developers who demonstrate their participation in the Open Source code base of the Linux operating system. More details about the ELC are available at www.embedded-linux.org.

About Reasoning

Reasoning, Inc. is a pioneering application service provider (ASP) that specializes in software quality and modernization. Since 1994, Reasoning has analyzed and improved more than 100,000 applications. The company has sales and services locations in North America, Europe, and Japan. Its clients include Global 2000 companies, commercial software developers, embedded systems companies, software services firms, and Internet companies. Reasoning is headquartered at 700 East El Camino Real, Suite 300, Mountain View, California, 94040. Contact Reasoning via telephone at 650/429-0350 or via its website at www.reasoning.com.

Reasoning, InstantQA, and the Reasoning logo are either trademarks and/or service marks of Reasoning, Inc. All other product or service names may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated.