ADVISORY/Reasoning Proposes Best Practices Testing Guidelines at Embedded Linux Consortium Forum at Embedded Systems Conference

Business Wire, April 6, 2001

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ADVISORY...for Monday (April 9)

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.

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Agreement Made to Provide Software Inspection Service to

DevelopOnline Users

Reasoning, Inc., the first development environment service provider (DESP) to offer automated software inspection services, today announced that it will propose that the Embedded Linux Consortium develop best practices guidelines on testing open source embedded software at its Technical Interests Forum at Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco next week. Lawrence Markosian, Reasoning's senior product manager, will offer the proposal to the consortium's forum on Monday, April 9, which will be led by David Mandala, CTO of DevelopOnLine.com. Following the forum, Reasoning, a founding member of the Embedded Linux Consortium, is co-sponsoring the consortium's member reception and first annual meeting.

During the conference, Reasoning will also announce its agreement with DevelopOnline under which Reasoning will provide its automated software inspection service to DevelopOnline users. (See related release: "Reasoning's InstantQA(SM) Automated Software Inspection Service Goes Online For DevelopOnline Users," April 10.) In addition on the Embedded Systems Conference exposition floor, the company's software quality experts will demonstrate how its InstantQA(SM) can help developers meet shorter delivery timeframes without compromising quality standards.

What:           Embedded Linux Consortium Technical Interests Forum
Where:          Grand Hyatt Hotel on Union Square, Conference Level
When:           Monday, April 9, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Exposition:     Embedded Systems Conference, Reasoning, Booth No. 139
                Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, CA
                Tuesday, April 10, 1:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
                Wednesday, April 11, 9:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
                Thursday, April 12, 9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

About Reasoning

Reasoning, Inc., is a pioneering development environment service provider (DESP) that specializes in software quality. Since 1996, Reasoning has analyzed and improved more than 100,000 applications and a billion lines of code. Reasoning's automated inspection service complements traditional testing and is particularly useful for embedded development because it is hardware-independent, does not require test cases, and can be used at the source code level, before the code is complete. 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, and software services firms. Reasoning is headquartered at 700 East El Camino Real, Suite 300, Mountain View, California, 94040. Contact Reasoning at (650) 429-0350 or 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.