1. About this document

This is the Linux Commercial-HOWTO. It contains a listing of commercial software which is available for Linux. The Commercial-HOWTO doesn't contain any information on Linux distributions -- this is covered by the Distribution-HOWTO.

This document was originated by Harald Milz <Harald.Milz@Linux.org>. It is now maintained by Martin Michlmayr <tbm@sypher.com>.

If you need to know more about the Linux Documentation Project or about Linux HOWTO's, feel free to contact the supervisor Greg Hankins <gregh@sunsite.unc.edu>.

Greg Hankins will post the listing to several national and international newsgroups on a monthly basis. In addition, the Commercial-HOWTO is available via FTP at ftp://ftp.sypher.com/tbm/HOWTO or can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.sypher.com/tbm/HOWTO.

The Commercial-HOWTO is not a forum for product announcements or marketing hype; it is a service for potential customers and the whole Linux community. Resellers will not be listed; the list is for companies who produce their software themselves. Two main goals are being aimed at:

• It shall help companies who want to run Linux to find software solutions and applications. The international distribution of this list will enhance the contact opportunity.
• It is meant to prove the commercial useability of Linux and thus to encourage other vendors to port their software as well.

Companies and developers who are offering their products for Linux and interested in joining the Commercial-HOWTO are invited to fill in the following form and contact me at tbm@sypher.com.

This HOWTO contains tabular entries for each product (example follows). The entry format is similar to the Linux Software Map (LSM) entry (field/stanza lengths are arbitrary). If you want me to add your entry please keep short, otherwise I'll have to shorten your data. Furthermore, please send me plain ASCII data; no HTML, no Postscript, and no MIME.

If you send me an entry for your product, please don't forget to send me timely updates if appropriate.

Name:

The name of your application.

Description: 

SHORT description of the package, just the basic functionality.

Licensing Policy:

Whatever applies.  Is there a free demo or shareware version available
via FTP or WWW?  Where?

OS Provisions:

Kernel version, XFree86 version, Motif version, RAM, harddisk usage, etc.

Documentation:

Printed documentation, page number, online help, language.

Extra Features and Add-Ons:

(and their prices)

Price Range:

Whatever it costs.

Vendor:

Address:
Phone: (U.S. and Canada: if you like to be reachable internationally,
       please don't enter only a 1-800 or 1-900 number)
Fax:
Contact:
EMail:
WWW: