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About Cygnus Solutions

Founded in 1989, Cygnus Solutions provides commercial support for the free software with GNU tools and leads in the development of the tools.

Why free software? Free software is fast, powerful, and more portable than its proprietary counterparts. It evolves faster because users who want to make improvements are free to do so.

Cygnus Solutions has become the leading development organization of the GNU tools, contributing more than 50% of ongoing development. In addition to in-house development, Cygnus Solutions leverages the increasing cumulative pool of functionality available as public domain software on the Internet, creating a virtual community of developers. Building upon and contributing to this effort, Cygnus Solutions raises the level of functionality available to the entire industry.

The problem with free software has always been that your company’s programmers and engineers must spend time maintaining the tools as well as using them, which ties up company resources. Cygnus Solutions frees up those resources by supplying products and services, allowing you to use state-of-the-art tools without the problems of maintenance. You can now choose to use free software and get the advantages of powerful and prompt support.

Our team of experienced engineers include the leading architects for G++, GDB, GAS, and BFD. We use one of the most comprehensive bug-reporting and tracking software tools in the business, PRMS.

Because all our improvements are also free software, you can distribute them widely within your organization, or to your customers, without extra cost. No unwieldy licenses to manage, and no worries about buying extra copies.

Cygnus Solutions intends to solve customers’ problems instead of merely providing quick fixes and temporary solutions.

For more information regarding Cygnus Solutions, see the following documentation.

- WHAT IS FREE SOFTWARE?
- CYGNUS SOLUTIONS AND THE FSF
- HOW TO CONTACT CYGNUS SOLUTIONS