Software AG, which reckons it’s still the biggest software company in the world, has licensed Netwise Inc’s Remote Procedure Call technology. The companies say their relationship will provide Software AG with Netwise code generation technology and network libraries to develop distributed applications across heterogeneous systems and networks. It will use Netwise’s RPC technology to extend the networking capabilities of its Entire series of client-server products while increasing the number of systems on which its Net-Work product line is available. Meanwhile Netwise has extended its RPC for IBM Corp mainframes to support MS-DOS and local area networks. It has added support for the Novell Inc SNA Gateway. The new version will be available at the end of this month at prices that will vary according to the system supported. Next quarter, the Munich company says it intends to provide the same micro-to-mainframe link for Windows 3.0 environments.
