Berkeley, California-based Project Technology Inc is branching further out into the software development world, acquiring Objective Spectrum Inc, Cary, North Carolina in a share exchange. Project Technology, the home of the Shlaer-Mellor method, is after the BridgePoint C++ application development system that Objective markets. Objective claims BridgePoint C++ is the first tool to support re-generative automatic code generation. The ability to support software systems via graphical modelling and code re-generation is the cornerstone of the Shlaer-Mellor design principle. BridgePoint includes a model builder, code generator and verifier. Up on Hewlett-Packard Co, Sun Microsystems Inc and Silicon Graphics Inc boxes, the suite costs from $8,000 per user for 10 users. Objective founder and chief executive Mark Lloyd gets to be director of automation tools at Project Technology. The operation promises first jointly-developed products at the end of the summer, plus new analysis models. Project Technology, which has existing relationships with Cadre Technologies Inc and Scientific & Engineering Software Inc, is offering upgrade options to BridgePoint. Meanwhile Project Technology has appointed former vice-president and chief operating officer of Verilog SA’s Logiscope Technologies, Andy Gordon, to be its new president and chief executive. Project Technology and Objective, both privately-held concerns, claim to be in profit and are not seeking venture funds.
