Cygnus Support, founded in 1989, provides commercial support for free software. 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 Support has become the leading development organization of the GNU tools, contributing more than 50% of ongoing development. In addition to in-house development, Cygnus 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 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 frees up those resources by supplying products and services, which allows 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, combining the best of both.
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 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 makes sure that our customers' problems get solved the right way. No grungy little programs, no klugey fixes that don't generalize, no work-arounds that end up being features instead of temporary situations.