Tycoon Distribution

Currently, we distribute the Tycoon software on a case-by-case basis to research and development groups. Most of our current clients utilize Tycoon for system integration tasks (Examples).

If you are interested in using Tycoon for your own research and development work or for teaching purposes, please contact Florian Matthes with a description of your project objectives, project duration, expected project deliverables and an explanation of the role Tycoon should play in your project. Please also specify the Tycoon system version(s) you are interested in (SunOS4.1 and Sun Solaris 2.3 are the default). Based on this information we will set up an informal cooperation agreement that defines the terms and conditions under which you can utilize and distribute the Tycoon software.

Tycoon for Linux

• README
• Tycoon System
• Tycoon Libraries
• Tycoon Boot Files (optional, only for creating fresh stores)

• commenv/sunRpcServer.tm

Contents of the Distribution

The standard Tycoon distribution consists of the following components:

The Tycoon Maschine (Executable)

with Tycoon virtual memory store (TyMem)

The complete Tycoon System as an executable Tycoon Boot File

(Compiler, Top Level, Linker, Pretty Printer, ...)

The following Tycoon core libraries

(Interfaces and Modules as source code and object code):

• stdenv (base data types and und operating system independent services)
• bulkenv (bulk data types and iteration abstractions)
• machineenv (I/O, operating system access)
• svenv (StarView GUI gateway)
• newsenv (OpenLook NeWS GUI gateway, SunOS4.1, only)
• editenv (generic data visualization tools, browsers)
• sqlenv (gateway Tycoon / Ingres + Oracle)
• Tycoon exercises and solutions developed by DBIS for teaching purposes as well as several smaller demo program (benchmarks, compDemo, fideDemo, oasis, svenv_examples)

The DBIS group is not required to eliminate errors or malfunctions of the distributed system software, however, it offers its users the option to get access to later system versions of the above-mentioned system components as well as to further libraries developed by DBIS, e.g.

• compenv (compiler tools, scanner, parser, extensible grammars)
• commenv (platform-independent RPC communication)
• dbenv (predicative integrity control for bulk data structures)
• gdlenv (source code of the C++/Tycoon gateway generator)
• mailenv (gateway Tycoon/Post Office Protocol, Mail Gateway)
• authenv (gateway Tycoon / Kerberos, authentication services)
• wwwenv (HTML generators / parsers written in Tycoon)

The Tycoon system documentation consists exclusively of freely available scientific publications, technical reports and (German) masters theses which are all accessible electronically via the WWW. Additional Tycoon system components are distributed on specific request only.