OREM, UT -- Caldera International Inc. (Nasdaq: CALD) Tuesday announced its Professional Services group will work with Intel to develop support of FORTRAN 95 for both IA32 and the Intel(R) Itanium(TM) Architecture in the GNU Debugger (GDB). Working with Intel, Caldera Professional Services is developing and testing code, which will be open sourced and made available to the official GDB tree. Upon its completion, the GDB code will enable FORTRAN compiler customers to debug all FORTRAN applications effectively. Previously, users of GDB have only been able to debug some FORTRAN applications. The enhanced GDB will also accelerate FORTRAN application porting to Pentium and Itanium processors by speeding up the debugging process. "Up to this point, support for FORTRAN in the GNU Debugger has been limited," said David Taylor, vice president, Professional Services for Caldera. "Caldera's custom engineering will significantly increase the quality and extent of FORTRAN support in GDB. We are delighted that Intel selected Caldera to perform this work. It validates our strong track record and capability to execute in-depth custom Linux projects, and benefits customers and the Open Source community." "Demands for modernization of GDB are growing among ISVs, large end-users and Intel OEMs," said Jon Khazam, director of performance tools operation in Intel's Solutions Enabling Group. "Historically, debugging has been one of the areas of least satisfaction among Linux developers and Intel is pleased to assist Caldera in this effort." "An enhanced GDB Fortran debugger for Linux is an essential tool for SGI's high performance customers," said Paul McNamara, vice president, Marketing Product Management, SGI. "Coupled with the Intel compilers, the Caldera debugger will provide a more complete set of tools for SGI's Itanium customers." For more information visit www.caldera.com/consulting