[1][2] Zinc targets both embedded (such as Wind River's VxWorks) and desktop platforms.
[3] This package allowed creation of text and graphics based user interface, initially only for DOS applications and since the 2.0 release also for Windows programs.
Zinc aimed at cross-platform development of the user interface supporting DOS, Windows, Mac and Unix.
[5] With the release of the version 5 in 1997, Zinc Software changed pricing policy and distributed "Personal Version" of the Zinc Application Framework free of charge for non-commercial use [6] - including source code and limited only by lack of technical support and distribution rights.
[7] Zinc Software was acquired in 1998 by Wind River and continued to operate as a subsidiary.