Inprise/Borland Salutes Linux With a Series of Announcements at LinuxWorld
New On-line Linux Survey, New Linux Community on Company's Web Site and New Linux Track at Annual Developers' Conference
NEW YORK, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- At LinuxWorld, Inprise/Borland (Nasdaq: INPR - news) delivered several announcements as a part of its ongoing commitment to the Linux community. The company today announced a new Linux community on the Inprise/Borland Web site; a new on-line Linux Market Research survey for 2000; and a new Linux track at the company's annual developers' conference. The company also announced this week Linux versions of its Inprise Application Server 4.0 and VisiBroker 4.0.
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``With our recent Linux announcements, we are giving developers a unique opportunity to collaborate, share expertise and create world-class applications for the Linux operating system,' said Dale Fuller, interim president and CEO of Inprise/Borland. ``These new initiatives are the latest developments in Inprise/Borland's continuing commitment to the Linux platform and our ongoing effort to help Linux users leverage the power of the Web.'
The new community is another facet of Inprise/Borland's increasing dedication to the Linux platform. Inprise/Borland already announced a free download of JBuilder 3 Foundation, a pure Java development environment for Linux; Kylix, planned to be one of the first rapid application development (RAD) tools for the Linux platform is scheduled to be available in mid 2000; and a free download of the Linux Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler at www.borland.com.
The New Borland Linux Survey 2000 is a follow up to the Borland Linux survey conducted from July 9 through July 31, 1999. The first Borland Linux Survey was the largest public Linux Survey known to date -- generating over 24,000 unique survey submissions.
About BORCON 2000
BORCON 2000 is designed for corporate technologists, IT managers, independent software developers, system integrators and others interested in learning and discussing the latest issues in software development, deployment, and management. Created to help developers enhance their productivity and raise their competitive edge, the conference, which already hosts a track for Delphi, Java and C++ developers, will introduce the much-anticipated Linux Track this year in San Diego.
The 11th annual Inprise/Borland conference to be held in San Diego, CA, July 8-12, 2000.
Press and attendee registration for Inprise/Borland Conference 2000 is scheduled to begin in February 2000. For more information please visit borland.com.
About community.borland.com
The developer community site provides a forum for developers to communicate, collaborate and gain access to unique content. The site is a complete virtual community, bringing together people with diverse technical backgrounds and interests in a common forum. Members can also discuss current issues and events pertaining to the community in ``Street Talk,' visit the technology museum, participate in ``The Pulse,' an on-line survey to provide instant developer feedback, and share code with other members through ``Code Central.' The site is currently being previewed at community.borland.com.
About Inprise/Borland Corporation
Inprise/Borland is a leading provider of Internet access infrastructure tools and services for all major platforms, including Linux, Solaris and Windows. Founded in 1983, Inprise/Borland is headquartered in the Silicon Valley, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Inprise/Borland at borland.com, the community site at community.borland.com or call the company at 800-632-2864. |
