AIS Releases XessLite4 Spreadsheet for Emerging Linux Market.CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 1998--Applied Information Systems (AIS) has released the XessLite4 Spreadsheet for the Linux desktop. The most powerful spreadsheet technology for UNIX systems Noun 1. UNIX system - trademark for a powerful operating system UNIX, UNIX operating system operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services is now available for Linux, the fastest-growing operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. market. AIS featured XessLite4 at its exhibit at the recent Linux Expo. XessLite4 is based on the award-winning XESS XESS X Engineering Software Systems Corp spreadsheet technology and provides powerful spreadsheet and charting capabilities tailored specifically to personal computing Refers to users working on their own computers rather than a terminal to a mainframe. Sometimes, the term refers to using computers at home for work and/or entertainment in contrast to business use only. See personal computer. on the Linux desktop. XessLite4 licenses are $49, $79 with printed manuals. The XessLite4 Spreadsheet is based upon XESS version 4.0 and supports 3-D workbooks, enhanced display and print formatting, international locales (including multibyte languages), Web enablement and a high level of compatibility with the Excel and Lotus spreadsheet products. XessLite4 is upwardly compatible with XESS 4.0 on Linux, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , OpenVMS and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. systems. "In 1994, AIS was one of the first companies to port its commercial products to the Linux operating system. We recognized that Linux needed high-quality applications to succeed as the alternative PC operating system," said Arthur Coston, president of AIS. "Now with XessLite4, AIS can cost effectively bring to personal users the benefits of AIS' extensive ongoing research and development in spreadsheet technology." The XessLite4 Spreadsheet for Linux can be downloaded for evaluation through http://www.ais.com or through various archive sites (networking) archive site - (Or "FTP site", "FTP archive") An Internet host where program source, documents, e-mail or news messages are stored for public access via anonymous FTP, Gopher, World-Wide Web or other document distribution system. . Trial versions of XESS 4.0 for various systems are also available for downloading. Applied Information Systems, with headquarters in Chapel Hill, is a 25-year-old supplier of software products and solutions. It specializes in multivendor integration applications and advanced client/server applications.
CONTACT: Applied Information Systems, Chapel Hill
Arthur Coston, 919/942-7801
919/493-7563 (fax)
Coston@ais.com
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