ActiveState & O'Reilly Deepen Partnership; Safari Electronic Reference Library Added to ASPN.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2003 ActiveState(R) Corp. and O'Reilly & Associates today announced the launch of Safari Bookshelf, a leading technical reference library, now accessible within the redesigned ActiveState Programmer Network(TM) (ASPN ASPN ActiveState Programmer Network ASPN American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons ASPN American Society of Pediatric Nephrology ASPN Active State Programmer Network ASPN Active Server Pages Network ) website. Safari is available with ActiveState's ASPN Perl(TM) and ASPN Tcl(TM) programming bundles, adding a broad range of online books to the only comprehensive collections of Perl and Tcl tools and resources. ASPN Perl and ASPN Tcl equip programmers with professional tools and a wealth of technical content such as: code archives, news feeds, mailing lists, cookbook recipes, and now Safari Bookshelf, all integrated within a centralized online, searchable repository. Safari Books Online is a joint venture between the industry's leading IT publishers The Pearson Technology Group and O'Reilly & Associates. Safari Bookshelf is a fully searchable electronic reference library Electronic Reference Library (ERL) is a client to server approach to networking CD-ROM and magnetic databases. It enables access from Macs and UNIX machines. At present, there are only UNIX clients for workstations running Solaris 2. that houses the full text of more than 1,300 leading technical books from O'Reilly, Addison-Wesley, New Riders and many other trusted publishers. Users can drill down into the exact chapter and section of a book to quickly pinpoint examples and code samples just as they appear in the printed book. "ActiveState's industrial-strength programming software and Safari's deep technical library are a potent combination for working developers who need information as they code," said Tim O'Reilly This article is about the founder of O'Reilly Media. For the musician, see Tim O'Reilly (musician). Tim O'Reilly (Irish: Tadhg Ó Raghallaigh, 1954-) was born in Cork, Ireland. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of O'Reilly & Associates. "The ASPN bundles are like a specialized Google for Perl and Tcl developers." "As a resident Safari fan, I can see how the seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. of Safari's extensive technical content within the revamped ASPN will provide a big leg up for programmers," said Gurusamy Sarathy, Senior Developer, ActiveState. "Members can now bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. and annotate annotate - annotation this content, even cut-and-paste the code directly into their programs, saving time and significantly improving their ability to whip up code that works. Safari gives a whole new meaning to writing code by the book." "I've been hooked on the tools in ASPN Perl for a couple years, using Komodo to develop financial information processing information processing: see data processing. information processing Acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information. Today the term usually refers to computer-based operations. systems and to wrangle ugly chunks of code," said Eric Gjerde, IT Manager, Northland north·land also North·land n. A region in the north of a country or an area. north  land Securities, Inc. "ASPN Perl was already a great source of information, and Safari Bookshelf makes it even more valuable, saving me money and hassle. The powerful search capabilities and integration with the ASPN site are a huge help in my work." Safari upgrades are available free of charge to recent ASPN Perl and ASPN Tcl customers. Licenses for ASPN Perl and ASPN Tcl are $495. Additional information, free 21-day trial licenses, and educational licenses are at http://www.ActiveState.com/ASPN. About ActiveState Corp. ActiveState is the leading provider of software solutions that increase developer productivity and organizational efficiency through the innovative use of open source technology. Additional information on ActiveState's industrial strength anti-spam software for enterprises and programming tools for open source language developers is available at: http://www.ActiveState.com. About Safari Books Online Safari Books Online is a joint venture between the industry's leading technical publishers, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., and The Pearson Technology Group. Safari's flagship service, Safari Tech Books Online, is the premier electronic reference library for programming and IT departments. Unlike an online bookstore, Safari is a fully searchable database Refers to databases on the Web that are searchable by typing in a query. The term is quite redundant because all databases are searchable. In fact, that is one of their major features. of the electronic versions of books from O'Reilly & Associates and Pearson's many imprints: Addison-Wesley Professional, Adobe Press, Cisco Press Cisco Press is a publishing alliance between Cisco Systems and the Pearson Education division of Pearson PLC. , Macromedia Press, New Riders, Peachpit Press, Prentice Hall PTR PTR Pointer (as used in DNS records; an address points to a name) PTR Partner PTR Painter PTR Proton Transfer Reaction PTR Pupil/Teacher Ratio PTR Public Test Realm (gaming, World of Warcraft) , Sun Microsystems Press, Que and Sams. Microsoft Press titles are also available. Safari's portfolio includes two additional electronic reference libraries: Safari Bookshelf for the individual technologist and Safari HelpDesk Online for knowledge workers. For more information call Safari Books Online at (617) 848-7025 or visit the company's Web site at http://safaribooksonline.com. ActiveState, ASPN, ASPN Perl, and ASPN Tcl are trademarks of ActiveState Corp. All other company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. (C) ActiveState Corporation 2003. |
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