Aestiva Introduces HTML/OS 1.9.Business Editors/Technology Writers TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2001 Aestiva L.L.C. this week announced the release of Aestiva HTML/OS 1.9, the latest version of its Web operating and development platform. Aestiva HTML/OS delivers a single-product solution for advanced Web site and Web software development. It eliminates the need for CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. programming and integration tools such as ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). and ColdFusion. Version 1.9 is the ninth major upgrade for HTML/OS, with 5 years of development behind it. HTML/OS 1.9 includes new multi-tasking capabilities, improved database cross-platform compatibility and new tools to help developers build Web-based applications See Web application. . Beginning with version 1.9, Aestiva provides both a development version of HTML/OS (called the professional edition), and a run-time version for running applications built with HTML/OS. Aestiva HTML/OS offers a complete integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment that includes a built-in Web database. Developers use the product to build Web-based products and sites that run anywhere on the Web, even in standard shared hosting accounts. "Businesses want sophisticated Web-based software products that run on their own sites and developers can create these products using HTML/OS," stated David Silverberg, director of Technology at Aestiva. HTML/OS version 1.9 is an outgrowth of Aestiva's NET-anywhere campaign, an initiative dedicated to giving Web developers the ability to develop once and deploy anywhere. Web-based applications built with Aestiva HTML/OS run on almost any hardware, including Windows, Unix, Linux and Macintosh. HTML/OS runs on more than 12 platforms. Web software written in HTML/OS can be put on any of the platforms supported without rewriting re·write v. re·wrote , re·writ·ten , re·writ·ing, re·writes v.tr. 1. To write again, especially in a different or improved form; revise. 2. code. Unlike Java and standard HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. documents, software written in HTML/OS can be copy-protected so developers can maximize sales. With its advanced technology and forward thinking regarding Web-based software development, Aestiva's HTML/OS is poised to play an active role in the burgeoning commercial Web products market. "Aestiva is always ahead of the market," said Martic Craft, an Aestiva enthusiast A person who enjoys using computers and electronic equipment. Enthusiasts like technology and are willing to learn more of the ins and outs of a product than the average consumer, who just wants to use it. An enthusiast is more like a "prosumer." See consumer and prosumer. . For more information, visit Aestiva's Web site at http://www.aestiva.com. About Aestiva Aestiva is a leader in Web-based computing computing - computer . Its technology operates on Unix, Linux, Windows and Macintosh hardware and is well known for its speed and scalability. Aestiva's focus on the Web has made it the favorite development platform for thousands of Web designers worldwide. |
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