Apple, IBM, Inprise and ObjectShare Bundle Installation Software From Zero G; InstallAnywhere Now! Opens Doors for Multi-Platform Java Deployment.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1998--Zero G Software, the upstart company that has assumed the lead in Java installer authoring tools, today announced that Apple Computer, Inc., IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corporation, Inprise Corporation Inprise Corporation - Borland Software Corporation. and ObjectShare Inc. will bundle Zero G's award-winning InstallAnywhere technology with their products. The support of these industry leaders reflects the growing demand for InstallAnywhere, the break-through tool that now makes it easy for developers to deploy and install their Java applications across multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. . Zero G's InstallAnywhere Now!, the entry-level version of the industry's most popular Java application installer, will be bundled with software tools including Apple Computer's Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ MRJ Mitsubishi Regional Jet MRJ Macintosh OS Runtime for Java MRJ Maximally Random-Jammed MRJ Macintosh Runtime for Java ) Software Development Kit (SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). ), IBM's VisualAge Object Connection Partners CD, Inprise's JBuilder and ObjectShare's PARTS for Java. Valued at $149, InstallAnywhere Now! is available for free with these Zero G partner products. "The industry support for InstallAnywhere Now! demonstrates the need for a single, multi-platform installation tool for Java software," said Eric Shapiro Eric Shapiro (b. June 26, 1978) is an American author, short story writer, essayist, and ghostwriter. Shapiro's short apocalyptic novel "It's Only Temporary" (2005), depicts the world before it is destroyed by a meteorite, and was on the Preliminary Nominee ballot for the 2005 Bram , president and co-founder of Zero G Software. "With InstallAnywhere Now!, developers can easily deploy Java software on virtually any system without worrying about the platform-specific details. This saves developers the time-consuming process of building installers for each platform." Like all products in the InstallAnywhere family, InstallAnywhere Now! allows developers to quickly build installers that can simultaneously support Windows, Mac OS, Unix and other Java platforms for distribution over the Internet or on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . InstallAnywhere Now!'s Project Wizard interface enables multi-platform installers to be built in six easy steps. To make this process as foolproof as possible, InstallAnywhere Now! automatically chooses the application's main class and properly configures the classpath, two tasks that have traditionally made the process of running Java software difficult for end users. The product also offers the ability to create double-clickable Java application launchers with custom icons, making Java software as easy to use as native applications. Developers wishing for more extensive capabilities can purchase either InstallAnywhere Standard Edition or InstallAnywhere Express at http://www.ZeroG.com. "For the past year, Java developers have been expressing their need to easily build installers for their Java applications," said Joe Nicholson, director of enterprise tools at Inprise Corporation. "JBuilder developers will now have access to the time- and cost-efficient Java application installer features found in the InstallAnywhere family." About Mac OS Runtime for Java SDK from Apple Computer, Inc. The MRJ SDK is Apple's Java development environment based on technology from Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc. The MRJ SDK is a set of tools that application developers can use to build Java applications for Mac OS. For more information on Mac OS Runtime for Java and MRJ SDK, visit http://www.apple.com/java. About IBM's VisualAge Object Connection Partners CD from IBM IBM's VisualAge Object Connection Partners CD is a complementary add-on component of IBM VisualAge VisualAge was the name of a family of computer integrated development environments from IBM, which included support for a few popular (and not so popular) computer programming languages. Early history VisualAge was born in the IBM development lab in Cary, North Carolina. for Java development environment. IBM's award-winning VisualAge for Java leads the industry with the most advanced support for building Web-enabled enterprise applications, JavaBean components, servlets and applets. It is the only Java development environment that supports the development of Java applications that can scale from 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. to OS/390 enterprise application servers. All the latest news on IBM's application development tools, including VisualAge for Java, can be found at http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/. About JBuilder from Inprise Corporation JBuilder is the most comprehensive visual development tool for creating Pure Java enterprise-scale distributed applications. JBuilder allows corporations to use the latest 100% Pure Java technologies, including JDK (Java Development Kit) A Java software development environment from Sun. It includes the JVM, compiler, debugger and other tools for developing Java applets and applications. Each new version of the JDK adds features and enhancements to the language. 1.1, JDK 1.2, and JFC/Swing, to rapidly create platform-independent business applications. JBuilder includes support and tight integration for multiple Java Development Kits (JDKs), application deployment and management, Enterprise JavaBeans, Java Servlets, JFC/Swing components, CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global , and high-productivity coding Wizards. For more information on the JBuilder product family, customers may call Inprise at 800-233-2444 or visit the JBuilder Web site at http://www.inprise.com/jbuilder/. About PARTS for Java from ObjectShare, Inc. PARTS for Java furnishes end-to-end productivity in the creation of distributed Java applets and applications by providing an extremely powerful drag-and-drop visual programming environment for the delivery and maintenance of Internet applications. PARTS for Java supports JavaSoft's JFC/Swing components to add rich user interface and graphic capabilities. PARTS for Java is a visual integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE) for assembling applets and applications from components, with complete code browsing and facilities. Using PARTS for Java, Java developers can easily build portable network applications utilizing open standards. For more information about ObjectShare, please call 1-800-759-7272 or 714-833-1122. ObjectShare's World Wide Web address is http://www.objectshare.com. About Zero G Software, Inc. San Francisco-based Zero G Software, Inc. develops multi-platform application deployment tools and provides consulting services. A privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , Zero G's InstallAnywhere is rapidly becoming the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, in multi-platform installation tools. Some of the company's more recognized customers include IBM, Intel, Novell and Sun Microsystems. Zero G can be found on the Internet at http://www.ZeroG.com. CONTACT: Information Arts, Inc. Karen Oppenheim, 650/428-2969 karenop@infoarts.com |
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