Borland Wins Again With Web Services Solution for Linux; Borland Kylix Garners LinuxWorld's Open Source Product Excellence Award for Best Developer Tool.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LinuxWorld New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of 2002 SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2002 Borland Software Corporation (company) Borland Software Corporation - A company that sells a variety of PC software development and database systems. Borland was founded in 1983 and initially became famous for their low-cost software, particularly Turbo Pascal, Turbo C, and Turbo Prolog. (Nasdaq: BORL) today announced that Borland(R) Kylix(TM) 2, a rapid application development (RAD) environment for the Linux(R) 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. with support for Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. , was awarded an Open Source Product Excellence Award in the "Best Developer Tools" category at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York. Kylix, which won the award in 2001, was recently named the most used integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE) by Linux developers from Evan Data Corporation. Borland InterBase(R) 6.5, a small-footprint, cross-platform, embedded database (1) Database software that is included with an application rather than offered as a separate database management system (see DBMS). Tending to be compact and efficient, an embedded database generally includes fewer features than a full-blown DBMS. , was a finalist in the "Best Embedded Linux The Linux operating system configured and enhanced to work in a wide variety of applications, including handheld devices, network appliances, industrial machines and consumer electronics devices. The modularity of the Linux kernel makes it well suited to embedded systems. Solutions" category. "We are very excited to win another LinuxWorld award, and to see the rapid acceptance of Kylix for enterprises of all sizes who are looking to reap the superior cost-savings and security benefits of Linux," said Simon Thornhill, vice president and general manager of rapid application development solutions for Borland. "As both Web Services and Linux move further into the enterprise, customers can continue to rely on Borland for best-in-class development and deployment solutions across all major technologies and platforms." Borland Web Services Initiatives As a leader in platform independent technologies and a supporter of open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced , Borland continues to build on key Web Services initiatives. In 2001, Borland successfully launched Borland Delphi For the language Borland Delphi is programmed in, see . Borland Delphi (now a product of Borland's subsidiary, CodeGear) is a software development package created by Borland. (TM) 6, the first rapid application development (RAD) environment for building Web Services on the Windows operating system; Borland Kylix(TM), for rapid development of Web Services and e-business applications on the Linux platform; and Borland Web Services Kit for Java for enterprises to create and deploy Web Services with the Java and J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. (TM) (Java 2, Enterprise Edition) using Borland JBuilder(TM). In 2002, Borland released Borland C++Builder 6, for rapid application development of e-business applications with Web Services support in a true C++ visual development environment. For more information on how Borland is delivering Web Services, please visit the Borland Web site, http://www.borland.com/webservices. About Borland(R) Kylix(TM) 2 Borland Kylix 2 provides rapid e-business development with Web Services for the Linux operating system. Kylix 2 features BizSnap(TM), WebSnap(TM), and DataSnap(TM) to allow corporate or individual developers to create Web Services quickly and easily. Combined with Borland Delphi(TM)6, the RAD solution for Windows(R), Kylix 2 allows developers to use one code base for cross-platform Linux/Windows application development. Kylix 2 also enables immediate and ongoing interaction with Web Services-based vendor platforms including .Net(TM) and BizTalk(TM) from Microsoft, and ONE 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. . For more information about Kylix 2, please visit the Borland Web site, http://www.borland.com/kylix. About Borland Borland Software Corporation is a leading provider of technology used to develop, deploy and integrate software applications. Delivering best-in-class technology solutions dedicated to interoperability, Borland allows enterprises of all sizes to move into Web based computing while leveraging legacy systems. From the Fortune 1000 to the Borland Nation comprised of millions of developers around the world, Borland provides customers the freedom to develop applications, deploy them anywhere, and integrate and manage them across the enterprise. Borland solutions enable organizations to increase productivity and deliver higher performance projects faster and on budget, while lowering total cost of ownership. 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