Instantiations Upgrades Smalltalk Product Line; Updated Products Are Now Compatible with IBM VisualAge Smalltalk 5.5.Business Editors, Technology Writers PORTLAND Portland, town, England Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. , Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 31, 2000 Instantiations, Inc. today announced that it will start shipping its updated line of Smalltalk An operating system and object-oriented programming language that was developed at Xerox PARC. As an integrated environment, it eliminates the distinction between programming language and operating system. It also allows its user interface and behavior to be customized. products for IBM's recently released VisualAge(R) Smalltalk 5.5. The upgraded line includes VisualAge Smalltalk 5.5 compatibility, new packaging options, 12 months of technical support, and 12 months of upgrade protection. The products are now fully compatible with VisualAge Smalltalk 4.02b, 4.5a, 5.0, and 5.5. The newly upgraded product versions are required for compatibility with VisualAge Smalltalk 5.5. Newly update products include: -- VA Assist Enterprise/S(tm) (formerly VA Assist Pro) -- VA Assist Enterprise/G(tm) (formerly VA Generator generator, in electricity, machine used to change mechanical energy into electrical energy. It operates on the principle of electromagnetic induction, discovered (1831) by Michael Faraday. Assist) -- WindowBuilder Pro(tm) -- WidgetKit/Controls(tm) -- WidgetKit/Professional(tm) -- WidgetKit/Business Graphics(tm) Pricing and Availability All upgrades are available for immediate purchase and may be downloaded from the company's web-site at http://www.instantiations.com/sts. Product details, special upgrade offers and pricing may also be found at the web-site. Orders are being taken via e-mail at sales@instantiations.com, by fax at 503/612-9499, and by phone at 800/808-3737. Developers may also download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. a free 30-day evaluation copy of all available products from Instantiations' web site. About Instantiations Instantiations, Inc. provides leading edge software products, services, and technologies for object-orient languages. As an advanced-level 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) Business Partner, the company specializes in helping its clients build high performance software systems. Based in Tualatin, Oregon Tualatin (IPA: tu ɔ lə tn̩) is a city that is a southwestern suburb of Portland, Oregon, United States. , Instantiations was founded by a team of internationally recognized pioneers in the field of component software technology. Vulcan Ventures, Inc. the investment organization of Paul G. Allen Al·len , Edgar 1892-1943. American anatomist who is noted for his studies of hormones and for the discovery (1923) of estrogen. , holds a minority ownership position in Instantiations. Instantiations can be reached at 800/808-3737. More information may be found at http://www.instantiations.com. Instantiations, VA Assist Enterprise, VA Assist Pro, VA Generator Assist, and WidgetKit/Controls are trademarks of Instantiations, Inc. WindowBuilder Pro, WidgetKit/Professional, WidgetKit/Business Graphics are trademarks of Objectshare, Inc. VisualAge is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation. |
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