Kaleida Announces Shipment of ScriptX Course Kit and Introduces New Bundle; Course Kit Enables Professors and Lecturers to Learn and Teach Interactive Digital Multimedia.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 1995--Kaleida Labs today announced the shipment of the ScriptX Course Kit Version 1.0 and introduced a new ScriptX Course Kit Bundle designed to expand ScriptX knowledge in the educational, third party training, and institutional communities. The ScriptX Course Kit version 1.0, bundled with a 30 seat ScriptX Lab License, is now available at a special price of $1,099 to lecturers and educators interested in expanding their course offerings. This product enables the self-teaching of ScriptX basics and delivers the tools to integrate ScriptX's object-oriented programming object-oriented programming, a modular approach to computer program (software) design. Each module, or object, combines data and procedures (sequences of instructions) that act on the data; in traditional, or procedural, programming the data are separated from the concepts and next generation multimedia technologies into computer science, instructional technology There are two types of instructional technology: those with a systems approach, and those focusing on sensory technologies. The definition of instructional technology prepared by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Definitions and Terminology , and new media curricula. Many higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. institutions and third party training facilities have purchased the ScriptX Course Kit and intend to integrate ScriptX into their curriculum. This special offer is available until December 15, 1995. ScriptX is the first programming language created expressly for the interactive multimedia developer. Using ScriptX, developers can write applications for the Kaleida Media Player(KMP KMP Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (political group in the Philippines) KMP Knuth-Morris-Pratt (string matching algorithm) KMP Key Management Protocol KMP Keep Me Posted KMP Key Management Personnel ) that will run on 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. , instead of targeting specific operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. such as Mac OS, Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. or OS/2. The KMP is a software platform that combines the advantages of object-oriented programming and dynamic languages with digital media technologies. The TeachingMachine, an application built-in ScriptX, is an authoring environment and a playback engine for presentation of courseware. "Digital multimedia and object oriented See object technology and object-oriented programming. programming are two areas of intense interest today for both technical and creative communicators. ScriptX is a new platform that enables programmers to use the latest in dynamic object technology to create and distribute the best in multimedia content," said Randy Nelson, curriculum designer for the course. "Due to the interest in ScriptX, the ScriptX Course Kit was created to allow more people to teach and learn this powerful, emerging solution. And what better use of multimedia technology than to use ScriptX to teach ScriptX." Brian Hoyt, Engineering Computing Instructional Administrator at Bucknell University Bucknell University (bŭknĕl`), at Lewisburg, Pa.; coeducational; founded 1846 as the Univ. of Lewisburg. Its present name was adopted in 1886. Bucknell has a college of arts and sciences and a college of engineering. , said, "With ScriptX, we finally have the tool which allows us to easily develop multimedia focusing on engineering phenomenon. The object-oriented nature of ScriptX is perfect for us since so much of engineering is analogous. We can reuse ScriptX classes and objects developed for materials on electrical circuits as the basis for developing material on fluid flow and so on. Before ScriptX, we would have had to start completely over to develop the second title. I see multimedia capabilities of ScriptX as a great vehicle for getting students interested in object-oriented programming, and I believe that the ScriptX Course Kit will be an essential tool in introducing students to the power and flexibility of ScriptX." The Course Kit Bundle includes: -- ScriptX Course Kit Version 1.0 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). , as well as one set of printed instructor and student materials. -- ScriptX Lab Materials, which includes the ScriptX Language Kit, two sets of documentation, and the license to redistribute the ScriptX language, Kaleida Media Player and documentation for up to 30 seats. An upgrade to the next version of ScriptX is also included. -- Courseware for Two Complete Seminars, "Kaleida & Multimedia: From Craft to Industry," which includes Technical Decision Makers and QuickStart to ScriptX seminars. Pricing and Availability The ScriptX Course Kit Bundle is specially priced at $1099. The offer is available immediately and is effective through December 15, 1995. When purchased individually, the ScriptX Course Kit and 30-seat ScriptX Lab License are valued at over $2,700. For more information about Kaleida, this Bundle, or to purchase ScriptX, contact Kaleida Direct at 415/335-2098, or (800) 6KALEIDA, or through the Internet at kaleida.direct@kaleida.com. For persons interested in downloading a copy of the Kaleida Media Player or visiting the ScriptX sample page, Kaleida's Web site address is http://www.kaleida.com/. Kaleida Labs Kaleida Labs was one of several joint ventures between Apple Computer and IBM in a period of alliance between the two companies. The two computer giants sought to counter the influence of Microsoft and the growing dominance of its Windows operating system. , Inc. is an independent, privately held firm, co-owned by Apple Computer, Inc. and 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. Its mission is to create the premiere platform for the development of interactive multimedia applications. Kaleida's products, ScriptX and Kaleida Media Player, have been shipping to customers since December 1994. -0- Note to Editors: Kaleida Labs, ScriptX, Kaleida Media Player and the "K-man" logo are Kaleida trademarks that may be used only for the purpose of identifying Kaleida products. Use of Kaleida trademarks for any commercial purpose without the prior written consent of Kaleida may constitute trademark infringement Trademark infringement is a violation of the exclusive rights attaching to a trademark without the authorization of the trademark owner or any licensees (provided that such authorization was within the scope of the license). and unfair competition under state and federal law. All other products or services mentioned in this document are identified by trademarks of the companies who market those products or services. Inquiries concerning such trademarks should be made directly to those companies. CONTACT: Kaleida Labs, Inc. Janet Byler, 415/335-2056 or Miller/Shandwick Technologies Helen Kendrick/Peter Ross, 415/962-9550 |
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