Red Hat Linux 6.0 to Include JRun 2.3.1 in Application CD-ROM, Red Hat Inc. Partners with Live Software to Bring Award-Winning JRun 2.3.1 to Developers.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 1999-- Live Software Inc., creator of the Internet development and deployment platform JRun, today announced that JRun will be included with the Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux, assembled by Red Hat, was a popular, "middle-aged" Linux distribution (not as old as Slackware but older than Ubuntu) upon its discontinuation in 2004.[1] Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994. 6.0 distribution on the Linux Applications CD. JRun is a server-side Java(TM) Web application development and deployment environment that allows Web developers to harness the power of server-side Java to create sophisticated Web applications. It includes an integrated Web server as well as extensions that add to the functionality of server-side Java (Java Servlets and JavaServer Pages See JSP. (programming, World-Wide Web) JavaServer Pages - (JSP) A freely available specification for extending the Java Servlet API to generate dynamic web pages on a web server. The JSP specification was written by industry leaders as part of the Java development program. ) to an existing Web server. JRun supports all major Web servers on all major platforms. The partnership agreement between Live Software and Red Hat Inc. will allow Red Hat Linux developers to use the award-winning JRun technology to enhance their Web development capabilities. Red Hat Linux bundles all the necessary bits and pieces of the Linux operating system into a cohesive distribution. Red Hat Linux 6.0 contains all of the software needed for use as a desktop client such as e-mail, browsers, publishing tools, calendars, Internet tools, and more. "Live Software has been a long-time supporter of Linux, so we are excited about being included in the latest release of Linux 6.0. As one of the most stable platforms today, Linux is the ideal platform for deploying Java Servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSP (JavaServer Page) An extension to the Java servlet technology from Sun that allows HTML to be combined with Java on the same page. The Java provides the processing, and the HTML provides the layout on the Web page. ) with JRun," said Paul Colton, president and chief executive officer of Live Software Inc. "We are very pleased to include Live Software's JRun on the Linux Applications CD that ships with version 6.0," said Paul McNamara, vice president of strategic relationships for Red Hat. "With the addition of JRun technology to Red Hat Linux 6.0, developers can now develop, debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. and deploy Java Servlets and JSP immediately." About Live Software Inc. Live Software Inc. based in Cupertino, Calif., is the creator of JRun, an Internet development platform that helps businesses compete in a "Webified" world. JRun dramatically simplifies the process of developing and deploying sophisticated Web-enabled applications on all major operating systems and all major Web servers. Several of the world's leading technology companies -- including Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ), AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. (Nasdaq:AOL), Macromedia (Nasdaq:MACR MACR Macromedia (stock symbol) MACR Missing Air Crew Report MACR Major Accident Control Regulations (UK) MACR Monthly Arrest and Citation Register MACR Modified And Combinable REMIC ), Corel (Nasdaq:COSFF), Documentum (Nasdaq:DCTM), Inktomi (Nasdaq:INKT INKT Inktomi, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) INKT I Never Knew That ), and other industry-leading firms -- are devoted users of JRun. JRun was awarded the "Best Java Tool" for 1998 by Web Techniques and Web Review at the Web Tools Awards `98 and was selected as a "Best Servlet A Java application that runs in a Web server or application server and provides server-side processing such as accessing a database and e-commerce transactions. Widely used for Web processing, servlets are designed to handle HTTP requests (get, post, etc. Tool" finalist by Java World at the 1998 Editors Choice Awards. For more information on Live Software and JRun, visit the company's Web site at www.livesoftware.com. A free, full-featured evaluation version of JRun can be downloaded from Live Software's Web site. About Red Hat Founded in 1994, Red Hat Software is based in Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C., where it is a leader in the development of open source operating software solutions. Red Hat Development builds the most accessible and advanced operating system available anywhere with technical innovations such as RPM and the disk druid installation tool. Red Hat Linux is available for Intel, Compaq Alpha and Sun SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill platforms. Red Hat Linux was named InfoWorld's Product of the Year for three years in a row, was given a Productivity accolade in Software Development's Jolt Awards, was named an Environment/Desktop finalist in the Ziff-Davis European Excellence Awards, won the editor's choice awards from the Linux Journal and Australian Personal Computing magazines, and won the "Just Plain Cool" award from Australian Personal Computing magazine. At March's LinuxWorld Expo, more than 8,000 members of the Linux community voted Red Hat a "LinuxWorld Favorite." Live Software and JRun are trademarks of Live Software Inc. Java and all Java- based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Red Hat Linux 6.0 is a trademark of Red Hat Corp. All other product names are trademarks of their respective companies. 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