REVOLUTION TO BE INCLUDED IN SPECTRA LINUX DISTRO

Runtime Revolution and Protabus Technologies Team Up in uDevix Alliance

(PRWEB) September 5, 2002

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Edinburgh, Scotland, 3rd September 2002

Runtime Revolution, the leader in multi-platform software development

solutions, announced today that Linux leader Probatus Technologies has

chosen the Revolution software development system to run on Probatus

Spectra Linux release 1.2 as part of its uDevix partner program. Probatus

will include the Revolution Starter Kit Edition with every copy of Spectra

Linux.

Revolution for Linux delivers an advanced feature set, high speed, and

rock-solid reliability for enterprise-level customers, developers, and

educators. Using Revolution's unique "write once, deploy anywhere"

technology, a developer can write an application on Linux and port it

immediately to all the platforms Revolution supports - including Mac,

Windows, and Unix - with no code changes. With its high-level integrated

language, application prototyping interface, and fast development

capabilities, Revolution for Linux saves developers time, money, and effort.

"Runtime Revolution's standards-compliant solution is the answer to the

needs of thousands of Linux developers worldwide. We were more than happy

to have the chance to include it in the Spectra Linux distribution," said

Esa Tervo, Chief Technology Officer of Probatus Technologies. "The

collaboration between Runtime Revolution and Probatus brings major benefits

to Linux professionals all over the world. This kind of cooperation between

Linux software companies is pioneering and a significant step, as

Linux is conquering the world. Linux is now ready for serious business."

Kevin Miller, Managing Director of Runtime Revolution, remarked, "We're

excited by the opportunity to partner with Probatus Technogies and further

extend our commitment to the Linux development sector. Software development

is about creating powerful, reliable solutions quickly. This new

partnership brings even more Linux developers the power to do just that."

Key features and benefits of Revolution include:

• Full cross-platform development capability: Code can be written once,

Linux, Revolution supports popular Unix flavors, Windows, "classic" Mac OS

and OS X, making it easy for Linux developers to create compatible

solutions and increasing the potential market for their software by a

factor of fifteen.

• Look-and-feel preview: You can see how the application will look and

• Support for Internet protocols: Developers can use FTP or HTTP (or use

easily produce client-server applications.

• CGI processing ability: Revolution can be used as a complete Web solution.
• Easy-to-use language syntax and powerful GUI builder: Revolution's

development and lower costs.

• Built-in access to Oracle, ODBC, and MySQL databases: It's easy to

• External code hooks: Revolution applications can use compiled code

The free Starter Kit Edition is available for download at

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ABOUT REVOLUTION

The Revolution development environment is a breakthrough for anyone who

writes and designs computer software. Revolution enables developers to

easily and quickly create powerful Internet-enabled applications and

solutions which can be delivered on Linux, Mac OS X, classic Mac OS,

Windows, and popular UNIX systems. Licensing options include the $995

Professional Edition, the $299 Small Business Edition, the $99

student/teacher/under 18’s edition and the free downloadable Starter

Kit Edition, which limits the size and complexity of code but is otherwise

fully enabled. Educational and site license options are also available.

ABOUT RUNTIME REVOLUTION LTD

Runtime Revolution Ltd is committed to the development of cutting-edge

professional programming software and engaging educational applications.

For more information about the company and its products, visit the Runtime

Revolution website at or email info@runrev.com.

ABOUT PROBATUS TECHNOLOGIES

Probatus Technologies provides information management products and services

to companies and communities and systems integration solutions to service

providers and teleoperators. With the aid of the Probatus Spectra

technology, the company offers a wide range of products and solutions to

support tomorrow's information management, workgroup functioning and

communication services. In addition, Probatus has gained international

experience in systems integration as well as in expert services and quality

assurance.

The company's headquarters is located in Tampere, Finland. It also has a

research and development center in Turku and offices in Forssa and

Helsinki. The company was established in 1993 and currently has about 100

employees. Probatus is part of Elisa Group and a subsidiary of Comptel

Corporation.

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A Revolution reviewer's guide including screen shots is available at

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Contact rod@runrev.com to request an evaluation copy.

Revolution and Runtime Revolution are trademarks of Runtime Revolution Ltd.

Probatus Spectra is a trademark of Probatus Technologies. Other company and

product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

CONTACT

Rod McCall

Runtime Revolution Ltd.

rod@runrev.com

http://www.runrev.com/

Phone: +44 (0) 870 747 1165

Fax: +44 (0) 131 718 4334

Probatus Technologies

Esa Tervo, Executive Vice President, CTO

Tel. +358 50 385 9860

E-mail: esa.tervo@probatus.com

http://www.probatus.com

http://www.spectralinux.com