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Archived Press Releases & Announcements

2006

2006/12/13
Komodo 4.0 Beta 3 now available
Take a dragon home for the holidays.

2006/12/07
Tcl Dev Kit 4.0 Beta 1 now available
Testers wanted!

2006/11/27
Komodo 4.0 Beta 2 now available
Testers wanted!

2006/11/27
Perl Dev Kit 7.0 Beta 1 now available
Join the beta team!

2006/10/27
ActiveState introduces multi-language IDE for end-to-end dynamic web development
Komodo 4.0 showcased at Zend/PHP Conference & Expo

2006/10/23
Komodo Alpha 7 now available
Redesigned code intelligence backend, multi-language file support, PHP "zero configuration"

2006/10/12
ActiveState Announces Tcl ActiveAward Winner
Presented at 13th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference

2006/09/21
Komodo 4.0 Alpha 6 now available
XML/HTML autocomplete/calltip support, help browser, project templates and more

2006/09/18
ActiveState launches redesigned online store
New "My Account" section and more

2006/07/25
Komodo 4.0 Alpha 3 now available
HTTP Inspector, JavaScript Interactive Shell, Live Import, and more

2006/07/25
ActiveState Previews Komodo 4.0 at O'Reilly Open Source Convention
Award-winning IDE for dynamic languages adds end-to-end web development capabilities

2006/07/09
Don't miss the 8th Annual Open Source Convention
Meet the ActiveState team and preview the upcoming release of Komodo 4.0

2006/06/28
TDK is "easy purchase for developers"
UnixReview.com praises Tcl Dev Kit's high value and ease of use

2006/06/15
ActivePerl 5.8.8.818 Beta 1 now available
New PPM 4 client and directory changes

2006/04/05
Komodo IDE named finalist in eWEEK Excellence Awards
Recognized in Application Development Category

2006/03/20
Komodo IDE Wins Jolt Productivity Award
Finalist in Jolt Product Excellence Awards

2006/02/21
ActiveState Acquired by Employees and Pender Financial Group
Company renews focus on tools and solutions for dynamic languages

2006/01/30
ActiveState To Spin Out
Pender Financial Enters Agreement to Acquire ActiveState

2006/01/23
Komodo Nominated for Best Development Environment
Finalist in 16th Annual Jolt Product Excellence & Productivity Awards

2005

2005/11/30
ActiveState Releases First Professional Ruby IDE for Linux and Windows
ActiveState Komodo 3.5 for Perl, Python, PHP, Tcl, and Ruby now available on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.

2005/11/03
ActiveState Ships Komodo 3.5 With Full Ruby Support For Mac OS X
First Professional Ruby IDE for Developers

2005/11/01
Ruby on Rails Dev Framework on Track for Growth eWeek
eWeek Explores the Vibrant and Growing Ruby Ecosystem

2005/10/12
Test Drive Komodo 3.5 Beta 2 for Mac OS X and Alpha 1 for Windows & Linux
Now with full Ruby support!

2005/09/29
Podcast: Perl Features in Komodo
PerlCast interview with senior Komodo developer Shane Caraveo.

2005/08/23
ActiveState Adds Expect for Windows to ActiveTcl
The popular automation tool is now free for download.

2005/08/02
Preview ActiveState Komodo 3.X Alpha for Mac OS X
Code. Test. Play. Cheer. We have Mac OS X developer tools.

2005/07/29
You're done reading Slashdot, now what?
Check out ActiveState's new Blog for more stuff that matters

2005/07/29
Join ActiveState at OSCON

2005/07/07
ActiveState expands free dynamic language distributions to AIX and HP-UX

2005/06/28
ActiveState Releases ActivePerl, ActivePython & ActiveTcl for Sun's Solaris 10 Operating System
ActiveState Delivers Popular Language Distributions Hot on the Heels of Solaris 10

2005/06/07
ActiveState Launches ActivePerl, ActivePython & ActiveTcl for Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger"
ActiveState's World-Renowned Open Source Language Distributions are Free to the Developer Community

2005/02/16
ActiveState a LinuxWorld Award Winner
Komodo 3.1 Wins LinuxWorld's Product Excellence Award for Best Application Development Tool; The Cross-Platform Dynamic Languages IDE is the Top Linux Development Tool

2005/02/15
Developing on Linux gets professional with Komodo 3.1
ActiveState's popular IDE gives programmers a slicker Linux experience and Subversion support

2005/02/07
ActiveState a LinuxWorld Award Finalist
ActiveState's Komodo IDE wins recognition for Linux excellence

2005/01/05
Join ActiveState at LinuxWorld Boston
February 15-17, 2005

2004

2004/11/10
ActiveState Releases Perl Dev Kit 6.0
Major Update to Industry-Standard Development Toolkit

2004/10/14
Coolest Tk Screenshot Winners Announced
Presented at Tcl/Tk Conference

2004/09/07
Enter the Coolest Tk Screenshot Contest
Win ActiveTcl Pro Studio!

2004/07/27
ActiveState Releases Komodo 3.0
Powerful IDE deepens support for dynamic languages

2004/07/26
ActiveState Announces Focus on Dynamic Languages
New Industry Whitepaper: "Dynamic Languages — Ready for the Next Challenges, By Design"

2004/05/11
InfoWorld's Top 10 tools of the trade
Perl most valuable IT tool; ActivePerl best Windows version

2004/04/14
Komodo Chosen as Codie Awards Finalist
Best Software Development Product for 2004

2004/04/06
Expect for Windows 1.0
ActiveState unleashes the power of Expect

2004/03/18
Visual XSLT 2.0: Save hours of development time
Visual Studio Magazine review

2004/03/03
Learning Python?
Read the new bestselling book by ActiveState's Chief Technologist

2004/02/10
ActiveState Valentine's Day Perl Haikus

2004/01/20
Perl Haiku Poetry Contest
Tell us why you love Perl

2004/01/12
PHP Vancouver Conference: January 22-23, 2004

2003

2003/12/18
ActiveState Celebrates Perl's Sweet Sixteen

2003/12/08
New Standard for Tcl Programming Tools Now Available from ActiveState
Tcl Dev Kit 3.0 Most Technically Advanced Tcl Toolset Ever

2003/11/17
ActiveState Announces Appointment of David Ascher as Chief Technologist

2003/10/28
Debug XSLT/XML Applications "On-the-fly"
Only available with ActiveState Visual XSLT 2.0 for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 and the upcoming Microsoft Visual Studio "Whidbey"

2003/09/24
Supplementary Release: ActiveState Acquired By Anti-Virus Leader Sophos

2003/09/24
Sophos Acquires Anti-Spam Specialist ActiveState
Combined company poised for global leadership in enterprise anti-virus and anti-spam protection

2003/09/17
ActiveState Releases First Professional IDE for Open Source Programming Languages on Solaris
Komodo IDE for Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, & XSLT at SunNetwork Conference

2003/09/10
ActiveState Summer 2003 Newsletter
The latest news, events, and resources

2003/08/27
PureMessage Protects Enterprises from Dangerous New Threat
Software Identifies Combined Spam and Virus Propagation Techniques

2003/08/20
PureMessage is #1 Anti-Spam Solution for Higher Education
ActiveState Spam Protection Gets an A+ with Top-Tier Schools Including Stanford, Duke, and Cornell

2003/08/13
ActiveState Named One of Canada's Fastest Growing Technology Companies
Honored as "Fast 50 2003" Winner by Deloitte & Touche

2003/08/06
Komodo by ActiveState Wins "Best Development Tool" at LinuxWorld

2003/08/06
PureMessage by ActiveState Wins "Best Sys Admin Tool" at LinuxWorld

2003/07/31
Congratulations to 2003 Tcl Active Award Winners
Presented at Tcl/Tk Conference

2003/07/29
ActiveState Supports New Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) Program
Innovative marketing and licensing facilitates outreach to millions of programmers

2003/07/22
ActiveState Anti-Spam Task Force Exposes Spammers' Tricks
"Field Guide to Spam" Reveals the Most Popular, Complex, and Insidious Techniques

2003/07/09
Congratulations to 2003 Active Award Winners
Presented at O'Reilly Open Source Conference

2003/06/18
ActiveState & Ositis partner on all-in-one security appliance
ActiveState selected to provide spam protection for Ositis' eShield and WinProxy products

2003/06/17
ActiveState Spring 2003 Newsletter
The latest news, events, and resources

2003/06/04
Active Awards Programmers' Choice Nominees are in!
Vote for your favorite

2003/06/02
ActiveState's Komodo IDE honored in SD Times 100
Named "First Professional IDE for Scripting Languages"

2003/05/23
ActiveState Adds Marketing and Financing Expertise to its Board
New Chair and Board Members To Help With Latest Stage of Growth

2003/05/13
ActiveState Achieves Record Growth
Massive demand for anti-spam software fuels company expansion

2003/05/12
ActiveState Active Awards
Vote for your favorite programmer

2003/05/06
ActiveState PureMessage Controls the "Other Half" of Email Communication
Enterprises empowered with web-based policy builder console

2003/04/29
ActiveState Launches Anti-Spam OEM Program
PureMessage OEM partners deliver seamless anti-spam protection

2003/04/24
ActiveState Ships Complete Suite for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003
New Tools for Perl, Python, and XSLT Available Now

2003/03/31
ActiveState Anti-Spam Task Force Established
Experts Vow to "Out-Innovate" Spammers

2003/03/24
ActiveState & O'Reilly Deepen Partnership
Safari Electronic Reference Library added to ASPN

2003/03/18
ActiveState Winter 2002/2003 Newsletter
The latest news, events, resources

2003/02/11
ActiveState Unveils PerlASPX 1.0
Perl for Microsoft ASP.NET Web Servers Now Available

2003/02/01
PureMessage: "A Fine Application" for Reducing Spam
Review, Unixreview.com

2003/01/31
Komodo 2.0 Takes a Bite Out of Development
Review, Builder.com

2003/01/28
PureMessage Deals Blow to New Spamming Technique
Image Spam 1/4 of all Email in Large Organizations

2003/01/16
PureMessage and Komodo Chosen as Award Finalists
Product Excellence

2002

2002/12/18
ActiveState Updates Perl Development Portfolio
Rapid Development on ASP.NET, Linux, .NET, Solaris, & Windows

2002/12/12
Komodo Chosen as Finalist in Codie Awards
Best Software Development Product for 2003

2002/11/25
ActiveState Unveils PureMessage
Relieves administrative burden of email protection

2002/11/13
ActiveState Fall 2002 Newsletter
The latest news, events, and resources

2002/11/01
ActiveState Releases New Linux-based IDE and Server-based Email Filtering Gateway at LISA
Komodo 2.0 and PerlMx 3.0 beta now available

2002/10/21
ActiveState's PerlMx Offers Integrated Anti-Spam Solution with McAfee Security Anti-Virus Protection

2002/10/09
Programming Perl in the .NET Environment
New book on ActiveState PerlNET - free with new ASPN Perl membership

2002/09/30
ActiveState chosen as Venture All Star for 2002
Annual Award Honors Pacific Northwest's Top Venture-Backed Companies

2002/09/25
ActiveState Unveils Industry's First Professional Workspace for Open Source Languages
Komodo 2.0 with Web Services Support & GUI Builder

2002/09/19
Congratulations to the 2002 Active Award Winners for Tcl
Open language programmers recognized for excellence

2002/09/16
ActiveState Releases PerlMx 2.1
Spam, Virus and Content Filtering for any MTA

2002/08/20
Tcl Dev Kit Now Available
New Tcl tool suite based on TclPro

2002/08/13
ActiveState & HP Partner on ActivePerl for HP-UX

2002/08/08
ActiveState Expands Board & Founder Steps Aside

2002/08/02
Get Cooking with Python
Python Cookbook Now Published

2002/07/23
Congratulations to the Active Award Winners
Awards presented at OSCON

2002/07/15
New Software @ O'Reilly Open Source Conference
IDEs & Email Security Software

2002/07/10
Get Tcl'd in Vancouver
Tcl'2002 Conference Sept. 16-20

2002/07/02
Web Services for PHP
ActiveState Lecture - July 10

2002/07/02
Programmers' Choice Nominees are in!
Vote for your favorite

2002/06/24
The Active State of Tcl in Europe

2002/06/24
ActiveState at Yet Another Perl Conference

2002/06/20
ActiveState nominated by Windows & .NET Magazine for Reader's Choice Award
Vote for your favorite tool and language!

2002/06/07
Tcl Productivity Tools: TclPro and More
Free ActiveState webcast June 20

2002/06/03
Perl and the .NET Framework
Free ActiveState webcast June 6

2002/06/03
ActiveState Active Awards
Vote for your favorite programmer

2002/05/28
Spam: It's More Than Just a Black & White Issue
ActiveState Lecture Series - June 5, 2002

2002/05/24
Stopping Spam at the Server
Free ActiveState webcast May 30

2002/05/21
Perl Productivity Tools: Accelerate development with ASPN Perl
Free ActiveState webcast May 23

2002/05/13
Complete Email Security for Enterprises Now Available
ActiveState's PerlMx Captures Over 98% of Spam

2002/04/29
Introduction to Visual Perl - Perl programming in Visual Studio .NET
Free ActiveState webcast May 9

2002/04/29
ActiveState Spring Newsletter
Feature on Spam

2002/04/12
New tools for Linux, Visual Studio .NET & Web Services
ActiveState at SDWest - April 23-25, 2002

2002/04/12
New Python & Perl Web Service Modules
ActiveState's PPM modules for Google Search Engine API

2002/04/11
Congratulations to Michael Hall of Australia!
Winner of the $1000 O'Reilly Bookshelf

2002/04/08
Vancouver PHP User Group
Planning Meeting

2002/04/03
State of the Active
Quarterly Newsletter - Winter edition

2002/02/13
ActiveState development tools ship simultaneously with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
Perl, Python, & XSLT Programmers get Seamless Tool Integration

2002/02/12
Camel Crossings: Perl & the Microsoft .NET Framework
ActiveState Lecture Series - Feb. 20

2002/02/11
Visualize this: XSLT, Perl & Python for Visual Studio .NET
ActiveState at VSLive

2002/02/05
Perl Dev Kit 4.0 Shipping
Support for the .NET Framework Added

2002/01/29
Python - What's cooking?
Python conference Feb. 4-7, 2002

2002/01/23
Perl Dev Kit 4.0 Beta Available Now
New PerlNET, PerlApp and PerlCtrl Functionality

2002/01/15
ActiveState & ANSYS Spearhead Tcl Toolkit for the Windows XP 64-bit Platform Running on Intel Itanium Processor-Based Systems
TCL Components Will Be Open Sourced

2001

2001/12/18
Advanced Tcl IDE & Resources Now Available
ActiveState's ASPN Tcl: Comprehensive Programming Tools & Resources

2001/12/18
ActiveState's Komodo IDE Now Shipping for Linux & Windows
XSLT & PHP added to existing Perl, Python & Tcl support

2001/12/04
Take on the Dragon - Komodo 1.2 beta for Linux & Windows
Now with Web Services Support

2001/12/03
XXXSLT - Think it's as hot as we do?
ActiveState @ XML 2001

2001/11/28
PHP - the best language for Sys Admins?
ActiveState @ LISA 2001

2001/11/21
State of the Active
Quarterly Newsletter - Fall 2001

2001/11/08
Introduction to PHP
ActiveState Lecture Series ~ Nov. 14, 2001

2001/11/07
ActiveState Adds to Board
Deepens Enterprise and Partnership Expertise

2001/10/30
Create and Consume Web Services Using Scripting Languages
ActiveState @ O'Reilly P2P & Web Services Conference

2001/10/23
New Standard for Scripting Languages and Web Services
ActiveState heads up open source initiative

2001/10/22
Perl and Python for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Now Shipping
ActiveState's Visual Perl & Visual Python Includes Support for Programming XML Web Services

2001/10/22
ActiveState Ships First Complete XSLT Tool for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
Enables Rapid Development of XML Transformations

2001/10/16
Get plugged into Visual Studio .NET with Perl, Python & XSLT
ActiveState @ Microsoft Professional Developers Conference

2001/10/16
Recent Events in Python's Nest
ActiveState Lecture Series ~ Oct. 17, 2001

2001/10/16
Web Services & Scripting Languages
ActiveState @ Web Services Edge Conference

2001/09/24
ActiveState launches new Tcl support & resources
Tcl Clinic and Tcl Cookbook Now Available

2001/09/13
ActiveState & PerlWhirl
ActiveState sponsors Geek Cruise

2001/09/10
Mozilla & XML - A Thriving Relationship
ActiveState Lecture Series ~ September 19, 2001

2001/09/06
Perl and XSLT for Visual Studio .NET Now Available
ActiveState releases Visual Perl and Visual XSLT 1.0

2001/08/27
ActiveState - One of Canada's Hottest Startups
ActiveState ranked an emerging star in Canada

2001/08/20
Sink Your Teeth Into Open Source Programming
Komodo Release Candidate at LinuxWorld

2001/07/24
Use, Create and Extend .NET Components with Perl
ActiveState's New PerlNET beta now available

2001/07/19
ActiveState, .NET & Web Services
Emerging technologies at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference

2001/07/12
State of the Active
Quarterly newsletter - Summer 2001 edition

2001/07/05
Vote for Komodo
WebTechniques Programmer's Choice Award

2001/06/21
Komodo and Tux coming to Boston
ActiveState at USENIX

2001/06/18
ActiveState Announces Visual Perl, Visual Python and Visual XSLT
Additional language support for Microsoft Visual Studio.NET

2001/06/13
Perl & .NET
ActiveState Lecture Series - June 20

2001/06/11
Open Source & Visual Studio.NET
ActiveState @ Microsoft Tech-Ed 2001

2001/06/10
New Perl tool kit -- now with extra support for Linux and Solaris
PDK 3.0 Now Available

2001/06/06
Perl, Python, Parrot, & .NET...
@ Yet Another Perl Conference

2001/05/29
Perl & Python ported to Intel's Itanium processor
Binary packages available soon

2001/05/28
Regular Expression Cookbook Launched
ActiveState encouraging community contributions

2001/05/18
Vote for Perl!
Fast Company's Best-of-the-Best

2001/05/17
What do NASA, Red Hat, the US Navy & ActiveState have in common?
ActiveState Lecture Series ~ May 23

2001/05/07
ActiveState releases PerlEx 2.0:
Now with Support for Web Services

2001/05/03
Want an easy way to access our software?
ActiveCD for Windows now available

2001/04/30
State of the Active Quarterly Newsletter
Feature ~ get easily embedded

2001/04/12
XSLT - what are people so hot & bothered about?
ActiveState Lecture Series ~ April 18

2001/04/11
ActiveState launches ASPN Initiative
Easier open source programming

2001/04/10
Komodo IDE ~ the Killer Mozilla Application
Multi-language, Cross-platform Development

2001/04/09
First ActiveTcl distribution now available
Free for download to the community

2001/04/09
Visual Python beta 1.0
First Python IDE for Visual Studio.NET

2001/04/03
Get fired up in San Jose!
Komodo, other hot IDEs, & ASPN at SDWest

2001/04/02
XSLT IDEs ~ first cross-platform GUIs for XML transformations
Visual XSLT & Komodo XSLT betas released

2001/03/27
Open source innovators join ActiveState
ActiveState assembles dream team of tech advisors

2001/03/16
What do Mozilla & Visual Studio have in common?
ActiveState's Komodo & Visual XSLT in Seattle

2001/03/15
Looking for some Tcl?
ActiveState Lecture Series ~ March 21

2001/03/13
Perl & Python at Comdex Canada West
There's a better way to do it

2001/03/06
Recipes wanted for New Python Cookbook
ActiveState & O'Reilly & Assoc. partner on unique open content effort

2001/03/06
Python Software Foundation Launched
New Organization to Promote Open Source Programming Language

2001/03/06
ActivePython 2.0 Easier & Faster
Now with Programmer's Package Manager

2001/03/06
Congratulations to the Active Awards Winners
Perl & Python programmers recognized for excellence

2001/03/05
Perl for .NET proxy now available
ActiveState's PDK 2.1 beta released

2001/03/01
Python Let Loose in LA
ActiveState & the Community at Python Conference

2001/02/26
Tcl finds a home
ActiveState supports open source programming language

2001/02/26
ActiveState continues Brain Gain
Developers & Management Join From Across the Globe

2001/02/20
Vancouver Python & Zope User Group
first meeting - Thursday Feb. 21, 2002

2001/02/19
Perl & Web Services Support with SOAP
PerlEx 2.0 Beta Now Available

2001/02/14
Pathologically Polluting Perl
ActiveState Lecture Series ~ Feb. 21, 2001

2001/02/13
ActivePerl 624 Beta Now Available
Release based on Perl 5.6.1 ~ We'd like your feedback

2001/02/09
ActiveState Active Awards
Vote for your favorite programmer

2001/02/08
Interested in P2P & Web Services?

2001/02/04
C Programmers get exposed
Perl seminar at UBC - Feb. 8

2001/01/25
Perl for Zope Release Now Available

2001/01/21
Komodo/Mozilla storm Manhattan

2001/01/17
Perl 6 ~ What's Happening
ActiveState Lecture Series ~ January 24, 2001

2001/01/16
Python bindings for Mozilla XPCOM technology
irst Release Now Available

2001/01/12
Perl at Microsoft's VSLive! conference
ActiveState demoing at Keynote Address

2000

2000/12/21
Get the Power of Perl in a Familiar GUI Environment
ActiveState's Visual Perl Beta 2 Now Available

2000/12/20
Play with some dragons over the holidays
Get the Komodo Beta, ActiveState's Cross-platform, Multi-language IDE based on Mozilla

2000/12/19
Want convenient access to hundreds of Perl modules for free?
ActivePerl PPM accesses majority of CPAN modules

2000/12/13
Upgraded Perl Filter Engine for Sendmail, PerlMx 1.1, Now Available
Greater Efficiencies and More Sample Filters

2000/12/11
Vancouver Perl Mongers Relaunch on Thursday December 14
Ten Tips & Tricks for Perl

2000/12/08
Gurusamy Sarathy wins best WIP at LISA 2000
What's wrong with dot star?

2000/12/06
Perl now available for Visual Studio.NET
Visual Perl Beta -- First Modern Perl IDE

2000/12/05
XMLFund and ActiveState partner on XML
XSLT to plug into Visual Studio and Komodo

2000/11/30
New version of Komodo - Perl/Python IDE based on Mozilla
Technology Preview Release 3 Now Available

2000/11/29
Fun, fast recipes for Sysadmins in New Orleans
Find out what's hot at ActiveState's LISA 2000 BOFs

2000/11/17
Do you live in Seattle and love Perl?

2000/11/10
ActiveState Lecture Series: Python 2.0
New features to user-friendly programming language

2000/11/03
ActivePerl 5.6 Wins Web Tools Award
WebTechniques Readers' Choice for Programming

2000/11/01
First Perl / Python IDE based on Mozilla Now Available
Komodo Technology Preview Release

2000/10/25
Get Something GUI on Halloween
Komodo, Visual Perl / Visual Python & PDK 2.0 in DC

2000/10/24
ActiveState releases ActivePython 2.0 to the community
Most comprehensive cross-platform distribution available

2000/10/24
Announcing Fully Searchable Mailing Lists Archives
Enjoy the userfriendliness of a Web interface today!

2000/10/23
ActiveState Lecture Series ~ Komodo meets Mozilla
Building applications with the open source browser

2000/10/16
ActiveState Lecture Series<br> Perl, Python & .NET
Cross language inheritance with your favorite open source programming languages

2000/10/12
Perl Email Management Software for Sendmail
PerlMx the power tool for sysadmins debuts at Linux Showcase

2000/10/11
ActivePerl 5.6 Nominated for Web Tools Award
WebTechniques Editors' Choice for Programming

2000/10/03
Perl, Python, Zope, Mozilla, sendmail & ActiveState at Linux Showcase
PerlMx, Perl/Zope and Komodo will be demoed

2000/09/26
NY VC funds ActiveState
Vancouver & International Angels Invest in Software Development Company

2000/09/26
Rational Software & ActiveState Sign Joint Development and Support Agreement

2000/09/26
Retro building refitted for 21st century
Healthy environment designed to foster tech creativity

2000/09/14
ActiveState releases Perl Dev Kit 2.0 for Perl 5.6
Visual debugging now possible remotely

2000/08/24
State of the Active Summer Newsletter

2000/08/21
ActivePython 1.6 Beta Free for Download
Easy Installation, Cross Platform

2000/08/15
PerlMx at LinuxWorld
Ask the experts your questions

2000/08/04
First Perl and Sendmail mail handler
PerlMx beta available for download.

2000/07/11
ActiveState Supports Microsoft .NET Framework
Perl .NET & Python .NET Cross-Language Interoperability

2000/06/19
ActiveState Building Critical Mass
Brain Gain from Around the World

2000/05/29
ActiveState Partners with Digital Creations
Zope to work with Perl

2000/05/24
ActiveState joins Microsoft's Visual Studio Integration Program
Visual Perl and Visual Python will leverage Visual Studio 7.0

2000/05/24
ActiveState Selects Mozilla Platform for Komodo
Will develop multi-language cross-platform IDE

2000/05/24
Netscape and ActiveState to co-develop JavaScript IDE
Mozilla to support Perl and Python

2000/05/15
ActiveState supports next version of SOAP technology
Developers to leverage this next generation in Web programming in PerlEx 2.0

2000/05/09
Intel Works with ActiveState for IA-64 Ports
Beta Release of Python and Perl for Itanium Processor

2000/05/05
Innovative Open Source Software Design Competition on Track for Success
Software Carpentry Project Announces Finalists

2000/04/10
ActiveState and Sendmail Provide Streamlined Mail Content Processing with Perl
System Administrators can now benefit from shared access to two fundamental Open Source Solutions.

2000/03/25
ActiveState releases ActivePerl 5.6 to the Community
Now available for Linux and Solaris.

2000/02/14
ActivePerl 5.6 Beta Released for Download
Windows, Linux and Solaris versions available

2000/02/14
ActiveState expands Board and completes angel funding round.

2000/01/26
ActiveState adds Python to supported languages and joins the Python Consortium

1999

1999/11/29
ActiveState responds to market demands as Perl usage continues to climb
ActivePerl is now available on CD, along with a host of other great stuff. Find out why we made a CD to help you out.

1999/09/20
Open Source week in Vancouver
Open Source is hot and several of the key people in the Open Source community will be presenting in Vancouver over the coming week.

1999/09/13
Jan Dubois, prominent Perl Developer joins ActiveState
Jan Dubois, a prominent member of the Perl Community and maintainer of Win32::OLE is relocating in December from Germany to Vancouver to join the ActiveState team. Starting from January, Jan will take on the role of Senior Developer.

1999/06/01
ActiveState deepens Open Source Perl relationship with Microsoft
ActiveState Tool Corp and Microsoft Corporation have signed a three-year agreement for a Perl Open Source development and support contract.

1999/03/15
Perl Development Kit Arrives!
Perl Development Kit 1.1 gives Perl Developers the tools they need to produce cutting-edge Perl Applications.

1999/02/04
PerlEx 1.1 Faster than Ever!
PerlEx 1.1 blows away the competition on performance speed, has improved stability and powerful new features.

1999/01/06
PerlDirect Provides Support, Quality-Assurance for Perl
PerlDirect from ActiveState Tool Corp. is the first offering of a complete Perl support program designed for corporate IS/IT managers who would like to expand the use of Perl. Early PerlDirect clients include Credit Suisse First Boston and Wells Fargo.

1998

1998/11/04
Leading Perl Developer Arrives at ActiveState
Gurusamy Sarathy - a five year veteran of Perl and the author of several modules arrived at ActiveState this month. ActiveState has worked closely with Sarathy in the past and his addition increases the depth of Perl expertise in the company.

1998/05/13
ActiveState Accelerates Web Sites with PerlEx
ActiveState Tool Corp. announces the release of PerlEx, a plug-in for NT Web servers that significantly improves the performance of Perl scripts by up to 30 times. PerlEx runs on NT Web servers from O'Reilly & Associates, Microsoft and Netscape and executes existing Perl scripts without modification.

1998/04/08
ActiveState Tool Corp Introduces the First Visual Debugger for Perl on Win32 Systems
ActiveState Perl Debugger brings a full visual debugging environment to Perl for Win32 programmers. GUI-debugger makes Perl for Win32 a more powerful tool for Web programmers and systems administrators.

1998/03/10
Leading Perl and XML Developers Collaborating
Leading Perl and XML (Extensible Markup Language) developers met recently at O'Reilly & Associates to plan a way for Perl, the popular Web programming language, and XML, the hottest Web mark-up technology, to work together.

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