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COMMERCIAL: Visual Basic(tm) for Linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Mon Oct 16 11:41:06 1995
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 22:01:28 +0200
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
Reply-To: linux-announce-owner@vger.rutgers.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
From: dhsi@netcom.com (don hsi)
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Visual Basic(tm) for Linux
Summary: VBIX - Visual Basic(tm) for Linux
Keywords: visual basic linux interpreter unix vbix
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Lars Wirzenius)
Followup-to: comp.os.linux.misc
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Don Hsi, President
http://www.vbix.com
dhsi@netcom.com
(408) 378-9898
(408) 378-9935 Fax
1590 La Pradera Dr. Campbell, CA 95008
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Halcyon Software Releases VBIX, a Microsoft(c) Visual Basic(tm) compatible
runtime engine for UNIX.
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CAMPBELL, California--Halcyon Software announced today, the release of VBIX,
a Microsoft(c) Visual Basic(tm) 3.0 compatible runtime engine for UNIX
environments, including Sun OS, Sun Solaris, Unixware, AIX, HP-UX,SCO and
Linux.
VBIX allows Visual Basic applications developed in the Windows 3.1 environment
to be executed directly on UNIX platforms running Motif, as native applications
with a completely compliant Motif look and feel. Also supported are
character-mode terminals on the SCO and AIX platforms. Don Hsi, Halcyon's
president and founder, explains: With the release of VBIX, UNIX users
now have access to the ease of use, functionality and cost-effectiveness
of Microsoft Visual Basic as a prototyping and development environment.
A majority of Visual Basic Functions, Statements, Objects and standard
Controls are supported, including database access via Data Controls and ODBC.
A complete UNIX-based IDE is planned for 2nd Quarter 1996 as is support for
Visual Basic version 4 and plug-in OCX controls. Prices have not yet been set.
Halcyon Software has been in business since 1990 providing engineering
solutions to customers worldwide. It has successfully marketed and sold more
than a half dozen commercial applications.
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Visual Basic is registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation
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