"Inprise/Borland (Nasdaq:INPR) today announced full support
of native database driven Apache Server applications in its
forthcoming Linux developer tool set code named "Kylix." The Kylix
project, planned to be available later in 2000, will enable rapid
Web application development for the Apache Web Server on the Linux
operating system (OS), and for the Windows platform in an upcoming
version of Delphi."
"By supporting Apache Server applications, the Kylix project
will allow developers to build native applications in an
object-oriented, component-based development environment, with
Linux OS and Windows OS cross-platform flexibility. In addition to
supporting the Apache Server, the Kylix project will create a
migration path from other HTTP Web servers to the Apache Server for
today's applications developed with Borland Delphi and C++Builder.
Web servers supported include: Microsoft Internet Information
Server (IIS); Netscape servers through Common Gateway Interface
(CGI), Internet Server Application Program Interface (ISAPI); and
Netscape Server Application Programming Interface (NSAPI)."
"Apache's performance, reliability and
cross-platform availability have made it the most widely used Web
server on the Internet," said Michael Swindell, director of product
management, Inprise/Borland. "With the introduction of the Kylix
project, software developers will be able to bring native code
performance and Linux/Windows cross-platform flexibility to the
Apache Server. We believe that the Kylix project will become the
standard for high-performance, mission-critical Web applications
development."