"Borland Software Corporation today announced the
general availability of Borland Kylix 2 for the rapid development
of e-business applications for Linux. The latest version of
Borland's award-winning, rapid application development (RAD)
environment for the Linux operating system, Kylix 2 enables
companies to rapidly build and deploy applications that simplify
e-business integration with Web Services across diverse platforms
between customers, suppliers, business partners and employees
worldwide.
According to a recent survey by Evans Data, 70 percent of Linux
developers believe Web Services now represent the "future of
Internet applications." Kylix 2 leverages Web Services and XML
technologies to expand the e-business capabilities of Linux and
Apache. By combining Kylix 2 with Borland Delphi 6, the first Web
Services development environment for the Windows platform,
companies can develop cross-platform enterprise-class applications
that integrate with Web Services industry standards, SOAP, XML, and
WSDL.
Kylix 2 features BizSnap, WebSnap and DataSnap to form a fully
integrated set of visual tools with advanced compiler technology
and re-usable software components. With these components, Kylix 2
users can easily exchange and manipulate XML documents, integrate
applications across the Internet, and additional functionality from
Web Service platforms including .Net and BizTalk from Microsoft,
and ONE from Sun Microsystems. Kylix 2 delivers true platform and
language interoperability and flexibility by supporting industry
standard Web Service protocols such as SOAP, XML, and WSDL."
