“Inprise Corporation, herein referred to as Borland, today at
the Linux Business Expo announced the immediate availability of
Borland JBuilder 4 Foundation. JBuilder 4 Foundation is a pure Java
development environment supporting the latest Java 2 platform
standards and cross-platform development. The product is available
for free download at Borland’s Web site,
http://www.borland.com/jbuilder/foundation/.”
“JBuilder 4 Foundation’s pure Java development environment,
including an integrated editor, debugger, compiler, visual
designers, and wizards, provides developers on Linux with an ideal
basis for developing Java applications,” said Bill Claybrook,
research director, Aberdeen Group. “Furthermore, JBuilder 4
Foundation’s sample applications, tutorials, multimedia training,
and support for the latest Java standards help developers on any
platform learn Java easily.”
“This is not just a trial or demonstration version but a
production quality tool that Java developers can use now to benefit
from the power, performance and productivity of JBuilder across
multiple platforms, including Linux, Solaris and Windows operating
systems,” said Tony de la Lama, vice president of Borland’s Java
business unit. “We are confident that JBuilder Foundation customers
will find the environment highly productive, and in the future,
will choose to upgrade to our Professional and Enterprise
editions.”