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Internetnews: ActiveBuddy Embraces Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 2, 2002

“Looking to encourage enterprise adoption of its BuddyScript
tools, New York-based ActiveBuddy on Monday announced it would
extend the software to the Linux operating system.

“Less than two months after the initial launch of the instant
messaging bot making technology on the Windows NT platform,
ActiveBuddy said the move to embrace Linux was necessary to extend
the technology to developers serving the enterprise market.

“It means developers on the Linux platform can now download the
BuddyScript software development kit and sign up to license the
BuddyScript Server to run interactive agents (bots)…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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