Scriptics Secures $3.5 Million in Venture Capital Financing | Linux Today

Scriptics Secures $3.5 Million in Venture Capital Financing

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 20, 1999

“Scriptics Corporation, the leading developer of tools and
resources for the Tcl scripting language, today announced it has
secured $3.5 million in venture capital financing from Accel
Partners of Palo Alto.”

“Founded by Tcl creator and industry visionary Dr. John
Ousterhout, Scriptics is aggressively developing new Tcl
technology, including a sophisticated development tool suite,
enhancements to the open source Tcl core and new Tcl extensions
that will move the scripting language into the corporate
mainstream. In addition, the company provides a central source for
organizing and disseminating Tcl information and software
updates.”


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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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