Business Wire: Magic Software Announces Free Offering of Application Development Technology to the Linux Community | Linux Today

Business Wire: Magic Software Announces Free Offering of Application Development Technology to the Linux Community

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 22, 1999

“Magic Software Enterprises Inc. (Nasdaq:MGICF) Monday announced
that it is offering a limited version of its highly productive
application development technology, along with demo applications
and e-mail support, to the Linux community.”

“The version of Magic being used for Linux is the standard
version of Magic 8.20 for SCO ODT 5, which supports both Informix
and Oracle databases. It has been tested with Red Hat versions 5.1
and 5.2, the latest commercial versions of Linux. Full
documentation is provided on the Magic 8.20 standard distribution
compact disc, which is being distributed along with this special
Magic version for Linux. In addition, limited e-mail support can be
obtained through linux@magic-sw.com.”

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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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