Would the D6 + Kylix deal include D6.Upgrade + Kylix.Full @ half price???? Cheers, Nahum. > -----Original Message----- > From: Nic Wise [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 08:54 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > Subject: [DUG]: Fw: Borland Unveils Industry's First RAD Web Services > Development Platform > > > well, its official - Delphi 6 is out of the hat - the XML stuff, BTW, > hassupport for XSD, but I couldn't say anything until this was out :) > > Also, we have a special on Kylix + Delphi 6 - buy Delphi 6 > (well, preorder > it :) ) and get Kylix for 1/2 price :) Call the office (09) > 3600-231 for > more info or visit us at the ComputerWorld expo in Auckland. > > There is an Akl / Welli / Chch launch of this and JBuilder 5 > towards the end > of the month, with David Intersimone doing the talking AFAIK :) > > Nic. > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > BORLAND UNVEILS INDUSTRY'S FIRST RAD WEB SERVICES DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM > Borland. DelphiT 6 Introduces New RAD Platform For The Rapid > Creation Of Web > Services Using Latest Industry Standards > SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. - May 8, 2001 - Borland Software > Corporation (Nasdaq > NM: BORL), a leader in e-business implementation platforms, > today announced > the availability of Borland. DelphiT 6, the new version of its rapid > application development (RAD) environment for Windows.. As > the first RAD > tool to help developers easily use and create industry standard Web > Services, Delphi 6 enables the rapid development and deployment of > applications using XML- and SOAP-based Web Services > technologies. Delphi 6 > Web Services and XML technologies speed e-business by > allowing companies to > share and exchange application data, such as information > about a business, > transaction or supplier, over the Internet with minimal human > intervention. > Delphi 6 is the only RAD environment that fully supports all > major emerging > industry standards: XML, SOAP, WSDL, and XSL; in turn, > supporting emerging > Web Services based vendor platforms such as Microsoft. .Net > and BizTalk, and > from Sun Microsystems. ONE, while providing the scalability > and reliability > that enterprise and Web developers require. > "The adoption of Web Services is at a crossroads," said Evan > Quinn, director > of application strategies for Hurwitz Group, an analyst, research, and > consulting firm. "Right now, individual and corporate > developers need the > right tools to make Web Services applications powerful, yet > easy to design. > With Delphi 6, Borland is responding to this critical industry need." > The new Delphi framework includes BizSnapT, WebSnapT and > DataSnapT, which > will help users build server-side and client-side > applications that support > Web Services specifications through a fully integrated set of > Web Service > enabled visuals tool, advanced compiler technology and > re-usable software > components. Delphi 6 is designed to enable faster time-to-market by > simplifying business-to-business integration. > "Web Services is the next step in application development on > the Internet > and developers are under pressure to quickly move business > applications to > open standards so even though two companies have different IT > infrastructure, they can conduct e-business together," said > Simon Thornhill, > vice president and general manager of Borland's RAD products. > "Delphi 6 > enables any Enterprise to quickly move into the future of e-business > application development with Web Services without abandoning past > methodologies, skills and source code." > Borland Delphi 6 new product features include: > * BizSnap Web Services RAD development platform simplifies > business-to-business integration by easily creating XML/SOAP > Web Services > and connections. > * WebSnap is a component-based Web application development > framework that > supports leading Web Application Servers, including ApacheT, > Netscape. and > Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS). > * DataSnap allows customers to build high-performance, Web > Service-enabled > middleware that enables any client application or service to > easily connect > with any major database, such as Oracle., MS-SQL Server, > Informix., IBM. > DB2., Sybase. and InterBase., through industry standard Web > Services and > XML, DCOM, or CORBA.. > In addition, when paired with Borland KylixT, the first native RAD > environment for the Linux. operating system (OS), Delphi 6 > users can build > single-source applications for both Windows and Linux, which opens new > opportunities and increases the potential return on > development investments. > Delphi 6 is scheduled to be available this month in three editions -- > Enterprise, Professional and Personal. > About Borland . Delphi 6 T > Borland Delphi 6 is the first rapid application development > environment for > Windows that fully supports new and emerging Web Services. > With Delphi 6, > corporate or individual developers can create next generation > e-business > applications quickly and easily. Major features include > BizSnap, WebSnap > and DataSnap that enable developers to create applications > that simplify > business-to-business integration with full support for XML, > SOAP, and WSDL. > Delphi 6's industry standard Web Services support enables > immediate and > ongoing integration with emerging Web Services based vendor > platforms such > as .Net and BizTalk from Microsoft, and ONE from Sun > Microsystems. 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