Greetings MySQL Aficionados, The announcement below may interest some of you exploring new options for connecting MySQL to the Web. Also, we're looking for more MySQL experts to participate in our pre-release software testing of Lasso Professional 5 with its embedded MySQL database. If any of you have time to participate and are interested, please drop me a line. Thanks! CC ----------------------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 17, 2001 BLUE WORLD LASSO 5 PRODUCT LINE TO PROVIDE TIGHT INTEGRATION WITH LEADING OPERATING SYSTEM, DATABASE, WEB SERVER and WEB AUTHORING PRODUCTS Bellevue, WA--July 17, 2001--Blue World Communications, Inc.--pioneers of the Web Data Engine(tm)--today announced industry support for its recently announced Lasso 5 product line. Lasso 5 products will be tightly integrated with a number of leading operating system, database, Web server and Web authoring products. "In the Internet software business it is critically important to interoperate well with many best-of-breed products," said Bill Doerrfeld, CEO of Blue World. "The Lasso 5 product line will provide the hub which interconnects many leading database, Web server and Web authoring products with unique ease, power and control." Operating System Support Lasso Professional 5 will support Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Windows 2000 and Red Hat Linux. Lasso Studio 5 will support operating systems supported by Adobe GoLive and Macromedia Dreamweaver including Mac OS 9 and Windows 2000. "Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server are unsurpassed in power, stability and ease-of-use," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "Blue World and Lasso products have distinguished themselves in the Mac community and we are delighted to see their support for the Mac platform with Lasso Professional 5." Database Support Lasso 5 products provide built-in support for MySQL and FileMaker Pro databases. In addition, several third parties plan to release free Lasso data source connectors which provide direct, high-performance connectivity between Lasso Professional 5 and their databases. "FileMaker, Inc. is pleased to see Blue World provide advanced support for FileMaker Pro in Lasso Professional 5," said Chris Trytten, director of product management at FileMaker, Inc. "Lasso products are a perfect complement to FileMaker products and together offer a great solution for quickly building data-driven Web sites." "We're delighted to partner with Blue World to bring our widely used MySQL database to Lasso customers," said Erik Granstrom, VP of Marketing at MySQL AB. "With MySQL at the heart of a well-regarded, easy-to-use Web application server such as Lasso, Web developers have a superb total solution for quickly and easily delivering data-driven Web sites." "4D, Inc. is committed to delivering a Lasso connector for 4D Server offering the performance and durability customers have come to expect from 4D, Inc. and Blue World," said Brendan Coveney, CEO of 4D, Inc. "We're excited with the possibilities offered in Blue World's Lasso 5 product line and encourage Web developers to discover how the Lasso 5 and 4D combination can ease the process of building robust database-driven Web solutions." "FrontBase is pleased to announce a forthcoming Lasso Connector for FrontBase providing tight integration between Lasso Professional 5 and FrontBase, our industrial-strength SQL database server," said Geert B. Clemmensen, CEO of FrontBase, Inc. "The new extensibility features in Lasso Professional 5 make it possible for us to build and maintain robust connectivity between Lasso and FrontBase." "We're delighted to announce support for Lasso Professional 5 via our forthcoming Lasso Connector for PrimeBase," said Ulrich Zimmer, CEO of PrimeBase. "Web developers will be able to easily connect Lasso to PrimeBase Server, our high-performance cross platform SQL database server." Web Server Support Lasso Professional 5 will provide built-in support for Apache on Mac OS X and Red Hat Linux, IIS on Windows 2000, and WebSTAR V on Mac OS X. Vendors may use Lasso Connector Protocol to connect any other Web server to Lasso Professional 5. "Lasso has long been the leading Web Data Engine for WebSTAR Server Suite," said Brendan Coveney, CEO of 4D, Inc. "We're very pleased to see Blue World support WebSTAR V in its forthcoming Lasso Professional 5 providing WebSTAR users a powerful yet easy-to-use solution for serving data-driven Web sites." Web Authoring Support Lasso Studio 5 will offer a complete Web application development environment within leading Web site editing programs including support for Adobe GoLive, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev. Third party offerings--including Lasso 5 Glossary for BBEdit from Kuwago Web Services and LDML 5 Plug-in for BBEdit 6.1 from SuiteSync--will extend Bare Bones Software's BBEdit providing support for LDML 5, the programming language used in the Lasso 5 product line. "Lasso Studio for Adobe GoLive provides a simple yet powerful environment for building data-driven Web sites," said Michael Hopwood, senior director of internet products management for Adobe Systems, Inc. "We're thrilled that Blue World plans to deliver a significant upgrade to Lasso Studio for Adobe GoLive with Lasso Studio 5." "The open architecture of Macromedia Dreamweaver platform enables software developers to easily integrate with their solutions such as Lasso Studio," said Tony Campitelli, vice president of product marketing, Macromedia. "Blue World and Macromedia have a long-standing relationship to ensure developers have access to Lasso Studio 5's features from within Macromedia Dreamweaver and Dreamweaver UltraDev." "We congratulate Blue World on their new release, and we're pleased to see third-party support for Lasso Professional 5 in BBEdit 6, our award-winning HTML and text editor," said Rich Siegel, the founder, president, and CEO of Bare Bones Software. "Thousands of Web developers build Lasso-driven sites using BBEdit, and with these new tools, they can be more productive than ever before." About the Lasso 5 Product Line The Lasso 5 product line represents powerful Web application server technology designed to meet the high-end needs of advanced Web developers along with the ease-of-use and productivity needs of professional Web designers enabling Web professionals to quickly build and serve powerful data-driven Web sites. The Lasso 5 product line will include Lasso Professional 5 and Lasso Studio 5. Additional information is available at http://www.blueworld.com/Lasso5/. About Blue World Blue World Communications (www.blueworld.com) delivers cross-platform software tools allowing Web developers and designers to quickly build and serve powerful data-driven Web sites. Blue World provides Lasso Web Data Engine, Lasso Studio and Blue World ListSearch service in fulfillment of its mission to bring business to the Internet(tm). ### (c) Blue World Communications, Inc. Lasso, Lasso Studio, Lasso Professional, Web Data Engine, ListSearch, Blue World Store, bring business to the Internet, and Blue World Communications are trademarks of Blue World Communications, Inc. MySQL is a trademark of MySQL AB. 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[ANNOUNCE] BLUE WORLD LASSO 5 PRODUCT LINE TO PROVIDE TIGHTINTEGRATION WITH LEADING OPERATING SYSTEM, DATABASE, WEB SERVER and WEBAUTHORING PRODUCTS
Cathy Cunningham (Blue World Lasso Evangelist) Tue, 17 Jul 2001 07:19:52 -0700
