ActiveState Releases ActivePerl, ActivePython & ActiveTcl for Sun's Solaris
10 Operating System

ActiveState Delivers Popular Language Distributions Hot on the Heels of
Solaris 10

VANCOUVER, BC - June 28, 2005 - ActiveState, a leading provider of developer
tools and services for dynamic languages, today announced the release of
ActiveState's ActivePerl, ActivePython, and ActiveTcl language distributions
for Sun's Solaris 10 Operating System (OS) for SPARC, x86 and x64 systems.
The release underlines ActiveState's commitment to providing developers with
up-to-date scripting languages on Sun Solaris 10.
 
"Porting our ActivePerl, ActivePython, and ActiveTcl distributions to the
Solaris 10 OS is a important step for ActiveState, as many of our customers
rely heavily on Solaris," says David Ascher, ActiveState's Chief
Technologist. "We are pleased to be part of the exciting times Sun has
embarked upon, including the launch of Open Solaris. Solaris is an
impressive platform, and we think its open sourcing will be received as the
important milestone it is."

As a long time partner with Sun Microsystems, ActiveState is pleased to take
part in Sun's iForce "10 Steps Ahead" Initiative. The partner program
supported ActiveState's efforts in providing Perl, Python, and Tcl to the
Solaris 10 OS user community.

"Sun understands the critical importance of open source scripting languages
to customers," says Terri Gudger, Sr. Director of Partner Marketing for Sun
Microsystems. "We are delighted that ActiveState's industry standard
distributions are now available for the Solaris 10 OS. ActiveState's timely
support for our SPARC, x86 and x64 architectures is precisely what customers
are looking for from our partners."

ActiveState's language distributions offer developers consistent
quality-assured Perl, Python, and Tcl libraries and components across
popular platforms. ActivePerl, ActivePython, and ActiveTcl are provided free
to the community.

Pricing & Availability
ActivePerl, ActivePython, and ActiveTcl for Solaris 10 are immediately
available as free downloads from www.ActiveState.com/Languages. ActiveState
also offers OEM licensing for including ActivePerl, ActivePython or
ActiveTcl with your products, services, and publications. Contact
Sales@[...].com for OEM license inquires.

About ActiveState
ActiveState is the leading provider of tools for dynamic languages such as
Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, and XSLT. Millions of developers rely on
ActiveState's professional development tools, high-quality language
distributions and enterprise services. www.ActiveState.com


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