Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 19:16:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sara Winge <sara@oreilly.com>
To: lwn@lwn.net
Subject: Intel Partners w/ActiveState for IA-64 Port

Contact:
Lori Pike, ActiveState, 604.713.8433 p. / 604.808.6655 c.
LoriP@ActiveState.com

Intel Partners with ActiveState for IA-64 Ports:  Beta Release

Vancouver, BC May 8, 2000  ActiveState, a leading supplier of products
and services supporting Open Source software, announced today the beta
release of Python and Perl for the Intel Itanium processor.

The Intel Itanium processors floating-point performance, 64-bit
addressability, large cache memory, and high bandwidth bus are well
suited for high performance workstations.  The port will make available
to these highend servers and workstation users the power of Python and
Perl, familiar and highly utilized tools.

"I am very excited about the potential of the Intel Itanium processor,"
commented Dick Hardt, ActiveState CEO. "ActiveState is committed to
this new architecture and will be providing Itanium versions of our
freely available ActivePerl and ActivePython distributions.

The ports of these two popular scripting languages will ensure that
those companies investing in Intel Itanium IA-64 processor-based
computers will immediately have the power of Perl and Python available
to them.

Under the agreement ActiveState is porting Python and Perl to IA-64.
As part of its involvement in the beta, ActiveState is also supplying
support to the Itanium early adopters.  Upon release of the Itanium
chip, ActiveState will provide complete Python and Perl binary packages
available for free download from its website.


About ActiveState
ActiveState is at the forefront of Open Source infrastructure software,
providing products and services for all popular Operating Systems
including Windows, Linux and Solaris.  ActiveState's key technology
platforms are Perl, the Internet's most popular programming language
and Python, a user-friendly scripting language.  ActiveState solutions
provide enterprise-wide deployment of Perl, improved programmer
productivity, and seamless integration with other technologies.
ActiveState believes in the evolution of core Perl and Python
technologies and is committed to broadening the appeal of Perl and
Python by making available easy to install packages for popular
operating systems.  For more information visit
http://www.ActiveState.com.

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