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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 13:55:39 -0700
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From: Lori Pike <LoriP@ActiveState.com>
Subject: ActiveState releases ActivePython 2.0 to the community: Most
comprehensive distribution 



ActiveState releases ActivePython 2.0 to the community: Most comprehensive
cross-platform distribution available

VANCOUVER, BC  October 24, 2000 - ActiveState, the leading provider of Internet
programming software and services announces that ActivePython 2.0 is available
for download.  ActivePython is ActiveState’s free binary distribution of
Python for the Linux, Solaris and Windows platforms.  ActivePython enables
programmers to get up and running faster with precompiled libraries, which run
on all the popular operating systems, and with the numerous Windows-specific
extensions by Mark Hammond, Senior Python Developer, ActiveState.  

“We’re delighted to bring the same high level of quality and reliability to
the Python community that we have for Perl programmers,” said Dick Hardt,
Founder & CEO, ActiveState.  ”We’re fully committed to increasing
Python’s already fast growth rate with a host of user-friendly Python products
and services such as ActivePython, Python for .NET, Visual Python, and
PythonDirect.”  

“I’m happy to see multiple sources of Python distributions and I’m glad to
see that ActiveState is supporting and promoting Python.  I hope that
ActivePython will further contribute to Python’s accessibility, making it
available to a whole new category of programmers,” said Guido van Rossum,
creator of Python.

ActivePython 2.0 Features:
·	Cross-platform installer for Linux, Solaris, and Windows
·	Integrated support for Windows APIs
·	Online documentation
·	Precompiled extension libraries
·	PythonCOM support
·	PythonWin development environment

“The Win32 extensions for Python helps us build scalable multi-threaded server
applications,” said John Demelis, R&D Manager, 80-20 Software.  “The
PythonWin editor and debugger save us loads of time in the creation of our
knowledge management software.”

“Python has always been easy to learn but it can be hard to find, compile and
install extensions modules.  Our release integrates extensions optimized for
our target platforms of Linux, Solaris and Windows.  For example we have
built-in support for XML parsing, textual and graphical user interfaces, audio
and more.  On Windows, we ship with Mark Hammond's famous extension that access
the entire Windows API including COM, ASP, ODBC and MFC.  The PythonWin
development environment completes the package.  ActivePython extends Python's
’batteries included’ philosophy,” said Paul Prescod, ActivePython 2.0
Project Lead.

About ActiveState:
ActiveState is at the forefront of open source infrastructure software,
providing Internet programming products and services for all popular operating
systems including Linux, Solaris, and Windows.  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 and Python, 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.

Media & Analyst Contacts:
Lori Pike, ActiveState
604.484.6417
LoriP@ActiveState.com

© ActiveState Tool Corp 2000.

ActiveState and ActivePython are trademarks of ActiveState Tool Corp.  All
other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

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