OT 2004 taking advantage of renewed interest in the Cincom Smalltalk development environment to launch new versions of both VisualWorks and ObjectStudio
These competing standards are not easy to integrate and VisualWorks stands as a bridge between them.
VisualWorks is arguably the most powerful of Smalltalks.
Irvine, California-based ObjectShare Inc is to sell off its core VisualWorks development business as part of its struggle to survive.
Under the new agreement, which is valued at over $3m in the form of assumed obligations, guaranteed royalty payments, cash and other considerations, Cincom will obtain all the rights for VisualWorks, including predecessor products and related products currently under development.
Objectivity, Inc., a provider of distributed, scalable object databases and ObjectShare Inc.(NASDAQ:OBJS), a provider of component solutions, have launched the VisualWorks Object Database Assurance Package (ODAP) a new service that enables companies to convert their VisualWorks applications to leading object databases while protecting the security and integrity of their data.
The new service provides companies with a plan to convert their VisualWorks database applications to leading object databases; the first partner database in the ODAP is Objectivity/DB.
Objectivity, Inc., a provider of distributed, scalable object databases and ObjectShare(R) Inc.(NASDAQ:OBJS), a leading provider of component solutions, have launched the
VisualWorks Object Database Assurance Package (ODAP) a new service that enables companies to convert their
VisualWorks applications to leading object databases while protecting the security and integrity of their data.
"Today, companies are increasingly examining ways to maximize their technology investments by utilizing the best in object-oriented component technology -- including both Smalltalk and Java tools, such as VisualSmalltalk,
VisualWorks and PARTS for Java -- to create complete enterprise business solutions."
This system is being implemented in ParcPlace Visualworks Smalltalk on Windows workstations and will be put into production on Sun Sparcstations running Solaris accessed by X-terminals and Windows-based PCs with X emulation.
The user interface components, as well as some of the back-end components, are being implemented in ParcPlace VisualWorks Smalltalk, and will be implemented on Unix and Macintosh client workstations.
These techniques form the basis for modern commercial Smalltalk offerings, including VisualAge, Visual Smalltalk, and
VisualWorks.