Scotts Valley, CA — (press release excerpt) — Borland Software Corporation today announced Borland Kylix 3, the first Rapid Application Development (RAD) solution for C++ and Borland Delphi on the Linux operating system. For the first time, Linux developers can quickly create GUI, database, Web, and Web Services applications in C++, the preferred programming language for the Linux operating… system/platform. Kylix 3 extends RAD for Linux to the more than 2 million developers in the C++ community worldwide, as estimated by IDC, by providing critical technology to drive the adoption of Linux in the enterprise.

With Kylix 3, enterprises can affordably build high-performance Linux applications with existing C++ programming skills at high speeds, meeting the demands of today's tight IT budgets.

According to IDC, C/C++ continues to be the leading primary language for application development. Kylix 3 offers the first two-way visual design of C++ applications allowing C++ developers to quickly create high-performance GUI client, database, Web, and Web Services applications for the Linux operating system. Until now, Linux developers have been required to use non-visual integrated development environments that are better suited to operating-system and device-driver development.

Kylix 3 improves the speed and quality of component-based development and gives developers the flexibility to build applications in C++ or Borland Delphi for the platform of their choice. Developers can combine Kylix 3 with Borland C++Builder or Delphi to create single-source, cross-platform Linux/Windows applications. Likewise, Borland continues to build on its commitment to Web Services with expanded support for Web Services development and compliance with the latest Web Services standards built into Kylix 3.

 
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