Laszlo Systems announces expanded runtime support
Laszlo Systems Inc. adds support for Flash 9 run-time to OpenLaszlo
SAN MATEO, Calif. (March 31, 2009): Laszlo Systems, a global leader in Rich Internet Application (RIA) software and the original developer of OpenLaszlo, today announced that its award winning open-source platform OpenLaszlo is fully qualified for Flash® Player 8, DHTML, and Flash® Player 9. Release 4.3 of OpenLaszlo is available for download at http://www.openlaszlo.org/download .
“A major design goal of OpenLaszlo 4 was to be able to support multiple runtimes. Now we have full support for three runtimes and can add more in the future. We believe that in this era of applications convergence, developers want to use a technology that allows them to realize the “write-once, run-anywhere” promise. OpenLaszlo is unique in its ability to support multiple runtimes across computers and consumer devices”, said George Shahid, President and CEO of Laszlo Systems.
OpenLaszlo continues to grow in popularity with developers around the world. With over 500,000 downloads of the platform to date it is considered one of the premier choices for RIA development. The platform has been used to create large-scale rich internet applications that are deployed by Fortune 500 / Global 2000 companies around the world. With this latest version, customers are experiencing dramatic performance improvements.
“With this new version of OpenLaszlo users of our G.ho.st ("ghost") Virtual Computer service are experiencing a 4 to 5x improvement in performance. Utilizing OpenLaszlo, the G.ho.st Virtual Computer now offers the speed, performance and functionality of a desktop application all within a web page delivering the vision of ‘available everywhere’ and reducing cost and complexity. We believe this is the future of computing and are proud to be a key partner in this exciting release from Laszlo.” said Zvi Schreiber, Founder and CEO of G.ho.st.
For more information about Laszlo Systems, its products and professional services, please visit www.laszlosystems.com . To download OpenLaszlo for free today, visit www.openlaszlo.org.
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