REALbasic Professional Edition Voted Best Linux Programming Environment, Best Linux Developer Tool in LinuxWorld Readers' Choice Awards

REAL Software, provider of REALbasic, cross platform that really works, announced today that REALbasic has received top awards in two categories by the readers of LinuxWorld magazine. Also known as the «Oscars of the Software Industry,» the Linux World Readers' Choice award winners were chosen by more than 17,000 readers of SYS-CON Media publications.

REALbasic for Linux Professional Edition was selected by a wide margin as Best Linux Programming Environment and Best Linux Developer Tool; runners-up included notable products such as Sun's Java NetBeans, Borland Enterprise Studio and Eclipse from the Eclipse Foundation. See all of the awards at http://linux.sys-con.com/general/readerschoice.htm.

«LinuxWorld readers and the Linux software development community, both professional and non-professional programmers alike, are taking note and trying REALbasic to see what the buzz is all about,» stated Geoff Perlman, president and CEO of REAL Software. «Those new to REALbasic are echoing what our customers have told us all along: that REALbasic improves their productivity, it puts the fun back into programming, and it's cross-platform that really works.»

About REALbasic

REALbasic is a full-featured software development environment suited to creating all kinds of applications, from utilities to enterprise-class applications. REALbasic for Linux Standard Edition is "free as in beer" (see what this means at: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?FreeAsInBeer). REALbasic for Linux Professional Edition, required for cross-platform deployment, is offered at a special introductory price of $399.95; list price is $499.95. REALbasic 2005 for Linux is available now and can be downloaded directly from REAL Software at http://www.realsoftware.com/download/linux.

About REAL Software

REAL Software provides REALbasic, Cross-Platform That Really Works, for people who want to create and deliver cross-platform software for Linux, Windows and Macintosh. REALbasic is highly compatible with Visual Basic and includes a utility to help migrate Visual Basic applications cross-platform to Linux and Macintosh. REAL Software was founded in 1996 and is based in Austin, Texas. For more information visit http://www.realsoftware.com or call 512.328.7325.

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