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Activestate & O'Reilly Deepen Partnership
Safari Electronic Reference Library Added To Aspn
March 24, 2003, Vancouver, BC - ActiveState® Corp. and O'Reilly & Associates today announced the launch of Safari Bookshelf, a leading technical reference library, now accessible within the redesigned ActiveState Programmer NetworkT (ASPN) website. Safari is available with ActiveState's ASPN PerlT and ASPN TclT programming bundles, adding a broad range of online books to the only comprehensive collections of Perl and Tcl tools and resources.
ASPN Perl and ASPN Tcl equip programmers with professional tools and a wealth of technical content such as: code archives, news feeds, mailing lists, cookbook recipes, and now Safari Bookshelf, all integrated within a centralized online, searchable repository.
Safari Books Online is a joint venture between the industry's leading IT publishers The Pearson Technology Group and O'Reilly & Associates. Safari Bookshelf is a fully searchable electronic reference library that houses the full text of more than 1,300 leading technical books from O'Reilly, Addison-Wesley, New Riders and many other trusted publishers. Users can drill down into the exact chapter and section of a book to quickly pinpoint examples and code samples just as they appear in the printed book.
"ActiveState's industrial-strength programming software and Safari's deep technical library are a potent combination for working developers who need information as they code," said Tim O'Reilly, CEO of O'Reilly & Associates. "The ASPN bundles are like a specialized Google for Perl and Tcl developers."
"As a resident Safari fan, I can see how the seamless integration of Safari's extensive technical content within the revamped ASPN will provide a big leg up for programmers," said Gurusamy Sarathy, Senior Developer, ActiveState. "Members can now bookmark and annotate this content, even cut-and-paste the code directly into their programs, saving time and significantly improving their ability to whip up code that works. Safari gives a whole new meaning to writing code by the book."
"I've been hooked on the tools in ASPN Perl for a couple years, using Komodo to develop financial information processing systems and to wrangle ugly chunks of code," said Eric Gjerde, IT Manager, Northland Securities, Inc. "ASPN Perl was already a great source of information, and Safari Bookshelf makes it even more valuable, saving me money and hassle. The powerful search capabilities and integration with the ASPN site are a huge help in my work."
Safari upgrades are available free of charge to recent ASPN Perl and ASPN Tcl customers. Licenses for ASPN Perl and ASPN Tcl are $495. Additional information, free 21-day trial licenses, and educational licenses are at http://www.ActiveState.com/ASPN.
