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Hi sherly, You downloaded ActivePerl, so I wanted to reach out to you before the long weekend to make sure you'd heard about our Spring Into Savings sale. Until May 31st you'll save $50 on Perl Dev Kit or $100 on ActivePerl Pro Studio (Perl Dev Kit & Komodo IDE & Safari Books Online). Please let me know if you have any questions, or if you would like me to create a formal quote for you. I'm happy to assist. Have a great long weekend, and I look forward to hearing from you! Kind Regards, Fred Nayyer Customer Service fred.n@activestate.com Tel: +1.778.786.1103 Toll-free in North America: +1.866.541.3186 Fax: +1.778.786.1133

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Spring Into Savings: Save on Perl Dev Kit and Pro Studio

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Hi sherly, You're already using the industry-standard Perl distribution, ActivePerl. With our Spring Into Savings event you can pick up ActivePerl Pro Studio or Perl Dev Kit (PDK) at deep discount. Want a great Perl IDE plus PDK plus access to Safari Books Online? ActivePerl Pro Studio comes with PDK + Komodo IDE + Safari Books Online. Save $100 on Pro Studio singles, or $500 on 5-packs. Don't need an IDE that integrates with PDK, or access to Safari Books Online? Save $50 on PDK singles, and save $250 on 5-packs! Pick up ActivePerl Pro Studio or Perl Dev Kit this month and get coding! The Perl Team ActiveState Offer valid through May 31, 2011. PDK 5-packs include 5 licenses + Upgrades & Support subscription for one full year. Pro Studio singles and 5-packs  include Upgrades & Support subscription + Safari Books Online. This offer is for new license purchases only, and does not apply to past purchases, upgrades, or Upgrades & Support subscription renewals. Buy Pro Studio Buy PDK sales@activestate.com Tel: +1.778.786.1103 Toll-free in North America: 1.866.541.3186 Fax: +1.778.786.1133

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Your ActiveState News for May 2011

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Issue 32 May 2011 Welcome to the May issue of the ActiveState Dynamic Languages Newsletter! In this issue you'll find: Stackato: The first end-to-end enterprise cloud platform for Python & Perl Save $50 -  $500 on Developer Tools in May Parallels Bundles ActivePython & ActivePerl When to use ActivePerl Business Edition As always, please feel free to drop us a line if you have ideas for future issues or feedback.   The ActiveState Team Stackato: The first end-to-end enterprise cloud platform for Python and Perl applications We're pleased to announce Stackato, the first end-to-end enterprise cloud platform for dynamic language applications. Initially for Python and Perl and based on Cloud Foundry, Stackato enables you to deploy, manage, and scale Python and Perl applications in the private or public cloud. Learn more or sign up for the Stackato Developer Preview. Simply install Stackato, deploy, and run your new or existing apps in the cloud. Interested in giving it a try? We're looking for feature requests and feedback: sign up for the Stackato Developer Preview. Your opinions and comments are important to us! Save $50 - $500 in May!   Spring has arrived. Doesn't all that great, fresh air inspire you to get moving? Save $50 - $500 on ActiveState developer tools until May 31, 2011 and get moving on all of your development projects! Save on Komodo IDE: Singles from $295 $245 ($50 off) 5-packs, incl. Upgrades & Support  $1615 $1365 ($250 off) Save on Perl Dev Kit and Tcl Dev Kit: Singles from $295 $245 ($50 off) 5-packs, incl. Upgrades & Support $1615 $1365 ($250 off) Save EVEN MORE on ActivePerl Pro Studio and ActiveTcl Pro Studio: Singles are $595 $495 ($100 off) 5-packs are $2390 $1890 ($500 off) Pro Studio bundles include either Perl Dev Kit or Tcl Dev Kit, PLUS Komodo IDE, PLUS Safari Books Online, PLUS your first year's Upgrade & Support plan! Learn more about the Spring Into Savings event—but move quickly, as these prices are only valid through May 31, 2011! Parallels Plesk Panel Bundles ActivePython and ActivePerl Parallels Plesk Panel is a complete web hosting automation solution that makes it easy for small businesses to create, customize, and manage websites through an intuitive user interface. Small business customers use Parallels Plesk Panel to create a hassle-free point-and-click web presence and to manage company email accounts. Parallels offers customers an extensive selection of paid and open source apps through the Storefront included in Plesk Panel. Plesk Panel users can choose from over 100 applications to install onto their websites, including a large number of open source Perl- and/or Python-based apps. "Having the ActivePerl and ActivePython interpreters from ActiveState running underneath definitely helps to facilitate us being able to offer this wide breadth of applications," says Blake Tyra, Plesk Panel Product Manager. Read about how ActivePython and ActivePerl OEM helped Parallels offer a more seamless, complete experience for their customers. When to use ActivePerl Business Edition Here's what you need to know about ActivePerl Business Edition, even if you currently use Perl Dev Kit (PDK). Business Edition licenses are needed if  you require support, or in two other common situations: Situation #1 -  Versions of ActivePerl which have expired from Community Edition Say it's been about a year since you last upgraded your Perl Dev Kit and ActivePerl. You're building executables for Linux, Window, and/or OS X on one of those three platforms. Everything is working fine, but you need to add an additional module. As soon as you do, you get a warning about needing a Business Edition license, and you can't wrap any longer. Why does this happen? Your ActivePerl Community Edition has expired. When the PDK cross-wraps, it uses a cached copy of the same build of ActivePerl that your system has, only for the foreign platform. If you ask for a resource which isn't in the cache, the PDK must download that resource from the PPM servers. When a request is made for resources from an expired build, the PPM servers will check to see if the requesting system has a Business Edition license. If your process requires the use of a specific version of ActivePerl over long periods of time, then you should get a Business Edition license for every server running an old copy of ActivePerl. If you don't need a specific version of Perl, then you can upgrade your ActivePerl to a currently available version from Community Edition* and you will not need a Business Edition license. *NOTE: If you change to a different major revision of ActivePerl, you may need to upgrade your Perl Dev Kit as well. In any case, if you change your ActivePerl, you should plan to re-install your Perl Dev Kit afterwards. Situation #2  - Platforms which are not available in Community Edition So, you want to use ActivePerl on Unix, AIX, HP-UX, or Solaris? These platforms require Business Edition. All of the Unix platforms require a Business Edition license somewhere in the process. The key concept to remember is that the license has to follow the Perl. If you work with AIX or HP-UX, you will need a Business Edition license on the native system. Perl Dev Kits are available to match the ActivePerl and also install natively on these platforms, but the Perl Dev Kit is licensed per-user, not per-server, so if you already own a PDK license you can download PDK license installers for any platform you run on from your My Account page on our site. You have more choices for Solaris. If you cross-wrap for Solaris, the ActivePerl Business Edition license must be installed on the system where the Perl is cached (the system that runs the PDK). If you build natively, the Business Edition license must be on the Solaris system. The choice to build natively vs cross-wrapping will depend on the modules your scripts use. When you cross-compile, all the modules you use must be available via the PPM service. If the modules you need are not available, then you have to compile them locally and are best off to run the PDK natively on Solaris. To quickly determine if the modules you need are available, you can check using the PPM index service: http://code.activestate.com/ppm Not sure what version of ActivePerl you need? Compare Editions. This month's Quick Poll should take no more than one minute to complete. One respondent will receive a t-shirt just for taking the time to reply! Take the quick poll now. Thanks to everyone who participated in April's quick poll. See the results here. Congratulations to Les Kendall, who has picked up an ActiveState t-shirt for participating. . Coming soon: With Perl 5.14 set to be released next week, watch for ActivePerl 5.14 and  PDK 9.1 (with support for ActivePerl 5.14) to arrive shortly thereafter. ActiveState is proud to sponsor the following upcoming events: PyCon APAC June 9-11, Singapore EuroPython June 20-26, Florence, Italy PyOhio July 30-31, Columbus, OH DrupalCon London August 22-26, London, UK Python Brasil [7] Sept 29-Oct 1, São Paulo, Brasil Kiwi PyCon August 27-28, Wellington, NZ PyCon DE Oct 4-9, Leipzig, Germany PyCon Ireland Oct 8-9, Dublin, Ireland Planning an event we should know about? Have an event you recommend we attend? Send us an email. Check out all upcoming events at: http://www.activestate.com/company/news/events    Do you tweet? Seems everyone does these days. Stay on top of the latest happenings at ActiveState - news, offers, contests, blogs - and connect with other developers through Twitter. Follow us @activestate 1700 - 409 Granville Street | Vancouver, BC V6C 1T2 | Canada | www.activestate.com Phone: (778) 786 1100 | Toll-Free: 1 (866) 631 4581 | Fax: (778) 786 1133

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ActiveState Introduces Stackato for Python and Perl in the Cloud

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Hi sherly, Got your head in the cloud? So do we! We're pleased to announce Stackato, the first end-to-end enterprise cloud platform for dynamic language applications. Initially for Python and Perl and based on Cloud Foundry, Stackato enables you to deploy, manage, and scale Python and Perl applications in the private or public cloud. Sign up for the Stackato Developer Preview. Simply install Stackato, deploy, and run your new or existing apps in the cloud. Plus with Stackato you'll get: Easy deployment of existing apps to the cloud with little re-engineering Versatility—simple deployment from desktop to cloud via our award winning Komodo IDE or from the command line Portability between a virtual machine, a private cloud like VMware's vSphere, or a public IaaS provider Secure multi-tenancy and configuration of auto-scaling Automatic provisioning of application environment with languages and frameworks (such as Django, Pyramid, Mojolicious, or Catalyst) Automatic provisioning of module/package dependencies Choice of database engine (such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis) Much more... All while relying on your choice of our ActivePython and ActivePerl distributions. Interested in giving it a try? Sign up for the Stackato Developer Preview, and provide us with feature requests and early feedback. Your opinions and comments are important to us! We look forward to hearing from you, and hope that you're as excited as we are to enter the cloud realm. Diane Mueller diane.m@activestate.com Director, Enterprise Product Management ActiveState Software

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Save time and money with ActiveState OEM Licensing

Hi there, If you are currently considering dynamic languages for your next application, why not bundle ActivePerl, ActivePython or ActiveTcl right into your product for a seamless customer experience? Don't just take it from us: “We can be away from our development environment and we don’t have to worry about compiling code and distributing it for particular platforms because ActiveTcl supports so many platforms. It’s the cross-platform aspect of ActiveTcl that’s so valuable.” - Brian Brady, senior software engineer, Rockwell Collins Read the full case study. Want to learn more? Get started by watching this short webinar: Exploring the Benefits of Embedding Dynamic Scripting Languages in Your Products  In this webinar, you will learn how using ActiveState’s OEM solutions can: save developer time get to market faster differentiate your offerings improve your customers’ experience with your products If you have any questions about your ActiveState dynamic language distribution and your OEM licensing options please contact us anytime. The ActiveState Team Toll-free in North America: 1.866.510.2914

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OEM Licensing Accelerates Development Time

Hi there, Leading software, hardware, and aerospace vendors such as Cisco, VMWare, Lockheed Martin, and Boeing rely on ActivePerl, ActivePython, and ActiveTcl embedded in their products to get to market faster and provide the risk-free reliability their customers demand. Get turn-key redistribution licenses and eliminate legal risks with ActiveState OEM licensing for bundling ActivePerl, ActivePython or ActiveTcl Community, Business, or Enterprise Edition builds. ActiveState OEM Licensing also: Reduces development costs Accelerates time to market Improves your customer experience "It's very important to us that we don’t have open source licensing problems, which is why we use ActivePerl OEM. We estimate that it saves us about 50K Euro per year on support and possible missed deals." - Walter Verhoeven, Creative Associates Read the full case study here If you have any questions about your ActiveState dynamic language distribution and your OEM licensing options please contact us anytime. The ActiveState Team Toll-free in North America: 1.866.510.2914

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Your ActiveState News for April 2011

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Issue 31 April 2011 Welcome to the April issue of the ActiveState Dynamic Languages Newsletter! In this issue you'll find: New Webinar - Python on the Cloud: Best Practices Tutorials: ActivePython Amazon Machine Image IP Infringement: Perl, Python and Tcl May Put Your Intellectual Property at Risk Using PerlApp to Wrap a GUI App for Windows As always, please feel free to drop us a line if you have ideas for future issues or feedback.   The ActiveState Team Python on the Cloud: Best Practices for Application Development on the Cloud (co-hosted by Amazon Web Services) ActiveState and Amazon Web Services partnered in March to present Python on the Cloud: Best Practices for Application Deployment on the Cloud. Learn best practices for building & deploying web applications to the cloud with Python. The webinar presenters discuss and demonstrate how a simple web interface gives developers complete control of computing resources, enabling you to develop, deploy, and scale in the cloud with ease. You will learn how to: Reduce IT costs and accelerate time-to-deployment with cloud-based infrastructure Develop powerful applications faster with Python Spin up your own Amazon Machine Image (AMI) with ActiveState's vetted LAMP stack Connect and build enterprise-grade infrastructure to support and manage your deployment Leverage Python to deliver scalable, enterprise-class applications on the cloud Scale easily with on-demand infrastructure The archived webinar is now available for viewing online. ActivePython AMI Tutorials   We're on a roll: Using Python on the Cloud has never been easier. We rolled out the ActivePython Amazon Machine Image (AMI) a few months ago, and over the past few months we've also been rolling out blog posts and tutorials to help you get started. Here they are so that you, too, can roll your own Python AMI! Read the Getting Started blog post, or, if you've already done that, hop on over to our new tutorials: 1) Building a Python-centric WebServer in the Cloud 2) Using Gunicorn on the ActivePython AMI 3) Modifying the ActivePython AMI Demo Site If you're already using the ActivePython AMI, we hope you're finding the tutorials helpful! Does Perl, Python and Tcl Licensing Put Your Intellectual Property at Risk? If you think software licensing and IP infringement lawsuits only affect the big players with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, you're wrong. Avoiding legal trouble can be complicated when your IT or software development project includes third party software components like open source dynamic languages Perl, Python and Tcl. Too often, busy developers put their companies at risk by glossing over or recklessly clicking through on licensing requirements. It's said that the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray. The result can be expensive lawsuits and damaged reputations—lessons these companies learned the hard way. Read our latest paper about IP infringement. Using PerlApp to Wrap a GUI Application for Windows Today's tip comes straight from a support ticket. The user was trying to use PerlApp to wrap a GUI application for Windows. The program was designed to run without a console, so the user selected the --gui flag in PerlApp. What he observed was that the program would wrap, but would not stay running when executed. Some debugging indicated that the program was exiting immediately. If the --gui flag was removed, the application would run correctly when wrapped, but the user didn't want a console window in the background. The problem was eventually traced back to a bug in the design of the Log::WarnDie module, which will not run without the STDERR filehandle. There is a fast way that this problem could have been exposed early in development. Programs which are intended to run without a console should be tested from the command line using the wperl.exe interpreter instead of perl.exe. Wperl.exe does not have the STDERR filehandle, so it is a much closer test to the planned final use than a normal perl.exe. Learn more about PerlApp, available within Perl Dev Kit and ActivePerl Pro Studio. This month's Quick Poll should take no more than one minute to complete. One respondent will receive a t-shirt just for taking the time to reply! Take the quick poll now. Thanks to everyone who participated in March's quick poll regarding the new ActivePython AMI and cloud development! Emil Janev has picked up an ActiveState t-shirt for participating. Congratulations also goes out to Jack Schueler who won an iPad in the February long survey! No new releases in March, but Perl 5.14 core builds are due out in late April. Keep an eye out for ActivePerl 5.14 to follow shortly thereafter! LinuxFest NorthWest Bellingham, WA Apriil 30 - May 1, 2011 ActiveState is proud to be a sponsor of LFNW, the annual event for Linux and open source experts, users and enthusiasts! You could even win a copy of Komodo IDE at the event!! Planning an event we should know about? Have an event you recommend we attend? Send us an email.    Do you tweet? Seems everyone does these days. Stay on top of the latest happenings at ActiveState - news, offers, contests, blogs - and connect with other developers through Twitter. Follow us @activestate 1700 - 409 Granville Street | Vancouver, BC V6C 1T2 | Canada | www.activestate.com Phone: (778) 786 1100 | Toll-Free: 1 (866) 631 4581 | Fax: (778) 786 1133

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