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2008 News
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07/22/08 WebORB for Java version 3.0 Beta 3 is available. The release delivers real-time messaging
(RTMP) integration, improvements in the Java implementation of data management for Flex, Oracle support and general
product stabilization.
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04/30/08 WebORB for PHP version 3.0 is released with major improvements in performance and
stability. The release includes support for publish/subscribe, new examples and code generators.
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02/28/08 WebORB for .NET is a now a FREE product offering the best integration between
Flex/Flash/JavaScript clients and .NET applications. Features include Remoting, Data Management, Video Streaming and
recording, data push, MSMQ integration and many more.
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02/28/08 WebORB for .NET 3.4 is released. Release details are available on the
WebORB release history page.
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2007 News
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10/11/07 True.com selects Midnight Coders for delivery of next generation online
dating services. WebORB to power video chat for 20,000,000 online users.
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9/30/07
Midnight Coders founder to conduct
4 hands-on sessions on
Flex and .NET integration at the MAX'07 conference in Chicago.
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9/30/07
Midnight Coders co-sponsors
Adobe
MAX 2007. Visit us in our booth in the StartupCity pavilion.
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9/25/07
Midnight Coders founder conducts an Adobe web seminar on the subject of
Flex and .NET data management.
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9/17/07
Adobe developer center publishes
a recording of the
Flex and .NET Integration seminar conducted by Mark Piller
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8/12/07 Midnight Coders co-sponsors the 360Flex conference in Seattle. Visit our booth in the vendor
pavilion. Mark Piller to present on the subject of Flex and .NET integration as well as discuss the latest
developments in the WebORB product line.
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7/10/07 Midnight Coders CEO to speak on the subject of
AIR and .NET integration at the
Seattle and
Dallas stops of the
Adobe OnAIR Bus Tour.
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7/06/07 WebORB for PHP v 2.0 is released. The new release
delivers a variety of new features and enhancements. Read the product
release history for details.
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6/25/07 Midnight Coders at FlexManiacs in Washington DC. Midnight
Coders founder and CEO, Mark Piller presents at the FlexManiacs conference.
Presentations subjects include "Flex without Java", "PHP and RIAs" and
a hands-on session on Flex and PHP
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6/15/07 WebORB for .NET 3.2 is released. The release includes
multiple bug fixes and delivers several significant features including Flex
Builder plugin, AMF response auto-compression, security framework
enhancements and many more. Details are available in the
release history.
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5/16/07 Flex Remoting is available in the WebORB Standard Edition for
.NET. The latest WebORB for .NET release (3.1.0.3) delivers a very important
change in the WebORB for .NET feature line up. Flex Remoting (AMF3)
integration is now available in the free Standard Edition of the product.
Companies can build Flex applications with a .NET backend with no
infrastructure cost and enjoy many of the WebORB features. The Standard
Edition includes RemoteObject support, management console, code generator,
AMF0 (Flash Remoting) implementation and many more very cool features to
make Flex/Flash development a very enjoyable experience.
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5/16/07 New Download and Licensing Center is available. We are proud
to open up new
product download center - a Flex application integrated with a .NET
backend powered by WebORB. The new center makes it easies to download our
products and obtain product license keys. There is a new management facility
coordinating license key requests.
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5/15/07 WebORB for .NET 3.1.0.3 is released. The
new release brings the Enterprise Edition a step closer to the
production quality. The release includes several important bug
fixes and features:
- Flex Remoting (AMF3) is now available in the WebORB Standard
Edition
- Added support for MSMQ message selectors (mx.messaging.Consumer.selector)
- Added capability to create new records in the testdrive MXML/AS
code generated by WDMF
- Added TimeSpan serialization. TimeSpan instances are serialized
as 'long' values. A value represents the period of time expressed in
milliseconds.
- Fixed compilation problems in the WDMF generated code for MySQL
databases
- Fixed compilation of VB-based WDMF projects with a MySQL
database as the data source
- Static classes now show up in the service browser
- Improved WDMF data model validation - auto-correction replaces
illegal characters in the class and property names with underscore
('_')
- Added support for the MySQL 'date', 'year' and 'blob' types
- Fixed a class cast exception problem with float data type in SQL
Server
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5/14/07 Flex and .NET Article published by Adobe DevCenter.
Adobe Developer Center published
an article by the Midnight Coders founder, Mark Piller.
The article provides an in-depth overview of Flex and .NET integration
using Flex's RemoteObject API/MXML.
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5/08/07 WebORB for .NET 3.1.0.2 is released.
3.1.0.2 delivers a combination of important bug fixes and new features, including:
- Added support for VB.NET in the WDMF (WebORB Data Management for Flex) code generator.
All the generated code for the server-side can now be in C# or VB.NET
- Standalone WebORB Enterprise Edition process can now operate as a Windows Service. Use
-install, -uninstall, -start and -stop arguments with weborbee.exe
- System.Data.DataSet is serialized as a collection of table name to DataTable mappings. A DataTable is
serialized as an array of complex types, where each complex type represents a row of data.
- Configuration file containing database and data model information used by WebORB Data Management for
Flex has been renamed to wdm.config. This change requires re-adding of database and data model
information in the console.
- Fixed bugs:
- Flex consumers connection termination is now properly handled
- RTMP connection termination no longer causes thread misallocation.
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 table names are properly prefixed with schema name. Previously
schema name was omitted in the generated SQL queries.
- Double.NaN type adaptation. Values of NaN can now be adapted to any
Nullable numeric type
- ActionScript String to Guid type adaptation now works as expected
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5/01/07 WebORB for .NET 3.1.0.1 is released.
3.1.0.1 is a maintenance release delivering some new
features and bug fixes in WebORB Data Management for Flex:
The release includes:
- Added 'Cardinality' column in the Table/Column properties
in Code Generator
- Added support for stored procedures
- Added support for ActiveRecords.XXX.findFirst and findLast
methods
- Console's Data Management tab immediately stores changes
in the column mappings
- Added data type mapping for the "float" data type
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4/23/07 WebORB
for .NET 3.1 is released. The new release is the first one to deliver brand new WebORB Data Management
for Flex - a highly dynamic system designed to simplify data-driven application development using Flex
and .NET. A video overview of the system is available
here.
The release includes:
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3/5/07 Midnight
Coders at 360Flex. We are a proud co-sponsor of the 360Flex conference in San Jose. Midnight Coders' own
Mark Piller and Harris Reynolds to present on the subjects of 'data-driven application development with
Flex' and 'Flex and .NET integration'.
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2/8/07 SeaFlex
Presentation. Midnight Coders CEO presents to the
Seattle Flex User Group.
The discussion involves the subject of Flex and .NET integration, data management and developer
productivity.
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1/11/07 SilvaFUG
Presentation. Midnight Coders CEO presents to the members of Silicon Valley Flex User Group on the
subject of Flex and .NET integration.
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1/2/07 The new WebORB for .NET product
page is available. The new
structure and format provide a simple way to find product
information, development and evaluation resources.
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2006 News
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12/19/06 WebORB for .NET 3.0 is released. The release
includes production quality build of the Professional Edition
and Beta 1 of the Enterprise Edition. Below is a list of
features/changes in the release:
- Flex Messaging integration (support for
mx.messaging.Producer and mx.messaging.Consumer)
- Support for remote SharedObject API
- RTMP streaming support
- MSMQ integration for Flex messaging clients
- New cascading security enforcement implementation
- Code-level security configuration panel (See the
Services\Security tabs)
- Server configuration panels (Class mappings, Service
aliases, Service factories, Abstract class mappings, Custom
serializers - See the "Configuration" tab)
- Fixed Cairngorm 2.1 code generation template (the new
template does not use old, deprecated calls)
- Added serializer for IEnumerator types
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12.04.06 WebORB for .NET Release Candidate 2 is
available. The release delivers fixes for the problems reported
against RC1. New features include - product diagnostics utility,
support for ARP AS3 code generator, additional console
configuration panels.
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11.28.06 WebORB for .NET v.3.0 Release Candidate 1 is
released. The release is the major step forward for Flex/.NET integration.
The product includes completely redesigned Flex-based management
console, Service Browser for the deployed classes, client code
generator, TestDrive system to invoke any method of any deployed
service without any coding effort. New Flex Remoting examples
are available.
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10.30.06 WebORB for PHP v.1.3 is
released. The release introduces security implementation with
support for Flex client security API. Read more
here.
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09.01.06 WebORB for PHP is
released. The product enables connectivity between Flex and Flash clients and PHP applications. WebORB for PHP implements AMF0 and AMF3
protocols and tremendously simplifies PHP deployment for
integration with Rich Internet Applications.
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08.22.06 WebORB for Ruby on Rails is
released.
The product provides unprecedented remoting
capabilities between Flex and Flash clients and Ruby on Rails
applications. WebORB for Rails implements AMF0 and AMF3
protocols and delivers the utmost simplicity for building state
of the art rich internet applications with Ruby and Flex/Flash.
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08.08.06
Visit our booth at the
Flex
Seminar
in New York on August 14.
Midnight Coders to demonstrate the latest in Flex
development at the upcoming conference.
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07.11.06
WebORB 2.1 Beta5 for .NET is released. Beta
5 delivers integration with the production release of Flex
2.0.
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07.09.06
Flex Seminar. Midnight Coders CEO to join the Flex
power panel live on SYS-CON.TV at the Flex Seminar in New York City
on August 14th, 2006.
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06.22.06 - WebORB 2.1 Beta4 for .NET is released,
Beta 4 adds
support for Flex Data Management Services for .NET - Flex
applications can use .NET data sources to fetch data (in bulk or
paged) as well as to create, update or delete records in a data
store. An article describing an example demonstrating the new
capabilities is available
here.
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05.02.06 - WebORB 2.1 Beta2 for .NET is released. The 2.1
Beta 2 is most exciting release the company has ever had. The
release contains support for AMF3 and provides a complete
implementation for .NET of the RPC functionality available in
Flex Data Services (see the
getting started article here). Additional features include
auto-update, support for pre- and post RPC invocation events
and major improvements in Message Server.
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03.13.06 - The
production release of WebORB 2.0 for Java is generally
available! The product has gone through three extended beta
releases and now offers exceptional quality and performance.
WebORB for Java is a unique product to offer both Flash Remoting
and AJAX capabilities combined in the same platform. A big
'thank you' goes out to everyone who participated in
the Beta testing, this release would not be possible without
you.
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02.07.06 - The
production release of WebORB 2.0 for .NET is available. The
release is a result of an extended and thorough Beta cycle. The
product includes a large variety of new features, support for
AJAX clients, integration with ColdFusion components, major
Message Server enhancements, availability of free Standard
Edition and many more. Thank you everyone who participated in
the Beta testing, this release would not be possible without
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2005 News
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10.20.05 -
Free Standard Edition for .NET includes support for Flash
Remoting. The release of Beta 3 marks an important milestone in
the history of Flash Remoting for .NET. The free Standard
Edition of the product provides Flash Remoting support. WebORB
is the only product offering a no charge option for Flash
Remoting users.
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10.20.05
- WebORB 2.0 Beta 3 is released. WebORB 2.0 Beta 3 - the
final pre-production release is available for immediate
download. The release includes significant improvements for the
Message Server, Standard Edition support for Flash Remoting and
numerous bug fixes
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08.26.05 -
ActionScript Development Kit 1.0 is released. The product
features a collection framework, XML parser, programmable
conditions and algorithms.
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08.25.05 -
The second beta release of WebORB 2.0 is available. The release
includes support for Safari, improved .NET serialization and bug
fixes. See the product's release history for details.
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08.24.05 -
Midnight Coders publishes the AJAX
Products Comparison Chart. The chart provides a
feature-by-feature comparison of WebORB with other AJAX products
and toolkits.
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08.17.05 -
Flash Remoting to .NET invocation guide is available online. The guide describes nine common invocation scenarios between
Flash Remoting clients and .NET objects. Each scenario contains
a live example and all the supporting ActionScript and C# code.
The guide can be accessed at:
http://www.themidnightcoders.com/examples/flashdotnetguide.htm
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08.16.05 - The 'Ajaxian Google' example is available
online. The example demonstrates integration with the Google XML
web service. See the example
here. Click
here to see an article describing the code behind the
example.
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08.12.05 - Infoworld publishes an article about the
release of WebORB. The article is available
here.
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08.10.05 -
WebORB Blog is
available.
The blog discusses WebORB development,
product features, ideas and trends in RIA development.
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08.01.05 - WebORB 2.0 Beta 1 is released. The product features Rich Client System,
support for AJAX clients, ColdFusion integration, bug fixes and
significant improvements in the product documentation.
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08.01.05 - The product known as FlashORB is being renamed
to WebORB Presentation Server. FlashORB will reach its EOL
(end of life) on 01/01/06. WebORB fully supports all the
features in FlashORB and adds a variety new powerful
capabilities.
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06.01.05 - Snapp MX
- advanced rapid application development system for building
secure Rich Internet Applications integrates with FlashORB and
includes it with the product distribution.
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03.01.05 - The website has been
completely redesigned. The new fresh look truly reflects the
company's spirit. We also updated the FAQ section, added
registration page for ASDK. With Google's help we also added
site searching capabilities.
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03.01.05 - The production release
of FlashORB v.1.5 is available for immediate download and
evaluation. The new release includes multiple bug fixes, as
well as significant improvements in the area of application
security and object serialization.
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01.28.05 - MXDJ Readers Choice 2004 Awards voting has
started. Cast your
vote for FlashORB!
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01.09.05 - FlashORB 1.5 Beta 2 is
released. The new release addresses bugs reported against Beta 1
and provides improvements in the areas of type adaptation and database dataset
serialization.
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2004 News
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11.12.04 - FlashORB 1.5 Beta 1 is
released. The new version introduces significant improvements in
the areas of security, session management and exception handling.
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06.08.04 - FlashORB is nominated in 3 categories in 2004
MX Developer's Journal Readers Choice awards. .Net Beta4 is released. The
categories are Most Innovative Application, Best Web Development Tool and Best
eBusiness Software. More information about the awards is available at
http://www.sys-con.com/mx/readerschoice2004/
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06.08.04 - FlashORB.Net is discussed in an article in .NET Developer's
Journal.
Ryan Moore, the article author writes: "The FlashOrb is extremely easy to
implement into your .NET application. It requires only that you copy the
flashorb.dll to the bin directory of your ASP.NET app and make slight
modifications to your Web.Config file. The FlashOrb Professional Edition also
comes with a server-side management console that performs sophisticated logging
and invocation monitoring, as well as many security features". Full article
is available here.
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05.30.04 - FlashORB.Net 1.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is
released. See release history for
details.
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05.19.04 - MX Developer's Journal published an article on FlashORB by
Midnight Coders' Chief Architect. The article is available
here.
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04.27.04 - FlashORB.Net Beta4 is released. The release is feature complete,
includes product documentation and additional examples. See
release history for details.
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03.26.04 - FlashORB.Net Beta3 is released with additional
bug fixes. See release history for details.
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03.25.04 - FlashORB Java Edition 1.0.1 is released. 1.0.1
is a maintenance/patch release. It addresses several problems related to web
service invocations. See release history for
details.
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03.24.04 - FlashORB.Net Beta2 is released and available
for immediate evaluation. The release includes fixes for the bugs discovered in
Beta1 as well as several new features:
- Improved configuration
- Support for named services
- Support for SqlTypes
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03.23.04 - FlashORB Java Edition 1.0 is released and available for immediate
evaluation. The release includes a variety of improvements over previous Beta
versions as well as bug fixes. The most noticeable features and improvements
are:
- Administration module in console
- Logging policies
- Package level security
- Call trace filtering
- Improved configuration
- More examples
- Message server tunneling
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03.06.04 - FlashORB defect tracking system is now
available online. Registered users can submit bugs, feature requests, run
reports and check real-time status of the current release. The system sends out
email notifications to notify users of any changes in the submitted bug records:
http://www.flashorb.com/bugs
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02.13.04 - First Beta of the FlashORB.Net 1.0 release is
immediately available for free evaluation download. The .Net edition of the product is a
fully featured Flash Remoting implementation. The product provides a variety of
unique features like type adaptation, non-intrusive ADO.Net integration,
seamless web services support, support for all built-in .Net collections,
primitive and complex types.
Evaluation version download is available at
http://www.flashorb.com/download.shtml
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2003 News
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12.09.03 - FlashORB 1.0 release will be available in 2
editions: FlashORB Standard and FlashORB Professional. The
Standard edition will be free for most commercial uses. The
Professional edition will offer a variety of extra features and
services as well as professional support [see feature comparison chart]
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11.25.03 - FlashORB Beta 2 is released with a variety of
new features (management console, security, xml socket server, argument
factories). The release significantly simplifies deployment of user applications
for immediate exposure as Flash Remoting services. Download the latest release
here.
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11.14.03 - Premier issue of the MX Developers Journal
publishes an article by the Midnight Coders' Chief Architect Joe Orbman. The
article compares the performance between FlashORB and the SOAP stack built into
Flash Player.
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09.23.03 - The FlashORB team has just completed an extensive benchmark test
comparing the performance of Flash 7 SOAP web services integration with Flash
Remoting. Read the
article documenting the tests here.
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09.14.03 - With the release of Flash MX 2004 and built-in
support of SOAP in Flash Player, more people wonder what it will do to Flash
Remoting. Tom Muck attempts to address this question with a
series of his
articles. We are preparing a set of benchmarks comparing both approaches.
Full analysis will be published soon.
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08.24.03 - More information about Beta2 progress is
available on the FlashORB
discussion forum.
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08.08.03 - Beta 2 of FlashORB
will include a lightweight XML Socket Server highly optimized
for performance and bi-directional communication. The server
will feature asynchronous as well as peer-to-peer messaging. The
XML Socket Server feature will be branched out as an open-source
project, codenamed 'FLAX'.
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08.07.03 - In less than 2 weeks since the release of the website and Beta1,
there are more than 200 downloads of the product.
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07.26.03 -
www.flashorb.com is live
so is the first beta of the product.
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07.22.03 - FlashORB .NET
edition development is well underway. It should be available
shortly after Beta 1 of Java Edition is released.
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07.07.03 - flashorb.com
development is coming along well. The website should be opened
up fairly soon.
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07.06.03 - FlashORB is quite stable for a beta release. The product
launch is pending the website readiness.
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