Third-party Press Release
OmniPilot Software Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary of Lasso at FileMaker’s Developers Conference
We are happy to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of our Lasso
product line at this year’s FileMaker DevCon,”
said Brett Circe, president of OmniPilot Software, Inc.
“Lasso continues to be the best way to tie FileMaker to
the Web, and we will continue to prove it in the next 10
years.” Today Lasso offers a large toolset of advanced programming
features to build complete Web-based applications. OmniPilot has
dedicated a section on its Web site to serve as a resource for
FileMaker developers seeking information about the capabilities of
working with Lasso, http://www.omnipilot.com/filemaker. One part of this new section answers the Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQs) of FileMaker users who attended the FileMaker
Conference in Vienne, France earlier this year. FMFrance attendees
were given a special demonstration of Lasso 8.5 and the new Chart
FX for Lasso. Other items in this new section include a Quick Start
guide for FileMaker Server Advanced users, the FREE Lasso Developer
edition, the Lasso and PHP comparison paper, and much more. At this year’s FM DevCon, OmniPilot will demonstrate
and discuss Lasso Professional Server 8.5’s latest
capabilities including FileMaker 8 support, back-end support for
FileMaker 8.5 Web Viewers, AJAX and Web 2.0 techniques, Chart FX
enterprise charting, and more. Copies of the Lasso/PHP comparison
paper, written by MacTech magazine are available, and for anyone
comparing languages this is a MUST READ!
To commemorate the 10-year anniversary of Lasso, OmniPilot
Software is offering a few special discounts. Users can upgrade to
Lasso Server 8.5 from ANY PREVIOUS VERSION of Lasso Server for only
$299 and all new Lasso Server licenses are only $599. For more
information, please visit http://store.omnipilot.com or contact
OmniPilot at 800-678-9958.
FILEMAKER DEVELOPER CONFERENCE – Orlando, Fla.
– (August 13 – 17, 2006) – This year
marks the 10-year anniversary of Lasso, OmniPilot Software,
Inc.’s professional Web programming language. Ten years
ago, Lasso was developed to tie FileMaker databases to the Web.
FileMaker is famous for its ease-of-use when building timesaving
databases for desktop use. Lasso allowed developers to create a
custom Web site, which displayed data from their FileMaker
database. Lasso was developed to excel in ease-of-use, performance,
security and power. “
About OmniPilot Software
OmniPilot Software, Inc. is a software development company
offering cross-platform business management solutions designed to
help small-to-mid-sized businesses (SMBs) optimize their online
presence. In 2006, OmniPilot celebrates the 10-year anniversary of
Lasso, which survived the boom and bust of the dot.com era because
of its loyal following. It has grown from a simple scripting
language on the Mac to an enterprise programming language for Mac,
Windows and Linux. Lasso is a secure corporate alternative to open
source Web development languages. OmniPilot's software is
used by over 15,000 corporations worldwide from The Golf Channel to
NASA, as well as over 1,000 educational institutions from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to the University of
Houston (UH) to name a few. For more information visit
http://www.omnipilot.com.
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Media contact:
Valerie Milkins
Starmark International
954-874-9000
vmilkins@starmark.com