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OmniPilot Software Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary of Lasso at FileMaker’s Developers Conference


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.  “

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.



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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