Looking to encourage enterprise adoption of its BuddyScript tools, New York-based
ActiveBuddy on Monday announced it would extend the software to the Linux
operating system.
Less than two months after the initial launch of the instant messaging bot
making technology on the Windows NT platform, ActiveBuddy said the move to
embrace Linux was necessary to extend the technology to developers serving
the enterprise market.
It means developers on the Linux platform can now download the BuddyScript
software development kit and sign up to license the BuddyScript Server to
run interactive agents (bots).
More than 3000 enterprise developers, VARs, and enthusiasts are creating
interactive agents with the free BuddyScript SDK, ActiveBuddy said, noting
that the Linux push opens up the door to thousands of hardcore developers
running Linux.
The tools include the BuddyScript IDE, an Integrated Development Environment
that allows developers to write, test, and debug interactive agents and the
BuddyScript Server Developer Edition for test deployment of bot projects on
instant messaging networks or web chat clients.
It also offers documentation that details everything from the basics of
building IM bots to what ActiveBuddy describes as “powerful and
sophisticated uses of the tools.”
The company has also put reusable sample code handling commonly used
functions, and a tutorial project enabling developers to use and tweak the
BuddyScript language.
Once a developer has created an interactive agent with the BuddyScript
software, Activebuddy makes money from licensing and hosting the bots on its
own servers.
