ActiveState Tool Corp. this week
premiered PerlDirect, a complete Perl support program designed for
corporate IS/IT managers looking to expand the use of the Perl scripting
language.
The PerlDirect program provides users of Perl with reliability, stability
and accountability through its features, which include:
- validated, quality-assured releases of Perl and its popular extensions
- advice and support
- Y2K Test Suite
- a Perl Alert weekly bulletin
access to the most recent and popular Perl modules. At the same time, it
also provides users with the security that is required for
“mission-critical” software. These Perl releases and extensions are all
quality-assured and tested.
The quarterly PerlDirect CD also includes the pre-compiled Perl binaries
for Windows and popular Unix platforms, tools and utilities for Windows
NT-Unix portability and unrestricted distribution rights within the user’s
company.
Additionally, the PerlDirect package includes incident-based support from
the http://www.PerlClinic.com”>Perl
Clinic, a technical support service that ActiveState maintains. The
Perl Clinic staff includes well-known Perl specialists Tim Bunce, Gurusamy
Sarathy and Chip Salzenberg.
To help Perl users insure Year 2000 compliance, ActiveState has created a
Y2K toolkit for Perl developers. PerlDirect’s Y2K Test Suite provides a set
of tools for identifying potential Y2K problem areas and enables the
testing of Perl and Perl modules on a system using installed Perl components.
The Perl Alert newsletter provides timely information about significant
Perl-related issues, new modules, bugs, and new releases, with special
alerts issued as needed. PerlDirect’s basic annual subscription rates start
at $12,000.
