REBOL archive of past news events
This is an archive of older REBOL news.
2007-present
We no longer post news messages to this page. For more recent news is posted in our blog web page, which is updated quite frequently.
2006
4-Oct-2006 - Beta Release
SoftInnov's Cheyenne Web Server
Cheyenne is a full-featured, high-performance, Apache-class web server built entirely in REBOL. It is fast, powerful, and amazingly small.
10-May-2006 - Beta Release
REBOL Web Browser Plugin Updated
The web browser plugin module for REBOL/View 1.3.2 has been released as
beta 6. You can now use all the new features found in 1.3.2, including
great new draw commands. A test version for Firefox and Mozilla browsers
is also available.
25-March-2006 - Annoucement
REBOL 3.0 Roadmap
REBOL 3.0 is an entirely new REBOL that is being rebuilt from the ground up using many of the insights we have gained over the last eight years of REBOL usage.
2005
5-December-2005 - Product Release
REBOL/SDK 2.6.2 Released
Includes new features and fixes.
July-2005 - REBOL Devcon 2005 Announced
REBOL Developers Conference 2005
To be held this year in Treviglio, Italy, a few kilometers from Milan.
Conference begins September 30th, but activities start September 26th.
28-June-2005 - San Antonio Express News
REBOL to partner with Vital Needs International for Medical Devices
New technology sends medical data directly.
[Vital Needs]
10-June-2005 - Product Release
REBOL/View 1.3 Released
Hundreds of improvements and new features.
30-March-2005 - Press Release
REBOL Readies Lightweight Network Services
New technology advances beyond web services.
4-February-2005
New Tutorial: A REBOL Web BBS (Message Board)
This tutorial provides an example of how to build a simple web-based bulletin board (message board) that runs as a REBOL CGI program. It's purpose is to give new users a better idea of how to write more substantial types of programs using REBOL.
17-January-2005
Context-dependent vs. Context-independent Computer Languages
Most computing languages are context-independent, but our natural human languages, as well as REBOL, are context-dependent. How does that make REBOL more powerful?
4-January-2005
REBOL to Open Source Selected Modules
To allow REBOL Technologies to focus on the core components of the REBOL language,
C source code will be made available to developers for a variety of interfaces including console, windowing, graphics, fonts, event handling, time/timing, file access, networking, and more.
2004
16-November-2004
Tech-Note: REBOL Asynchronous Network Ports
New releases of REBOL will support new modes of operation
to allow developers to make their networked applications more asynchronous.
11-October-2004
REBOL Collaboration 2004 a Big Success
"The spirit and enthusiasm of REBOLers exceeded our dreams. Representatives from all 7 continents met (really!), refining the new world order of distributed, messaging-based social computing, and having a blast!" -Steve Shireman
October-2004
REBOL Open Challenge 2005
Laboratoire D�veloppement et Complexit� (Development and Complexity Laboratory)
in Paris, France announces a challenge to all the programmers,
with an aim of promoting qualities of Rebol programming language for professional
distributed applications.
4-October-2004
REBOL Blog Begins
To more efficiently communicate with developers,
Carl Sassenrath, REBOL's inventor and founder will begin a
daily blog
covering a range of topics related to REBOL and its technology.
September-2004
New Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Features
Future versions of REBOL graphics products will support
new modes of drawing based on the AGG library from Antigrain.com.
28-August-2004
REBOL Collaboration 2004, Keeping IT Simple with the X Internet
An international REBOL conference to be held September 23-25 in Davis, California.
REBOL Collaboration 2004 addresses themes such as X Business strategies, efficiency in a company, new forms of assessment in education, the effects of real time collaboration in an organization, and the practical problems of X Internet implementation.
March-2004
REBOL Web Browser Plugin
Now REBOL applications can run within a standard web browser window.
2003
August-2003 Product Release
REBOL/Core, SDK, Command, & SDK/Command 2.5.6
The latest professional versions of REBOL have been released. Refer to SDK and Command documentation for more information.
August-2003 Interview
Interview with Carl Sassenrath
on Amiga.org
Answers questions about history of Amiga OS and REBOL.
June-2003 Press Release
REBOL/View Desktop Now Open Source
For developers to help shape the future of the REBOL/View Desktop.
April-2003 Tutorial Released
Creating and Processing Web Forms
A tutorial for new users. The second article in the REBOL CGI series.
April-2003 Lecture
Sassenrath Discusses New Internet Technology at Humboldt State University
"Why the Web Worked and What's Next?" includes insights into collaborative systems
and the semantic exchange of information across the Internet.
March-2003 Tutorial Released
Fast and Easy CGI
The first in a new series of REBOL articles is released.
March-2003 Press Release
REBOL/Core 2.5.5 Released
First official REBOL/Core release since 2.5.0 and also adds support for Mac OS X.
February-2003 Press Release
REBOL to Support Mac OS X
Brings REBOL/View, SDK, Command, and IOS along with 1000's of apps to the Macintosh.
2002
January-2002 Developer Contest
REBOL Oneliners
Developers compete to create the best one-liner scripts - REBOL Haiku.
December-2002 REBOL Developer News
Developer Survey: Editors
Developers describe what program editors they prefer for writing REBOL code.
November-2002 REBOL Developer News
REBOL Developer News - Nov 2002
A new SDK for developers plus changes in REBOL/Core, /View, new products /Base and /Face. Also:
VID Enhancement Project, REBOL Library 2.0, new Feedback system, and educational support.
September-2002 Dr. Dobb's Journal
The REBOL IOS Distributed Filesystem
By James Esch. "The X-Internet is an emerging peer-to-peer
network model that works by distributing executable programs, rather than web pages."
June-2002 Webby Awards
REBOL Internet OS Nominated for a Webby!
REBOL is honored with the international online community's top accolade. Hailed by The Wall Street
Journal as a celebration of "sites that pave important paths to the Internet's next phase," The Webby Awards are determined by the
International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences.
May-2002 PricewaterhouseCoopers Technology Forecast 2002-2004
REBOL in PricewaterhouseCoopers Forecast
The Significant Trends in Software section
of PwC Technology Forecast 2002-2004 lists REBOL as part of
a new trend that improves the real-time visibility of enterprise business processes.
May-2002 Login: Magazine (French)
REBOL: An OS for the Internet?
"REBOL/IOS allows the creation of a community that shares documents and applications. IOS
is a product loaded with functionality but, as always, it is incredibly lightweight. It is the culmination of the
concepts of REBOL: the rebirth of an Internet that is alive, interactive, and dynamic." (Available in print only.)
Apr-2002 New Architect Magazine (Internet OS Issue)
When a Language Becomes
a Platform
"REBOL is exciting. In several respects it points to a different
future for application development than the large hierarchical programming systems like Microsoft's .Net, or Sun's
Java. It extends the HTML browser metaphor to a mode where applications can reside across many different systems,
yet stay very lightweight and flexible."
Feb-2002 LinuxFocus
IOS, Another REBOLution
Georges Tarbouriech of LinuxFocus test drives REBOL IOS. "IOS is
so ahead, while keeping things simple, that it becomes difficult to explain all its advantages."
Jan-2002 Electrical Wholesaling
X Internet: The Next E-Wave
"Poised to take the Internet beyond just surfing and browsing, a
trend known as the X Internet stands to be the next wave of connectivity."
Jan-2002 Digital Magazine
REBOL and Morpheus Join Forces
REBOL Technologies continues to shape the future of the Internet.
"Over the last few years, REBOL Technologies has been quietly building
up a serious reputation for delivering services that are helping to shape the way people use not only the Internet,
but computer technology in general." In print only from www.digitalmagazine.co.uk
2001
Nov-2001 Editions Eyrolles
New Book: REBOL Programming
An excellent in-depth book about REBOL written in French.
By Olivier Auverlot.
31-Oct-2001 Press Release
REBOL and Morpheus join forces.
StreamCast, makers of Morpheus and next generation peer-to-peer content
distribution networks, will base Morpheus 2.0 on REBOL's X Internet operating system (IOS) technology to provide
interactive programmable content to more than 30 million users by the end of the year. More...
22-Oct-2001 OSNews.com
Interview: Carl Sassenrath on REBOL.
Eugenia Loli-Queru asks Carl about REBOL/IOS, the X Internet, and its
relationship to other technologies. More...
16-Oct-2001 Press Release
IOS Express Released - A new real-time collaborative platform unleashes the power
of X Internet technology.
REBOL Technologies, makers of real-time collaboration and messaging software,
today announced the release of its premier Internet Operating System platform, IOS Express 1.0. The product, to
ship later this month, introduces an affordable way to provide highly secure peer-to-peer collaborative processes
and information sharing within any organization. More...
10-Aug-2001 ABC News
The Next
Net
ABC News talks to REBOL founder, Carl Sassenrath, about the X-Internet.
8-Aug-2001 Announcement
REBOL/Express Coming Soon...
REBOL/Express expands on the View and Command products to help businesses, organizations, and developers become more efficient and agile
by establishing direct, collaborative, and responsive environments that connect employees, preferred customers,
key suppliers, and other essential partners. In REBOL/Express, data and applications flow automatically between
users over a secure and authenticated connection. Express allows teams to work together in real time to share ideas,
plot strategies, organize resources, coordinate timelines, review financials, revise ad copy, and edit spreadsheets
from nearly any type of computer anywhere in the world.
21-June-2001 Product Release
REBOL/View 1.2.1 Released
Minor fixes for desktop icon drawing, HTTP post length errors, load/markup
and a few other bugs. The Apple Macintosh joins the list of supported REBOL/View platforms.
11-June-2001 Experimental Release
REBOL/View Plug-in for Web Browsers
REBOL has released its first test version of a plug-in module for Internet
Explorer and Netscape web browsers. The plug-in allows REBOL applications to be launched directly from the browser
using ordinary web links. In addition, web pages can be easily created that automatically download and install
REBOL/View (with certificates for security).
1-June-2001 Beta Release
REBOL/Express Ships as Beta
REBOL/Express, our collaborative platform for distributed Internet applications,
was put into full operation at a major Silicon Valley chip manufacturer last week. The system, which has been in
pilot use for three months, allows engineers to interactively display a wide range of charts, graphs, and tables;
efficiently drill-down into critical, real-time chip manufacturing data; collaborate projects and exchange data
and documents between remote foundries; and host discussion threads between managers and engineers around the globe
instantly and without the noise and distraction of email.
30-May-2001 Product Release
REBOL/Command 2.0 Released
The ultimate REBOL and the perfect partner for lightweight distributed
computing. REBOL/Command includes:
- Oracle, Microsoft, MySQL, ODBC database access.
- Secure sockets - SSL, TLS, HTTPS.
- FastCGI for 5 to 10 times faster REBOL CGI scripts.
- Robust encryption standards including key exchange and document signing.
- External library (DLL) access.
- Shell command execution.
REBOL/Command allows you to interface
with other programs, legacy systems, and libraries. You can use
C, C++, and other languages to provide extended functions within the REBOL framework.
REBOL/Command runs on 30 platforms.
Order now or read
our data sheet.
9-May-2001 Press Release
Eight, Inc. and REBOL Technologies announce the formation of REBOL Consulting, LLC.
REBOL Technologies and Eight, Inc. announce the formation of REBOL Consulting
LLC, a joint venture that will provide custom software development and technical support services for companies
looking to use REBOL's distributed application platform.
24-April-2001 Press Release
REBOL/View 1.1 Released - A New Era of Distributed Internet Applications Begins
The REBOL/View Internet software technology launches the next generation
platform for distributed Internet applications. REBOL/View enables everyone, regardless of budget or staff size,
to rapidly create and deploy custom network applications for collaborative, groupware, and peer-to-peer purposes.
17-April-2001 Demonstration
The Internet Developer Technology Group
REBOL was the hot topic at The Internet Developer / Technology Group
at Netscape. View
the presentation (converted to HTML from REBOL).
06-April-2001: REBOL Technologies - Product Release
REBOL/View 1.0 Released
REBOL/View 1.0 builds on the ease, flexibility, and power of the REBOL
distributed computing core to launch a new era of interactive Internet applications.
25-March-2001: REBOL Technologies - Product Release
REBOL/Core 2.5 Released
REBOL/Core 2.5 offers IMAP and APOP protocols, improved hash and list
functions, file and network mode query and controls, asynchronous port operations, powerful sort features, crypto
and hashed checksums, new load and mold features, and more.
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