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Altova Offers XMLSPY Home Edition for Free

The Home Edition of the Industry's Leading XML Development Environment is Now Available at No Cost for Students and Other Home Users

BEVERLY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2004--Altova(R) Inc. (www.altova.com) producers of Altova XMLSPY(R), the world's leading XML (eXtensible Mark-up Language) development environment, today announced that the Home Edition of its award-winning XMLSPY product is now being offered to the public through a free software license.
Altova recognizes that while XML technologies will be the basis upon which the next generation of interconnected business systems and Web service applications are built, the developers of tomorrow need a truly affordable platform upon which they can learn the technology and gain hands-on experience. It is with this in mind that Altova decided to make its powerful, entry level XMLSPY 2004 Home Edition software available at no cost. After all, what could be more affordable than free?

"As a company committed to providing superior developer software at exceptional prices, we are very excited to begin offering this free home edition of our industry leading XML platform to students and technology enthusiasts," said Tim Hale, Altova's Director of Marketing. "These people are the future of IT, and it just makes sense for them to start out using the industry standard XML development environment. Free licenses for XMLSPY Home Edition now assure this is possible."

In addition to its extensive built-in XML editing capabilities, XMLSPY 2004 Home Edition gives users the opportunity to try selected features of the Enterprise and Professional editions of XMLSPY 2004 on a one-feature-per-day basis. These are fully-functional advanced features designed to accelerate the most demanding aspects of XML development. Available features include a comprehensive schema editor, a programming code generator, XSLT and SOAP debuggers, relational database support, enhanced grid view, and much more.

As a special offer, customers who have purchased previous releases of XMLSPY Home Edition will receive a 50% discount when they upgrade to XMLSPY Professional Edition.

Pricing and Availability

Effective immediately, XMLSPY 2004 Home Edition is available for free from http://www.altova.com/download. (This is a permanent free software license, not just a free evaluation.) The 50% discount for previous XMLSPY Home Edition customers upgrading to XMLSPY Professional Edition is also available immediately via the Upgrade Wizard on the Altova Online Shop: https://shop.altova.com.

About Altova

Altova is a leading provider of XML software tools, components, and professional service solutions, including XMLSPY 2004, the industry standard XML development environment. Altova, with offices in Beverly, Mass., and Vienna, Austria, was founded in 1992 and has been actively involved in the XML market from the early conception of Extensible Markup Language. Altova's 2004 product line of XML development tools and components is the leading choice of Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies. Altova's XMLSPY is the world's best-selling XML tool and has won the leading industry awards. Altova is a member of the W3C. Visit Altova on the Web at http://www.altova.com.

Altova, XMLSPY, STYLEVISION, and AUTHENTIC are trademarks of Altova GmbH registered in numerous countries. The names of and reference to companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Contacts


Altova Inc.
Tim Hale, 978-816-1612
tim.hale@altova.com

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