ActiveState announces support for Oracle Enterprise Linux

ActiveState Announces Support for Oracle® Enterprise Linux 
ActiveState Joins Oracle PartnerNetwork

Vancouver, BC, April 29, 2008-ActiveState today announced support for ActiveState products on
Oracle® Enterprise Linux, a key component of the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program.
ActiveState products including ActiveTcl, ActivePerl, ActivePython, Perl Dev Kit, Tcl Dev Kit,
Komodo IDE and Komodo Edit have been tested by ActiveState for compatibility with Oracle Enterprise
Linux. Oracle customers can leverage the ActiveState team's expertise and get full support for
developing and deploying applications running on Oracle Enterprise Linux-based systems.  

ActiveState's expert technical support and development team provide unmatched premium maintained
pre-compiled builds for open source languages including Perl, Python and Tcl that run on Oracle
Enterprise Linux.

This announcement coincides with ActiveState joining the Oracle PartnerNetwork, solidifying the
relationship to provide customers of Oracle the high-quality products and support they count on. 

"We are pleased to offer ActiveState's products on Oracle Enterprise Linux and become part of the
Oracle PartnerNetwork," says Jeff Hobbs, Director of Languages, ActiveState. "We take pride in
standing behind the expertise of our in-house developers and know that our customers consider us an
extension of their team." 

"Oracle is committed to providing customers with choice and flexibility in their development
environments and ActiveState's products help extend the options," said Monica Kumar, senior
director Linux and Open Source Product Marketing.  "Oracle is pleased to welcome ActiveState to the
Oracle PartnerNetwork."

One of every four Fortune 100 corporations and a multitude of medium sized businesses incorporate
ActiveState Enterprise open source language solutions into their mission critical systems. 

About the Oracle PartnerNetwork
Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 19,500 companies who deliver
innovative software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier
products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork
program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's global economy.
Oracle partners are able to offer their customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's
position as the world's largest enterprise software company. Partners who are able to demonstrate
superior product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to doing business with Oracle
qualify for the Certified Partner levels. http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com

About ActiveState Software Inc.
ActiveState creates professional software development tools, programming language distributions and
business solutions for dynamic languages. ActiveState is owned by its employees and Pender
Financial Group, a publicly traded investment company focused on technology. For more information,
visit www.ActiveState.com.

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For media inquiries contact:
Kendra Penrose
Languages Media Relations, ActiveState
1.778.786.1134
KendraP@ActiveState.com

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