JavaHelp Software Industry Support

"As an industry leader in Help authoring tools, Blue Sky Software is very excited about Sun's release of the cross-platform JavaHelp specification, which is expected to become an industry standard used with all Java-based applications," said Trond Bergquist, Chief Technology Officer of Blue Sky Software Corp. "Blue Sky Software's state-of-the-art Help authoring technology will enable Java developers to successfully deliver full-featured Help content for their Java-based applications," continued Bergquist.

"JBuilder has established itself as the leader in creating Pure Java applications with full support for JFC, Enterprise JavaBeans, JDBC, CORBA, RMI and Swing components," said Michael Gardner, Director of Internet Product Development, Borland International. "JBuilder will continue this leadership by providing full support for JavaHelp -- enabling our customers to create online documentation that can be deployed anywhere."

"CreativeSoft is excited by Sun Microsystems' release of JavaHelp[tm] specs and plans to provide a Jelp[tm] compiler that will translate WinHelp[tm] help content to JavaHelp. This new technology will enable companies to leverage their current investment in creating and delivering help content that will be deployable to the Internet/intranet environment."

"ForeFront, Inc. is dedicated to providing the best single-source, WYSIWYG authoring tools for the most popular, effective, and leading-edge Help environments," said David Granger, President, ForeFront. "Therefore, with the planned feature set and the benefits provided by JavaHelp, we are committed to extending our ForeHelp family of products to include full support for JavaHelp."

"HyperAct, Inc. is excited about Sun's release of the JavaHelp specification as it will greatly facilitate easy deployment of online help for Java based applications," said Reuben Halevi, President, HyperAct. "We look forward to supporting JavaHelp into future release of eAuthor - our template based rapid authoring tool."

"As a platform-independent, extensible help system written expressively for the Java environment, JavaHelp will be a tremendous complement to Marimba's Castanet software solution," said Arthur van Hoff, Chief Technical Officer, Marimba, Inc. "Its architecture and rich API make it a help solution that offers us the flexibility necessary to implement truly effective help functionality in our Castanet offering."

"MerzCom is extremely pleased to support Sun's release of the JavaHelp specification," said Sharon Kroo, Vice-President. "JavaHelp will allow us to deliver first class help to users of MerzScope, our zoomable web mapping tool."

"The Netscape ONE platform provides Java developers with a powerful and flexible solution for building and deploying applications on Intranets, Extranets and the Internet," said Martin Cagan, vice president for platform at Netscape. "Sun's release of the JavaHelp specification is an important addition to Java APIs in that it will greatly facilitate easy deployment of online help, regardless of platform."

"Novell is pleased to have participated in shaping the JavaHelp 0.33 specification. With this effort, we continue Novell's commitment to Java's industry-wide success," said Chris Stone, Novell senior vice president of strategy and development. "Based on Sun's Swing architecture, JavaHelp is a welcome extension to the Java platform that will further cultivate acceptance of Java for dynamic, cross-platform enterprise solutions. Novell supports JavaHelp development and plans to use it in Java-based applications."

"Quadralay is very excited about Sun's release of the JavaHelp specification as it will greatly facilitate easy deployment of online help, regardless of platform," said Marc Yagjian, president of Quadralay Corp. "We look forward to supporting and incorporating JavaHelp into our upcoming release of WebWorks Publisher 4.0 and other on-line authoring products and technologies."

"Virtual Media is an early supporter of Sun's exciting new JavaHelp technology. We will be incorporating JavaHelp in our award-winning Help authoring software, HDK", said Calvin Rowley, President. "We particularly look forward to our customers being able to deliver their online documents and help systems across multiple platforms"