Country of Poland, Ministry of Education and Science Chooses REALbasic
REALbasic Runs on 3,500 Macintosh Computers in 300 High Schools
Across Poland
AUSTIN, Texas, USA (March 7, 2006) – REAL Software, Inc. provider of
REALbasic, cross-platform development that really works, announced
today that the Poland Ministry of Education and Science has purchased
3,500 REALbasic software licenses to teach programming in schools
across Poland.
"REALbasic is the ideal environment to use for teaching and learning
computer programming," states Geoff Perlman, president and CEO of
REAL Software. "REALbasic is a modern, object-oriented version of
BASIC that is easy to teach and gives students a creative and
enjoyable way to learn both modern programming techniques and best
practices for developing software.”
“The Ministry of Education and Science has been looking for a
programming environment to replace Visual Basic to teach programming
on the Macintosh,” said Malgorzata Charezinska, vice president of key
accounts and education for Apple Poland. “With REALbasic, students
can use Macintosh computers to create software in an easy-to-learn
yet powerful development environment.”
REALbasic has been installed in over 300 lyceums across Poland.
Lyceums are secondary schools for students aged 16-19. REALbasic is
taught in the informatics program which covers both systems
management and computer programming.
To help teachers be successful, REAL Software provides the REALbasic
Curriculum – a methodology for teaching an introductory course in
computer programming. Teachers can download the free curriculum from
http://www.realsoftware.com/curriculum and get a free trial version
of REALbasic at http://www.realsoftware.com/download.
About REALbasic
REALbasic is a full-featured software development environment suited
to creating all kinds of applications, from utilities to enterprise-
class applications. REALbasic is available now starting at $99.95
direct from REAL Software. REAL for Linux Standard Edition is
provided for free. REALbasic Professional Edition, required for cross-
platform deployment, starts at $399.95 and includes more advanced
features. REAL Software also offers a 15-day free trial of REALbasic,
at http://www.realsoftware.com/download.
About REAL Software
REAL Software provides REALbasic, Cross-Platform That Really Works,
for people who want to create and deliver cross-platform software for
Macintosh, Windows and Linux. REALbasic is highly compatible with
Visual Basic and includes a utility to help migrate Visual Basic
applications cross-platform to Macintosh and Linux. REAL Software was
founded in 1996 and is based in Austin, Texas. For more information
visit www.realsoftware.com or call 512.328.7325.
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Contact:
Gwen Palmer
REAL Software, Inc.
gwen at realsoftware dot com
(512) 328-7325 x712
Contact:
Malgorzata Charezinska <malgosia at apple dot com dot pl>
Vice President
Education
Apple IMC Sad Ltd.
ul. Mangalia 4
02-758 Warszaw48226516155 ext.106
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