Three-tier application development company Dynasty Technologies Inc, Lisle, Illinois, has, as expected (CI No 2,862), sent Version 3 of its Dynasty Development Environment to beta test. Version 3 includes support for third-party C++ libraries, seamless integration with PowerBuilder and Visual Basic, with Delphi integration to come, the Unified Modeling Language with bi-directional links to the Rational Rose and Platinum Technology Inc’s Paradigm Plus development environments and an integrated debugger. The new Dynasty Open Enterprise Series includes Open-VB and Open-PB modules, which enable developers to add other middleware services to existing PowerBuilder and Visual Basic applications. Previously, such applications had to be rebuilt from scratch. Microhelp Version 3 comes with a new partitioning assistant for integrating existing and legacy code. A Re-usable Components Library provides pre-configured components including LU6.2 and MQSeries interfaces, microhelp and customizable widgets. Dynasty has added fail-over and load balancing through a new services request broker. For its Web story, Dynasty is offering a new Open Internet Series of options – Open-Common Gateway Interface and Open-Java – enabling users to publish D ynasty-generated application services via Web servers and Java applets. The services can be local to the Web server or partitioned to other servers. It says Version 3 will cost $10,000 per development seat, in its mind bringing the realistic cost of a development group license up to around the $75,000 mark where rival Forte Software Inc has staked its entry price peg. Dynasty believes its sweet spot is developing applications that support between 500 and 700 users. It claims 78 installations – a handful of them production sites. Meantime, Dynasty co-founder and chief executive Michael Lyons has stepped aside to enable Dynasty chief operating officer Mike Wilson, a claimed initial public offering specialist who has previously been with Un iface BV and Ingres Corp before coming to Dynasty just over a year ago, to take the helm and assume both roles, presumably indicating intent to go to market. Lyons remains chairman.
