AUSTIN, Texas, September 10 /PRNewswire/ --

REAL Software, provider of REALbasic, Cross-Platform That Really Works,
announced today that REALbasic 2007 Release 4 is available now. REALbasic
2007 Release 4 focuses on modernization and stability, with over 80
improvements and 9 new features including Ubuntu support, faster ODBC and
faster database access.

REALbasic 2007 Release 4 includes the following new features:

    Ubuntu Support: Ubuntu version 6.06 and later is now officially
    supported. REALbasic 2007 Release 4 is now released as a deb package for
    easy installation on Ubuntu.

    Faster ODBC: The ODBC plug-in has been optimized to provide significantly
    faster performance.

    Faster Database Access: The REALbasic database API is now significantly
    faster when iterating through a recordset using the Field function. When
    combined with the new ODBC plug-in, customers have reported a 20x speed
    improvement in the performance of some database operations.

    Debugger Improvements: Debugger console applications have been enhanced
    by the addition of properties that simulate command line arguments. The
    debug application location may now be set by the developer.

    Delegates: New delegate datatype provides an abstract representation of 
    a method, allowing variable implementation of a specific invocation.

"REALbasic has always had strong support for cross-platform
connectivity," stated Jonathan Monroe, Managing Partner for Actual
Technologies. "With the latest optimizations for ODBC, REALbasic applications
now rival Visual Basic counterparts for fast data access."

"I have been testing the faster ODBC Plugin as I have been porting my
database application from Visual Basic to REALbasic," stated Frederick Roller
of F.W. Roller & Associates. "I am pleased to report that with the faster
ODBC Plugin provided in REALbasic 2007 Release 4, my test code now runs 23
times faster than it did before. These updates make me confident in my
decision to use REALbasic as my development environment."

The complete list of improvements and new features in REALbasic 2007
Release 4 can be found in the release notes in the product download,
http://www.realsoftware.com/download.

About Actual Technologies

Actual Technologies develops software products and provides consulting
services to integrate Mac OS X into the corporate IT enterprise. Its products
include ODBC drivers for popular databases such as Microsoft SQL Server,
Sybase, Oracle, MySQL and PostgreSQL. Actual also develops file conversion
utilities to integrate Macintosh applications with their Windows
counterparts, and Mac OS X applications for managing database servers and
manipulating data.

About REALbasic

REALbasic is a full-featured software development environment suited to
creating all kinds of applications, from utilities to enterprise-class
applications. REALbasic Standard Edition for Windows or Mac is priced at
US$200. REALbasic Professional Edition, required for cross-platform
deployment, is US$500. REALbasic is available now and can be downloaded
directly from REAL Software 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 Windows,
Macintosh 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 http://www.realsoftware.com or call
+1-512-328-7325.

Web site: http://www.realsoftware.com