Site lets users test software online
- By IDG News Service, Terho Uimonen
- May 18, 2000
Users can test drive software applications over the Internet thanks to a
Stockholm-based startup firm.
Runaware AB has launched a vendor-independent World
Wide Web site that currently offers English-language applications from five
vendors.
Billing itself as an evaluation service provider, Runaware aims to let
users to test full versions of software in an online environment that simulates
running the applications locally, the company said in a statement.
The service is free for registered users.
The software includes Corel Corp.'s Draw graphics software, TeamSoft
Inc.'s TeamAgenda scheduling application and the Applixware 5.0 office suite
for Linux from new Applix Inc. subsidiary VistaSource Inc.