Modern Business Information and Applications

"Gone are the days, when software developers locked their
customers into closed, proprietary packages and ransomed
updates and fixes. We’re focused on delivering applications
which stimulate cost-effective software systems expansion in
our clients’ business processes."

Below is the copy of the Release from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs & Business Regulation (OCABR).

Corporate Software Then

Nine years ago in 2000, writing Windows applications with Microsoft tools was almost rocket science, except messier, and more prone to error. Businesses (and developers) were still using tools like 4D, C++ Builder and Delphi to develop corporate Windows applications which were (relatively) inexpensive, secure, and bulletproof. 

201 CMR 17.00: STANDARDS FOR THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION OF RESIDENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH

Open Source Gems. Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby.

Every web server needs a scripting language, a database language, and a database. The web server for Linux is Apache. Three languages common to Apache/Linux are Perl, PHP, and Python. Notably, the history of these languages is tied to the history of the web, and they continue to grow in popularity.