AppForge, Inc. was a software company headquartered in Atlanta,
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, providing mobile application development services as well as CrossFire, a software tool simplifying mobile applications for
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. Crossfire was a software plugin for Visual Basic 6 and for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
On March 13, 2007, AppForge ceased operations and has been assigned to the benefit of the creditors so it could begin
bidding.
AppForge, Inc. was a software company headquartered in Atlanta,
GeorgiaGeorgia is a state in the United States. One of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution, it had been the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be established, in 1733. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January...
, providing mobile application development services as well as CrossFire, a software tool simplifying mobile applications for
SymbianThe Symbian platform is an open source operating system for mobile devices. It was created by merging and integrating software assets contributed by Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, and Sony Ericsson, including Symbian OS, the S60, UIQ and MOAP user interfaces....
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Windows MobileWindows Mobile is a compact operating system developed by Microsoft, and designed for use in smartphones and mobile devices.It is based on Windows CE, and features a suite of basic applications developed using the Microsoft Win32 API. It is designed to be somewhat similar to desktop versions of...
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RIMResearch In Motion Limited is a Canadian wireless device company best known as the developer of the BlackBerry smartphone.RIM is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and is a sponsor of RIM Park in the northeast of the city...
BlackBerryBlackBerry is a line of wireless handheld devices that was introduced in 1999 as a two-way pager. In 2002, the more commonly known smartphone BlackBerry was released, which supports push e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, internet faxing, web browsing and other wireless information services....
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Palm OSFor the modern smartphone operating system by Palm, see: webOSPalm OS is an embedded operating system initially developed by Palm, Inc. for personal digital assistants in 1996...
. Crossfire was a software plugin for Visual Basic 6 and for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
On March 13, 2007, AppForge ceased operations and has been assigned to the benefit of the creditors so it could begin
bidding. All AppForge License validation servers went dark on April 2, and all development platforms became invalid leaving its customers high and dry. Eight days later, the developers forum and shop parts of the website went offline. On April 12, the AppForge URL was redirected to
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website. The assets of AppForge, Inc. have been assigned for benefit of creditors to Hays Financial Consulting, LLC.
On April 18, Oracle announced they had purchased the Intellectual Property of Appforge, Inc. Oracle announced that:
“Oracle did not acquire the AppForge...former customer contracts, so Oracle does not plan to sell or provide support for former AppForge products going forward.”
Effect of insolvency on AppForge CrossFire Users And Possible Solutions
AppForge used to sell an
ISVIndependent software vendor is a business term for companies specializing in making or selling software, designed for mass marketing or for niche markets...
version and a non-ISV version of Crossfire. The ISV version required yearly renewals of the development environment license. The non-ISV version required activation of the client license (the booster) upon deployment.
On April 2, 2007, ISV users were not able to update their applications once their yearly license expired. As of the same date, Non-ISV users were no longer able to install new software on their mobile units, or to re-install mobile units that ran out of batteries.
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