<s>
Baan	O
or	O
Baan	B-Application
ERP	I-Application
,	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
ERP	O
product	O
created	O
by	O
this	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jan	O
Baan	O
developed	O
his	O
first	O
computer	O
program	O
on	O
a	O
Durango	B-Device
F-85	I-Device
computer	O
in	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
BASIC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
'	O
80s	O
,	O
The	O
Baan	O
Corporation	O
began	O
to	O
develop	O
applications	O
for	O
Unix	O
computers	O
with	O
C	B-Language
and	O
a	O
self-developed	O
Baan-C	O
language	O
,	O
the	O
syntax	O
of	O
which	O
was	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
BASIC	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baan	O
software	O
is	O
famous	O
for	O
its	O
Dynamic	O
Enterprise	O
Modeler	O
(	O
DEM	O
)	O
,	O
technical	O
architecture	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
4GL	B-Language
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baan	O
4GL	B-Language
and	O
Tools	O
is	O
still	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
efficient	O
and	O
productive	O
database	O
application	O
development	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baan	O
became	O
a	O
real	O
threat	O
to	O
market	O
leader	O
SAP	B-Application
after	O
winning	O
a	O
large	O
Boeing	O
deal	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
process	O
on	O
a	O
virtual	O
machine	O
,	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
Baan	O
4GL	B-Language
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
Baan	O
session	O
developed	O
on	O
the	O
Windows	O
platform	O
could	O
be	O
copied	O
to	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
platform	O
without	O
re-compiling	O
the	O
application	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
