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InstallAnywhere	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Java-based	B-Language
software	B-Application
tool	I-Application
for	O
creating	O
installers	B-Operating_System
or	O
software	B-Application
packages	I-Application
,	O
for	O
multiple	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
Virtual	B-Application
Appliances	I-Application
for	O
Linux	O
platforms	O
using	O
an	O
existing	O
installers	B-Operating_System
or	O
software	B-Application
packages	I-Application
.	O
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<s>
InstallAnywhere	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
made	O
by	O
Zero	O
G	O
Software	O
until	O
it	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Macrovision	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
which	O
later	O
sold	O
their	O
software	O
group	O
,	O
and	O
InstallAnywhere	B-Application
became	O
owned	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
spinoff	O
Acresso	O
Software	O
,	O
which	O
in	O
2009	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Flexera	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
previously	O
there	O
were	O
2	O
editions	O
of	O
InstallAnywhere	B-Application
,	O
Professional	O
and	O
Premier	O
,	O
with	O
additional	O
Cloud	O
and	O
Virtualization	O
add-on	O
packs	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
the	O
2018	O
release	O
,	O
InstallAnywhere	B-Application
consolidated	O
all	O
features	O
into	O
1	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InstallAnywhere	B-Application
's	O
main	O
competitor	O
was	O
InstallShield	B-Application
MP	O
(	O
MultiPlatform	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
as	O
Macrovision	O
acquired	O
both	O
InstallShield	B-Application
and	O
InstallAnywhere	B-Application
,	O
it	O
stopped	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
InstallShield	B-Application
MP	O
and	O
encouraged	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
migrate	O
to	O
InstallAnywhere	B-Application
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
an	O
InstallAnywhere	B-Application
version	O
that	O
competed	O
with	O
InstallShield	B-Application
,	O
called	O
InstallAnywhere.NET	O
(	O
Windows	O
only	O
)	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
product	O
acquisition	O
from	O
ActiveInstall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Again	O
,	O
Macrovision	O
announced	O
its	O
EOL	O
right	O
after	O
the	O
Zero-G	O
acquisition	O
,	O
and	O
encouraged	O
InstallAnywhere.NET	O
users	O
to	O
migrate	O
to	O
InstallShield	B-Application
.	O
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