<s>
NetDynamics	B-Protocol
Application	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
was	O
an	O
early	O
Java-based	O
integrated	O
software	B-Application
platform	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
NetDynamics	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
Silicon	O
Valley	O
start-up	O
company	O
founded	O
in	O
1995	O
by	O
Zack	O
Rinat	O
and	O
Ofer	O
Ben-Shachar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
early	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
competitors	O
,	O
NetDynamics	B-Protocol
chose	O
Java	B-Language
as	O
the	O
development	O
language	O
for	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Java	B-Language
became	O
the	O
dominant	O
development	O
language	O
for	O
web-based	O
applications	O
,	O
NetDynamics	B-Protocol
experienced	O
significant	O
revenue	O
growth	O
in	O
1997	O
and	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
soon	O
encountered	O
problems	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
relative	O
immaturity	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
the	O
rush	O
to	O
release	O
new	O
product	O
versions	O
in	O
a	O
rapidly	O
changing	O
marketplace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Believing	O
that	O
the	O
new	O
JDBC	B-Language
API	O
was	O
too	O
immature	O
,	O
NetDynamics	B-Protocol
created	O
a	O
proprietary	O
database	O
development	O
API	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
product	O
from	O
Rogue	O
Wave	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetDynamics	B-Protocol
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
in	O
July	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
software	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
the	O
Netscape	B-Application
Application	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
was	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
Sun	O
's	O
iPlanet	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Server	I-Language
offering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetDynamics	B-Protocol
initially	O
competed	O
against	O
Bluestone	O
,	O
an	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
based	O
on	O
the	O
C	B-Language
Programming	I-Language
Language	I-Language
,	O
and	O
the	O
Kiva	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
mid-1998	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
competitor	O
,	O
WebLogic	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
released	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
that	O
was	O
compliant	O
with	O
JDBC	B-Language
and	O
another	O
emerging	O
standard	O
,	O
JavaBeans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebLogic	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Server	I-Language
eventually	O
won	O
out	O
in	O
the	O
marketplace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
explosive	O
growth	O
of	O
the	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
business	O
caught	O
the	O
attention	O
of	O
larger	O
information	O
technology	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1998	O
,	O
the	O
early	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
start-up	O
companies	O
were	O
all	O
acquired	O
:	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
purchased	O
Bluestone	O
,	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
acquired	O
NetDynamics	B-Protocol
,	O
Netscape	O
Communications	O
Corporation	O
bought	O
out	O
Kiva	O
,	O
and	O
Weblogic	B-Language
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
BEA	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
Weblogic	B-Language
continues	O
to	O
survive	O
as	O
a	O
product	O
;	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
acquired	O
BEA	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
renamed	O
Oracle	B-Language
Weblogic	I-Language
.	O
</s>
