<s>
Omnis	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
is	O
a	O
rapid	O
application	O
development	O
(	O
RAD	O
)	O
tool	O
that	O
allows	O
programmers	O
and	O
application	O
developers	O
to	O
create	O
enterprise	O
,	O
web	O
,	O
and	O
mobile	B-Application
applications	I-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
macOS	B-Application
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
and	O
servers	O
across	O
all	O
business	O
sectors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Omnis	B-Application
JavaScript	O
Client	O
allows	O
developers	O
to	O
build	O
all	O
types	O
of	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
and	O
mobile	B-Application
applications	I-Application
by	O
presenting	O
a	O
highly	O
functional	O
interface	O
in	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
desktop	O
web	O
browser	O
,	O
or	O
on	O
tablet	O
and	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
business	O
logic	O
and	O
database	O
access	O
in	O
such	O
web	O
and	O
mobile	B-Application
applications	I-Application
is	O
handled	O
by	O
the	O
Omnis	B-Application
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Omnis	B-Application
server	O
also	O
can	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
hub	O
between	O
database	O
servers	O
,	O
services	O
based	O
on	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
.Net	B-Application
and	O
clients	O
like	O
Adobe	O
Air	O
&	O
Flex	O
,	O
transferring	O
data	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
XML	O
or	O
Web	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1979	O
:	O
On	O
August	O
1	O
Geoff	O
Smith	O
and	O
Paul	O
Wright	O
founded	O
Blyth	O
Computer	O
Services	O
(	O
later	O
renamed	O
Blyth	O
Software	O
Ltd	O
,	O
then	O
Omnis	B-Application
Software	O
)	O
in	O
Wenhaston	O
,	O
Suffolk	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
,	O
which	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
Apple	O
dealership	O
in	O
East	O
Anglia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1981	O
:	O
In	O
December	O
Blyth	O
released	O
its	O
first	O
"	O
OMNIS	B-Application
"	O
product	O
,	O
a	O
database	O
application	O
tool	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	O
II	O
designed	O
by	O
David	O
Seaman	O
and	O
written	O
using	O
Apple	O
Pascal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OMNIS	B-Application
was	O
also	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
using	O
the	O
UCSD	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
environment	O
which	O
enabled	O
a	O
simple	O
port	O
over	O
to	O
other	O
popular	O
machines	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1984	O
:	O
OMNIS	B-Application
1	O
,	O
2	O
and	O
3	O
were	O
released	O
together	O
in	O
April	O
1984	O
as	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
Omnis	B-Application
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Omnis	B-Application
1	O
(	O
"	O
the	O
file	O
manager	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
way	O
of	O
handling	O
simple	O
data	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
Omnis	B-Application
2	O
(	O
"	O
the	O
information	O
manager	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Omnis	B-Application
but	O
had	O
more	O
programmability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Omnis	B-Application
3	O
(	O
"	O
the	O
database	O
manager	O
"	O
)	O
was	O
designed	O
for	O
programmers	O
and	O
business	O
owners	O
to	O
build	O
their	O
own	O
customized	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
about	O
that	O
time	O
Blyth	O
Software	O
also	O
produced	O
the	O
Blyth	O
Accounting	O
packages	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Omnis	B-Application
3	O
engine	O
to	O
enable	O
Accounting	O
for	O
small	O
businesses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Omnis	B-Application
3	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
database	O
application	O
tools	O
for	O
Apple	O
computers	O
and	O
IBM	O
compatibles	O
running	O
under	O
MS-DOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1985	O
:	O
Following	O
the	O
previous	O
year	O
's	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	O
Macintosh	O
,	O
"	O
Omnis	B-Application
3	O
for	O
Macintosh	O
"	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
1985	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
database	O
generation	O
tools	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1986	O
:	O
"	O
Omnis	B-Application
3	O
Plus	O
for	O
Macintosh	O
"	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1987	O
:	O
"	O
Omnis	B-Application
Accounting	O
"	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
in	O
February	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1987	O
:	O
Released	O
"	O
Omnis	B-Application
Quartz	O
"	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
GUI	O
databases	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
1989	O
:	O
Released	O
Omnis	B-Application
5	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
development	O
tools	O
for	O
building	O
applications	O
under	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1991/93/94	O
:	O
Released	O
Omnis	B-Application
7	I-Application
v1	O
,	O
v2	O
,	O
and	O
v3	O
in	O
near	O
consecutive	O
years	O
,	O
an	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
providing	O
client/server	O
access	O
to	O
many	O
industry	O
standard	O
server	O
databases	O
such	O
as	O
Oracle	O
,	O
Sybase	O
,	O
and	O
Informix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Omnis	B-Application
7	I-Application
version	O
1	O
for	O
Mac	O
released	O
Dec	O
1991	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
early	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2	O
added	O
an	O
IDE	B-Application
shell	O
and	O
the	O
so-called	O
"	O
dot	O
notation	O
"	O
for	O
referencing	O
object	O
attributes	O
(	O
properties	O
and	O
methods	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
a	O
VCS	O
,	O
CMS	O
,	O
ODBC	O
connectivity	O
,	O
and	O
Apple	O
DAL	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1997	O
:	O
Released	O
Omnis	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
v1	O
,	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
,	O
object	O
oriented	O
development	O
environment	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Company	O
was	O
renamed	O
Omnis	B-Application
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1998	O
:	O
Released	O
Omnis	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
v2	O
,	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
,	O
multi-database	O
development	O
environment	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
1999	O
:	O
Released	O
Omnis	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
v2.1	O
including	O
the	O
Omnis	B-Application
Web	O
Client	O
or	O
"	O
thin	O
client	O
"	O
for	O
browsing	O
data	O
and	O
applications	O
via	O
the	O
Web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1999	O
:	O
Released	O
Omnis	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
making	O
Omnis	B-Application
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
RAD	O
tools	O
available	O
under	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2000	O
:	O
Released	O
Omnis	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
v3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
that	O
year	O
Omnis	B-Application
Software	O
merged	O
with	O
PICK	O
Systems	O
to	O
become	O
Raining	O
Data	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2004	O
:	O
Released	O
Omnis	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
v4	O
including	O
support	O
for	O
MySQL	O
,	O
JDBC	O
,	O
and	O
Java	B-Language
Objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2005	O
:	O
Released	O
Omnis	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
v4.1	O
including	O
support	O
for	O
Unicode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2007	O
Release	O
of	O
Omnis	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
4.3	O
including	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	O
and	O
Mac	O
OS	O
10.5	O
(	O
Leopard	O
)	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
component	O
for	O
accessing	O
.Net	B-Application
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2009	O
Release	O
Omnis	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
5.0	O
which	O
includes	O
application	O
development	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
Mobile-based	O
devices	O
,	O
and	O
Unicode	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2012	O
Release	O
Omnis	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
5.2	O
which	O
includes	O
a	O
JavaScript	O
based	O
client	O
for	O
rendering	O
applications	O
in	O
a	O
browser	O
on	O
desktop	O
and	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2013	O
Release	O
Omnis	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
6.0	O
which	O
includes	O
significant	O
updates	O
to	O
the	O
JavaScript	O
Client	O
including	O
new	O
wrappers	O
for	O
creating	O
standalone	O
mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
,	O
a	O
new	O
control	O
for	O
access	O
to	O
mobile	O
device	O
features	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
PDF	O
printing	O
device	O
,	O
enhanced	O
JavaScript	O
controls	O
,	O
and	O
multi-tasking	O
using	O
SQL	O
Worker	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2016	O
Release	O
Omnis	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
8.0	O
which	O
provides	O
64-bit	O
and	O
Cocoa	O
support	O
for	O
Omnis	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
running	O
on	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
use	O
HTML	O
components	O
in	O
window	O
classes	O
for	O
Desktop	O
Apps	O
,	O
Drag	O
and	O
Drop	O
capability	O
for	O
the	O
JavaScript	O
Client	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
Code	O
Assistant	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
method	O
editor	O
to	O
help	O
you	O
write	O
Omnis	B-Application
code	O
,	O
plus	O
some	O
enhancements	O
in	O
the	O
Studio	O
Browser	O
which	O
will	O
help	O
new	O
and	O
existing	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
Omnis	B-Application
business	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
OLS	O
Holdings	O
Ltd	O
,	O
a	O
UK	O
company	O
owned	O
by	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
Omnis	B-Application
developers	O
and	O
distributors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
2017	O
Release	O
Omnis	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
8.1	O
which	O
provides	O
GIT	O
support	O
,	O
JSON	O
controls	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
Welcome	O
intro	O
,	O
Push	O
notifications	O
for	O
mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
,	O
responsive	O
forms	O
,	O
a	O
"	O
headless	O
"	O
Linux	B-Application
server	O
for	O
deployment	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
enhancements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
January	O
2019	O
Release	O
Omnis	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
10	O
which	O
provides	O
a	O
new	O
free-type	O
Method	O
Editor	O
and	O
Code	O
Assistant	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
Accessibility	O
standard	O
WCAG	O
2.0	O
,	O
an	O
Omnis	B-Application
datafile	O
migration	O
tool	O
,	O
new	O
components	O
for	O
JavaScript	O
and	O
fat	O
client	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
remote	O
debugging	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
remote	O
object	O
class	O
,	O
new	O
Worker	O
Objects	O
that	O
support	O
Node.JS	O
JavaScript	O
,	O
POP3	O
,	O
Crypto	O
,	O
Hash	O
and	O
FTP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
2019	O
Release	O
Omnis	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Version	O
10.1	O
with	O
New	O
and	O
Updated	O
JavaScript	O
Components	O
,	O
New	O
Animations	O
for	O
Desktop	O
Apps	O
,	O
Further	O
Improvements	O
to	O
Code	O
Assistant	O
(	O
Method	O
Name	O
Matching	O
)	O
,	O
New	O
Variable	O
Panel	O
,	O
SQL	O
Worker	O
Lists	O
,	O
Enhancements	O
in	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
web	B-Application
app	I-Application
sessions	O
,	O
improved	O
user	O
interaction	O
with	O
mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
with	O
new	O
"	O
toast	O
"	O
messages	O
,	O
better	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
FHIR	O
standard	O
for	O
medical	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Linux	B-Application
Headless	O
Server	O
can	O
now	O
be	O
operated	O
in	O
MultiProcess	O
Server	O
(	O
MPS	O
)	O
mode	O
,	O
utilizing	O
the	O
multi-core	O
processor	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
