<s>
OpenROAD	B-Language
,	O
which	O
stands	O
for	O
"	O
Open	O
Rapid	O
Object	O
Application	O
Development	O
"	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
fourth-generation	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
(	O
4GL	B-Language
)	O
and	O
development	O
suite	O
from	O
Actian	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
development	O
tools	O
,	O
with	O
built-in	O
Integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
(	O
IDE	O
)	O
(	O
Written	O
in	O
OpenROAD	B-Language
)	O
,	O
and	O
Code	O
Repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
history	O
of	O
OpenROAD	B-Language
is	O
closely	O
tied	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
Ingres	B-Application
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ingres	B-Application
Product	O
set	O
,	O
(	O
marketed	O
by	O
ASK	O
Corporation	O
,	O
Computer	O
Associates	O
,	O
Ingres	B-Application
Corporation	O
and	O
then	O
Actian	O
)	O
was	O
popular	O
in	O
the	O
governments	O
of	O
North	O
West	O
Europe	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
many	O
government	O
departments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenROAD	B-Language
appeared	O
in	O
beta	O
form	O
on	O
the	O
SUN	O
platform	O
in	O
1991	O
as	O
Windows4GL	O
1.0	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
available	O
to	O
British	O
Universities	O
under	O
a	O
special	O
license	O
agreement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Release	O
General	O
availability	O
End	O
of	O
Enterprise	O
Support	O
End	O
of	O
Extended	O
Support	O
End	O
of	O
Obsolescence	O
Support	O
Notes	O
May	O
,	O
1995	O
31-Dec-01	O
31-Dec-06	O
31-Dec-11	O
OpenROAD	B-Language
3.0	O
was	O
when	O
it	O
became	O
stable	O
on	O
MS	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
,	O
1996	O
31-Jan-08	O
31-Dec-13	O
31-Dec-18	O
OpenROAD	B-Language
3.5(1 )	O
was	O
when	O
it	O
became	O
stable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Variations	O
in	O
the	O
distribution	O
include	O
FAT	O
client	O
(	O
Requires	O
Ingres	B-Application
NET	O
for	O
communication	O
)	O
,	O
Thin	O
eClient	O
(	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
without	O
Ingres	B-Application
NET	O
but	O
needs	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Application	O
Server	O
instead	O
(	O
DCOM	O
)	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
finally	O
mClient	O
for	O
Mobile	O
Windows	O
Clients	O
(	O
HTTP	O
services	O
required	O
to	O
interface	O
to	O
the	O
Application	O
server	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Providing	O
an	O
XML	O
based	O
export	O
file	O
format	O
will	O
that	O
will	O
be	O
documented	O
,	O
human	O
readable	O
,	O
produce	O
clean	O
differences	O
between	O
different	O
revisions	O
of	O
a	O
file	O
,	O
allow	O
changes	O
to	O
be	O
merged	O
,	O
will	O
allow	O
OpenROAD	B-Language
source	O
components	O
to	O
be	O
managed	O
by	O
many	O
different	O
Software	O
Configuration	O
Management	O
(	O
SCM	O
)	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
,	O
2012	O
31-Dec-16	O
31-Dec-20	O
31-Dec-25	O
March	O
,	O
2012	O
31-Mar-17	O
31-Mar-22	O
31-Mar-27	O
OpenROAD	B-Language
6.0	O
included	O
the	O
additional	O
UNICODE	O
support	O
of	O
OpenROAD	B-Language
2006	O
5.5	O
,	O
a	O
special	O
limited	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reason	O
for	O
the	O
varying	O
and	O
shorter	O
Lifecycle	O
dates	O
of	O
latest	O
versions	O
is	O
Actian	O
is	O
working	O
to	O
bring	O
OpenROAD	B-Language
releases	O
current	O
to	O
Actian	O
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenROAD	B-Language
Server	O
enables	O
business	O
logic	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
OpenROAD	B-Language
4GL	B-Language
language	O
to	O
be	O
accessed	O
by	O
client	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenROAD	B-Language
Server	O
is	O
multi-threaded	O
and	O
allows	O
concurrent	O
access	O
from	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
client	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenRoad	B-Language
Server	O
has	O
built-in	O
support	O
for	O
Ingres/X	O
and	O
Vector/Avalanche	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
IBM	O
z/OS	O
mainframes	O
,	O
EDBC	O
(	O
a	O
separate	O
product	O
)	O
provides	O
the	O
same	O
level	O
of	O
access	O
to	O
native	O
VSAM	O
,	O
DB2	B-Application
,	O
IMS	O
,	O
and	O
Datacom/DB	B-Application
databases	O
to	O
enable	O
you	O
to	O
access	O
data	O
from	O
anywhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
process	O
access	O
to	O
Ingres	B-Application
NET	O
for	O
FAT	O
clients	O
making	O
distribution	O
easier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extension	O
of	O
the	O
OpenROAD	B-Language
language	O
into	O
the	O
Ingres	B-Application
database	I-Application
engine	O
replacing	O
the	O
Procedure	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
