<s>
ProvideX	B-Language
is	O
a	O
computer	O
language	O
and	O
development	O
environment	O
derived	O
from	O
Business	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
(	O
a	O
business	O
oriented	O
derivative	O
of	O
BASIC	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ProvideX	B-Language
is	O
available	O
on	O
several	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
(	O
Unix/Linux/Windows/Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
)	O
and	O
includes	O
not	O
only	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
but	O
also	O
file	O
system	O
,	O
presentation	O
layer	O
interface	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
years	O
since	O
its	O
inception	O
and	O
as	O
the	O
computer	O
industry	O
has	O
changed	O
,	O
ProvideX	B-Language
has	O
added	O
functionality	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
graphical	O
interface	O
,	O
client-server	O
capabilities	O
,	O
access	O
to	O
external	O
databases	O
,	O
web	O
services	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
more	O
recently	O
,	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
8	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
PVX	O
Plus	O
Technologies	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
assumed	O
all	O
ongoing	O
sales	O
,	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
ProvideX	B-Language
product	O
line	O
for	O
Independent	O
Software	O
Vendors	O
.	O
</s>
