ActiveState Software Incorporated, acquired in 2006 by its employees and Canadian investment firm Pender Financial Group Corporation, offers clients Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl open source software and development services. The company provides over 2 million developers with cross-platform programming, debugging, and deployment tools. Its Tcl Dev Kit (TM) streamlines the creation of Tcl applications. It supports hotspot profiling during debug operations. It supports development for the AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, and Microsoft (R) Windows (R) platforms. The Komodo (R) Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl integrated development environment (IDE) supports programming for the Linux, Macintosh, Solaris, and Microsoft Windows platforms. ActiveState Software's Perl Dev Kit (TM) includes visual tools that streamline the creation of Perl-based filters. The firm also offers customers the free ActivePerl (R), ActivePython (R), and ActiveTcl (R) distributions. It includes source code control and Web technologies support features. The ActiveCD/DVD product includes standard language distributions and a PPM repository. The ActiveState Programmer Network (TM), or ASPN, provides developers with news feeds and technical articles. ActiveState originally was owned by Sophos Incorporated, a Sophos Public Limited Company. ActiveState was acquired for $2.25 million. Investor Pender Financial Group Corporation is traded on the TSX-V market under the PDF symbol.