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Perlman founded development tools company, Real Software <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.20/20.06/GeoffPerlman/index.html/page=0,0 |title=REALbasic Best Practices: An Interview with Geoff Perlman |date=2004 |last=Howe |first=Guyren G |publisher=[[MacTech]]}}</ref>, in 1996. At the time there was nothing like Visual Basic for the Mac<ref>{{cite web|title=Real Software Press Release|url=http://www.realsoftware.com/company/news/archive/Rb1ships/|work=REAL Software Ships REALbasic 1.0|publisher=Real Software|accessdate=20 December 2011}}</ref>. Realbasic (now [[Real Studio]]<ref>{{cite web|title=REAL Software Ships REAL Studio 2010 Release 1; Announces New Product Name, Adds Improved ActiveX Support|url=http://www.realsoftware.com/company/news/2010/2010r1|work=Real Software Announces New Product Name|publisher=Real Software|accessdate=20 December 2011}}</ref>), Real Software’s flagship product, was meant to offer the flexibility of Visual Basic to Mac users while offering them an integrated drag and drop user interface builder. It was clear to Perlman that cross-platform development was the way of the future with the increasing marketshare of Mac and Linux <ref>{{cite web|title=Real Studio for Commercial Programmers|url=http://www.realsoftware.com/realstudio/commercialdevelopers.php|work=Real Studio for Commercial Programmers|publisher=Real Software|accessdate=20 December 2011}}</ref>. Realbasic quickly released the option to cross-compile applications for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux, making it the only true cross-platform development tool on the market at the time.

Perlman continues to serve as the CEO of Real Software where they recently released Real Studio Web Edition<ref>{{cite web|title=REAL Software Announces REAL Studio Web Edition; Revolutionizes How Web Applications are Developed|url=http://www.realsoftware.com/company/news/2010/web.php|work=Real Studio Web Edition Announced|publisher=Real Software}}</ref> , which is one of the only wayways to develop powerful, modern web<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itworld.com/software/175433/3-tools-accelerate-web-application-development?page=0,0 |title=3 Tools to Accelerate Web Development |date=June 2011 |last=Ohlhorst |first=Frank|accessdate=2011-06-17 |publisher=[[IDG]] }}</ref> applications without the need to learn multiple programming languages. Perlman continues to pioneer the path for cross-platform development with Real Studio -- they are currently working to expand to mobile development platforms<ref>{{cite web|title=Real Studio on iOS|url=http://www.realsoftware.com/web/sneak_peek/ios.php|work=Real Studio on iOS|publisher=Real Software|accessdate=20 December 2011}}</ref> .

==Publications==