SYBASE ON MONDAY announced its Apple Early Adopter Program for ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise), which provides free use of its ASE 12.5 database on the Mac OS X platform. Users also get free newsgroup support from July 17 until the product ships in September, Sybase said. According to the company, Sybase ASE 12.5 is the first major enterprise-class relational database available to Mac developers. ASE 12.5 features Java and XML support for Mac developers. More information on the early adopter effort can be found at www.sybase.com/mac . Software DevelopmentDatabasesTechnology IndustrySmall and Medium Business