FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ServletExec Plugin Runs Java Servlets on Mac OS Web Servers Alpharetta, Georgia - New Atlanta Communications, LLC announces the ServletExec(tm) plugin for Mac OS web servers. ServletExec is a WebSTAR API (W*API) compatible plugin that enables Mac OS web servers to run industry-standard Java servlets. ServletExec is built on the Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ) which Apple is shipping as a standard component of Mac OS 8. Servlets are Java-based alternatives to traditional CGIs and web server plugins. "Servlets have several compelling advantages over CGIs and plugins," said Vince Bonfanti, President of New Atlanta Communications. "Servlets can run on any major server platform--Mac OS, Windows NT, or Unix--using any leading web server, without even recompiling. Mac OS developers can deploy their servlets on any platform, and the ServletExec plugin allows Mac OS webmasters to run servlets originally developed for other platforms. In addition, writing servlets in Java...

TYRELL AND ACTIVESTATE RESOLVE PERLSCRIPT NAME CONFLICT Name Conflict Ends with Agreement to Cooperate with Marketing and Development of Perl Tools August 20, 1997, San Jose, CA -- In a move typical of the Perl community, Tyrell Software Corp. and ActiveState Tool Corp. have resolved the PerlScript name conflict in a friendly, cooperative manner. Last month Tyrell started marketing a product named PerlScript on the Internet. Confusion quickly ensued between ActiveState's PerlScript ActiveX scripting engine and Tyrell's PerlScript. "Mark Murphy of Tyrell and I started discussing what resolution would be the best one for the Perl community," explains Dick Hardt, President of ActiveState, "We also started exploring how we could work together to provide Perl solutions to developers". "Tyrell has agreed to change our product name from PerlScript to PowerPerl" says Mark Murphy, Tyrell's Director of Software Development, "We are going to cooperate with ActiveState in the development and...

Fog City has extended the special $95 price for LetterRip for one more week good through August 23, 1997. Download a fully functional copy of LetterRip from: (http://www.fogcity.com/lr_download.html)

To all Webmasters and Webmaster wannabes: WebTen 1.1, Tenon's new Apache Web server, is available for a limited time )from DevDepot at the special price of $350. To order, point your browser at: (http://www.devdepot.com/SBDisplayItem.qry?ItemCode=SWEBTEN) To read about WebTen and to download a copy for testing, see: (http://www.tenon.com/products/webten/) According to Ziff Davis, Tenon's Apache Web server is the fastest Web server for Macintosh. In the typical 4 -12 client range, WebTen is three times faster than WebSTAR! On a heavily loaded system, WebTen is still 30% faster. Tenon is committed to making the Macintosh a world class Web server. Why shouldn't the world's most popular Web creation platform be the world's most popular Web server platform? The only thing that is holding the Macintosh back today in Web serving is performance. With Tenon's system-level additions (a native fast file system and an advanced TCP stack), the Mac can reach a new level of performance. Tenon'...

Attention Developers: Below is a schedule of upcoming events you may be interested in. As you may know Apple is a sponsor of the center for software development and Apple developers can attend any of the CSD seminars free of charge. Developers can also use the center's testing facilities which are available on shorter notice than Apple's compatibility labs. Contact CSD at (408) 494-TEST and indicate you are an Apple Developers. In response to popular demand, the Center for Software Development has a number of Venture Capital 1on1s and equity financing events coming up! Please pass this information on to anyone you think could benefit from attending and feel free to call me directly with any questions - 408-494-8302. Thanks! Sandy *********************************************************** Center for Software Development Upcoming Events *********************************************************** Aug 19th - Patents, Copyrights & Trade Secrets Aug 20th - Finding the Right Equity...

MACADDICT MAGAZINE AND ALADDIN SYSTEMS PARTNER TO DISTRIBUTE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ENABLED SOFTWARE PROGRAMS TO 140,000 END USERS MONTHLY Monthly CD-ROM Brings Consumers and MAC OS Software Publishers Closer Together BRISBANE, CA (August 13, 1997)-MacAddict Magazine, one of seven publications from Imagine Publishing Inc., and Aladdin Systems, the creators of StuffIt InstallerMaker(tm), will be helping Mac OS software developers distribute their software to the passionate MacAddict readers. Each month MacAddict bundles a CD-ROM disc with it's monthly distribution of 140,000. Starting with the December issue, MacAddict will feature a "Try Before You Buy" virtual store containing software enabled for electronic commerce using Aladdin's InstallerMaker. Taking advantage of MacAddict's mass distribution, Mac software publishers can now incorporate InstallerMaker's technology onto the monthly CD-ROMs to increase their distribution and sales. "This is just one more way that MacAddict is...

For Immediate Release Tangent Systems Announces BuildSim AutoCode Generator Ready for Testing OCEAN BEACH, Calif.-- August 12, 1997: Continuing to meet its internal release schedule for BuildSim, TangentSystem announced to day that its next beta release which includes an automatic code generator is ready for beta testing. It can be downloaded from Tangent Systems FTP site for evaluation and testing. Beta testers will recieve a free copy of the "Silver" edition when BuildSim officially ships. This beta version includes an Automatic Code Generation capability which can automatically create C++ and Java source code. Preliminary compiler libraries are included for PowerMac, 68K Mac, Java and Win32 platforms.The planned ship date for BuildSim 2.0 is September 1, 1997. BuildSim will be delivered via internet as a Bronze Edition and can be upgraded to increasingly more powerful editions (Silver, Gold and Platinum) via password. BuildSim has many application areas including Education,...

CodeFab Announces Summer/Fall Training Schedule CodeFab Training Director John Gassenheimer announced the training schedule for WebObjects and OPENSTEP/Rhapsody training courses for summer/fall 1997. These courses include CodeFab's popular "Real World WebObjects" as well as an Enterprise Objects Framework course aimed at advanced Web Objects developers and a range of introductory and advanced OPENSTEP/Rhapsody courses aimed at programmers who will be developing software with Apple's next generation operating system, code-named Rhapsody Aug 25-28 Real World WebObjects, Standard (2001) Sep 8 -11 Real World OpenStep, Accelerated (3010) Sep 16-19 Enterprise Object Framework (3005) Sep 23-26 Real World WebObjects, Standard (2001) Oct 6-9 Real World OpenStep, Accelerated (3010) Oct 21-24 Real World WebObjects, Standard (2001) "CodeFab's broad selection of courses covering Apple's Enterprise Software technologies reflects our commitment to Apple's strategic direction and endorsement of...

Paris, July 29th, 1997. Florent Pillet announces PowerGlot, the software localization tool for MacOS. PowerGlot is a new software localization tool for the MacOS. Fast and easy to use, PowerGlot allows developers to localize their software to any language available on the MacOS platform, including 2-byte languages like Japanese and Chinese. The software is WorldScript aware, scriptable, supports drag-and-drop, balloon help and AppleGuide, all this wrapped in a convenient and intuitive interface. PowerGlot comes at a very affordable price ($99, w/discount on multiple licenses). For information, please point your browser to: http://www.teaser.fr/~fpillet/PowerGlot/ Screen shots are available at: http://www.teaser.fr/~fpillet/PowerGlot/screenshots.html E-Mail contact: fpillet@teaser.fr Florent Pillet - Freelance Developer Paris, France http://www.teaser.fr/~fpillet/

Farallon Announces the Availability of Timbuktu Pro 4.0 for Macintosh Timbuktu Pro 4.0 Puts the Power of Remote Control, File Transfer and Communication on the Desktop ALAMEDA, Calif., August 11, 1997 - Farallon Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRLN) today announced the immediate availability of Timbuktu Pro 4.0 for MacOS, the latest version of the leading remote control and file transfer software for Macintosh. Timbuktu Pro's patented cross-platform, screen-sharing capabilities makes it the only remote control solution that allows any Macintosh to communicate or collaborate with another Macintosh or Windows PC through modem-to-modem, ARA dial-up, Internet, LAN or WAN connections. Perfect for MacOS 8, the functionality and ease-of-use of Timbuktu Pro has been significantly enhanced to include Timbuktu Express file transfer technology, file synchronization, intercom capabilities and AppleScript support. "Once again, we are pleased to deliver a leading-edge, best-of-breed remote control...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DevDepot Will Offering The Full BeOS package At A Discount WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- AUGUST 6, 1997 -- Xplain Corporation, the parent company of DevDepot, today announced that it is offering the full BeOS package through its world class mail order division. As the Internet expands, and as electronic media becomes more prevalent, the high-performance needs of digital content design have different needs today. The BeOS is the first new operating system designed to unlock the door to much more powerful personal computers, and extract more performance than you're used to. The BeOS is based on a concept called the Media OS. It's not enough to add a few features and call an operating system a Media OS, an operating system needs to be architechted to deal natively with digital media. The engineering team at Be didn't start with an existing OS and transform it, they started with the Media OS concept and optimized every portion of a new OS for handling digital media. The...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 1997 Media Contact: Bill Doerrfeld, President & CEO Blue World Communications, Inc. 425.646.0288, bill@blueworld.com BLUE WORLD SETS INTERNET BUSINESS STRATEGY Previews MailMan, FMPro.Net; Shows Lasso 2.0 at Macworld Expo BOSTON, MA - August 6, 1997 - As part of its mission of "bringing business to the internet," Blue World Communications, Inc. today previewed for the first time two forthcoming products, MailMan and FMPro.Net, and showed the shipping version of Lasso 2.0 at Macworld Expo/Boston. All three new offerings support Bellevue, WA-based Blue World's strategy of turning Claris FileMaker Pro 3.0 for Mac OS into a full Internet business partner for handling commerce and information. "Together," said Blue World President & CEO Bill Doerrfeld, "our FileMaker Pro Internet companions allow FileMaker Pro users to seamlessly build complete Internet business solutions using the leading database for Mac OS." "Blue World has produced quite a few...

From: "Stephen C. Gilardi" (squeegee@spambegone.usa.net) Subject: [ANN] ProFont Distribution 2.2 Released Co-authors Steve Gilardi and Carl Osterwald are pleased to announce the release of "ProFont Distribution 2.2". It is available now as: (ftp://users.aol.com//squeegee/pro-font-22.hqx) ProFont is a monospaced font whose 9 pt size is similar to Monaco 9 but with improved readability. It includes slashed zeros, ells with serifs, emphasized punctuation, etc. It is a great font for programmers and anyone else who needs a monospaced font with easily distinguished characters. New since the 2.1 release are: - modifications to the shape of several characters for even better readability and improved anti-aliasing support, - several small bug fixes in the fonts, - improved QuickDraw GX compatibility, - a version of ProFont encoded with the Windows character set, and - updated contact information. ProFont Distribution 2.2 includes bitmap and outline (both TrueType and Adobe Type 1...

8/3/97 - ColorSafe 1.0 Available for Macintosh There are a couple of things I need to say in this note, so I'll get the good news out of the way first. There is bad news to go with it this time. ** ColorSafe 1.0 Available for Macintosh A new plug-in, ColorSafe 1.0, is available, and it's the one plug-in no web designer needs to be without. ColorSafe extends the 216 color web safe palette to millions of non-dithering optical colors and patterns with an real-time, fully interactive RGB color picker and a pattern canvas for creating tiling patterns. It's got a definite cool factor, and I'm not saying that just because we wrote it. Works with Photoshop 2.5 - 4.0, PhotoDelux 1.0, Illustrator 6.0 - 7.0, Painter 2.0 - 5.0, xRes 2.0 - 3.0, ColorIt! 3.0 - 3.2, DeBabelizer 1.6, and Canvas 5.0 and more. You can download the demo from: (ftp://ftp.boxtopsoft.com/pub) or go by the web site at (http://www.boxtopsoft.com) ** GIFmation 2.x has gone cross-platform Last week the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Susan Whitney MacTech Magazine 805-494-9797 x105 marketing@mactech.com Now Available: The Release Version of The MacTech CD-ROM with all of develop WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- AUGUST 4, 1997 -- Xplain Corporation, the publisher of MacTech(r) magazine, today announced that it will be shipping the release version of the MacTech CD-ROM, Volumes 1-12, which includes the entire history of develop, Apple's awarding winning technical journal. As one of the first CD-ROM publishers, MacTech Magazine has continually updated its historical CD with an extensive library of reference material, hundreds of megabytes of source code, special offers with developer demos, and much more. The MacTech CD, Volumes 1-12, includes every article from MacTech magazine (November, 1984 through May, 1997). It has the entire history of develop (Volumes 1-29, 1990-1997). The CD also has the original Inside Macintosh, and the most complete set of Frameworks archives known (the...

Press Contacts: For Release August 4, 1997 Gordy Davies Kirk Ladendorf Metrowerks Inc. Motorola (512) 873-4797 (512) 891-2058 gdavies@metrowerks.com ra6710@email.mot.com METROWERKS SHIPS CODEWARRIOR FOR POWERPC EMBEDDED SYSTEMS, TARGETING MOTOROLA'S FAMILY OF POWERFUL EMBEDDED RISC MICROPROCESSORS New Tools Support Embedded Development for Rapidly Growing High Performance Consumer Electronics Market AUSTIN, Texas -Aug. 4, 1997- Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK), one of the world's leading providers of software development tools, today announced they are shipping this week CodeWarrior for PowerPC Embedded Systems. With this product, Metrowerks extends its popular CodeWarrior development environment to include support for Motorola's (NYSE: MOT) MPC821 and MPC860 PowerPC embedded processors. CodeWarrior for PowerPC Embedded Systems has all the tools, libraries, documentation and examples needed to develop, on a Windows 95/NT platform, software for the MPC821 and MPC860...

Press Contact: For Release August 4, 1997 Gordy Davies Metrowerks Inc. (512) 873-4797 gdavies@metrowerks.com METROWERKS ENHANCING CODEWARRIOR TO SUPPORT WRITING MAC OS 8 APPLICATIONS PowerPlant Class Libraries Expanded to Support Mac OS 8 Appearance Manager AUSTIN, Texas - August 4, 1997 - Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK), one of the world's leading providers of software development tools, is announcing additions to CodeWarrior Professional that will take advantage of the new features in Mac OS 8. CodeWarrior will soon support the Mac OS 8 Appearance Manager by creating new classes in PowerPlant for using the new interface controls, which include sliders, progress bars, group boxes, pop-up menu buttons, bevel buttons, and image wells. Existing PowerPlant grayscale classes are being modified to implement these same controls under System 7.5. This way, customers can create PowerPlant applications that have the same look and feel, whether running on System 7.5 or on Mac OS...

Developer Central Returns to Macworld Boston Apple Computer, MacTech Showcase Products and Services for Developers Cupertino, CA -- July 28, 1997 -- Apple Computer, Inc. today announced its plans to showcase the latest technologies, tools, support, and information for developers at Macworld Boston, Aug, 6-8, 1997. Co-sponsored by Apple and MacTech magazine, the Developer Central Pavilion is designed to provide convenient access to information on the latest developer products and services for Mac OS Macintosh platform development. "Developer Central is a dynamic environment where developers can come for the latest products and information on developing for the Apple platforms," said David Krathwohl, vice president, Apple Developer Relations. "We reached over 20,000 Macworld attendees at our expanded Developer Central in San Francisco last January. In Boston we'll build on this momentum by facilitating collaboration among tool vendors and application developers." "The developer...

Media Contacts: Jennifer Lyng or Kendra Howell pr@aladdinsys.com (408) 761-6200 STUFFIT INSTALLERMAKER 4.1 WITH ELECTRONIC COMMERCE CAPABILITIES NOW AVAILABLE FROM ALADDIN SYSTEMS, INC. Aladdin1s Installer Gets New Tasks and Flag Alerts for Improved Installations Watsonville, CA -- July 28, 1997 -- Aladdin Systems, Inc., developer and publisher of the worldwide compression standard StuffIt(r), today announced StuffIt InstallerMaker 4.1 began shipping. StuffIt InstallerMaker allows developers to easily create custom software installers and automatic trialware software (a time-locked demo) without any coding. InstallerMaker is the only Macintosh installer with automatic trialware creation capability. Trialware created with InstallerMaker can be purchased by end users with the click of a button. "Integrating electronic commerce into InstallerMaker is the solution for developers, distributors, and marketers to easily incorporate trialware versions of their software. InstallerMaker with...

Joint Release *** Apple and Advis Announce WebObjects Support For SAP R/3 Apple Enterprise Alliance Solution Provider Introduces Mantle for SAP R/3 *** INTERNET WORLD EXPO, CHICAGO--July 23, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Advis, a Boston, Massachusetts-based Apple Enterprise Alliance Solution Provider, today introduced the Mantle for SAP R/3 product for Apple's WebObjects application server. Mantle from Advis provides a WebObjects application developer with transparent access to SAP Business Objects via the Business Application Program Interface (BAPI) and Remote Function Call (RFC) interfaces published and supported by SAP. With Mantle, the data and functionality of SAP R/3 systems can be integrated with the dynamic web capabilities of WebObjects for rapid development and deployment of robust, highly scalable, corporate intranet, and World Wide Web business applications. SAP is the leading global provider of client/server business application solutions. According to...

*** WebObjects Delivers Global Networked Solutions with Java and CORBA *** Corporate Customers use WebObjects and Netscape Communicator to Design Compelling Networked Applications INTERNET WORLD EXPO, CHICAGO--July 23, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc.'s WebObjects application development software is now able to help enterprises deliver new solutions based on Java and CORBA, as well as HTML and HTTP. Through IIOP capability bundled with market-leading web browser Netscape Communicator, customers are able to use WebObjects and the Netscape browser to create interactive and open network applications quickly and easily. WebObjects, an award-winning open development platform for the web, provides an application server, pre-built application components, and rapid application assembly tools that let customers bring enterprise solutions on-line quickly. By providing an open middle-tier application server that provides flexible support for multiple standards, WebObjects delivers more interactivity...

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Naomi Pearce Pearce Communications 510/528-0824 Email: naomi@well.com Investor Contact: Fiona Ross The Financial Relations Board, Inc. (310) 442-0599 Email: far@la.frbd.com STARNINE AND MEN & MICE COLLABORATE TO ADD LOAD BALANCING AND FAULT TOLERANCE TO WEBSTAR WEB SITES -- Free WebSTAR Plug-in Communicates with QuickDNS Pro Domain Name Server -- BERKELEY, Calif., July 23, 1997 -- StarNine Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Quarterdeck Corporation, and Men & Mice, Inc. today announced the completion of a collaborative development project to increase performance of WebSTAR Web sites and provide fault tolerance for sites running more than one copy of WebSTAR. StarNine's WebSTAR QuickDNS Responder Plug-in provides server load and status information to Men and Mice's new QuickDNS Pro 2.0 domain name server, allowing QuickDNS to efficiently allocate server load and to redirect hits if a server is not responding. Available today for download...

For Immediate Release: Media Contact: Snorri Gudmundsson Men & Mice Tel. +354 552 2045 Email: snorri@menandmice.com MEN & MICE SHIPS QUICKDNS PRO 2.0, BRINGS UNPRECEDENTED FUNCTIONALITY AND EASE OF USE. Upgrade Maximizes Web Site Reliability and Performance, Brings Robust Domain Set-up Assistance, Provides Increased Intranet Flexibility. Reykjavik, Iceland, July 22, 1997 --- Men & Mice today announced the immediate availability of QuickDNS Pro 2.0, a major upgrade of the industrial-strength name server, bringing a revolutionary Intelligent Fault Tolerance and Load Balancing solution that maximizes web site reliability and performance by intelligently directing traffic to web servers, robust Mac OS 8 type Domain Assistants that allow easy set-up and maintenance of domains, and increased flexibility for corporate Intranets. Initially released in February 1996, QuickDNS Pro continues to provide cutting edge DNS (domain name service) to the Mac OS Internet platform, being the...

Apple Retains Heidrick & Struggles for its Search of a New CEO. CUPERTINO, Calif.--July 22, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has retained Heidrick & Struggles, Inc., a global executive search firm specialized in CEO assignments, to assist it in its search for a new CEO. Heidrick & Struggles will work closely with the search committee established by the Board. Based upon the profile defined by this search committee, the firm will seek a world-class technology industry executive, both a strong leader and a hands-on manager, with a successful sales and marketing background, an established industry knowledge and reputation, and the ability to create, execute and inspire. The global search will be led by John T. Thompson, vice chairman of Heidrick & Struggles, which has successfully recruited executives such as Lou Gerstner at IBM, George Fisher at Eastman Kodak, Ray Lane at Oracle, and Mort Topfer at Dell. Though the Board and the firm...