Year: 1997

PowerTools signs license agreement with BeOS

PowerTools announced today that they have completed a license agreement
with BeOS. PowerTools will be shipping all infiniti T2 and X-Factor PPC
computers with BeOS starting on Sept. 22, 1997. “We elected to include the
BeOS with our systems due to the recent increase in interest and requests
from our valued customers.” said Victor Wong, CEO, PowerTools. “With the
current events that are being played out in the MacOS arena, many people
feel that BeOS may be a viable solution and their OS of choice in the near
future.

PowerTools signs OEM agreement with UMAX Taiwan

PowerTools announced today that it has signed an OEM agreement with UMAX of
Taiwan. Within the agreement, PowerTools will be given the rights to
purchase hardware products to be integrated into existing PowerTools
technologies. “We felt that it was necessary for us to work together with
UMAX to gain additional products and support for our valued customers,”
says Victor Wong, CEO, PowerTools. “Having multiple sources for some of our
core products will allow us to be more flexible and stable.

MOTOROLA ANNOUNCES PLAN TO PHASE OUT ITS MAC OS-COMPATIBLE BUSINESS

Response to Apple’s Recent Decisions Limiting Licensing

Tempe, Ariz. September 11, 1997 — Motorola Computer Group (MCG), a unit of
Motorola Inc., today announced its plan to discontinue its Mac
OS-compatible system business in response to Apple’s recent decisions to
limit the introduction of its new technology and phase out future
licensing. Under the new plan, Motorola StarMax systems will be available
for sale until the end of 1997.

To all,

This is an announcement for the new software (in the last few weeks) that
we use to run the MacDev-1 list. It’s an excellent piece of software and
we grow to love it more each day. It’s what you would expect from a
Macintosh List Manager — you install it and are up and running in minutes.

MacDev-1 Team

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September 11, 1997 — Fog City Software, Inc. today released LetterRip
2.0.1, an update to its mailing list server for Mac OS computers.

LetterRip 2.0.1 is maintenance update.

VIBE NOW AVAILABLE ON MAC OS

Visix Software Extends Platform Support for Powerful Java Development Tool

Reston, VA, September 8, 1997 — Visix Software Inc., a leading provider of
enterprise application development and deployment solutions, today
announced the general availability of Vibe Enterprise for Windows 95,
Windows NT x86, Windows NT Alpha, Solaris, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX,
Macintosh and OS/2. Visix also announced the general availability of Vibe
DE for Macintosh, OS/2, Windows NT Alpha, HP-UX and IRIX.