Year: 1998

SAN FRANCISCO — Jan. 19, 1998 — Attendees Rally Around Apple’s
Announcement of a Profit and Microsoft’s Release of Office 98 for the Mac

Attendees to this year’s MACWORLD Expo San Francisco saw a diversity of new
Mac-based products, participated in a first-of-its kind technical
conference and heard from some of the best-known names in the graphic arts
and entertainment communities confessing their loyalty to the Macintosh
platform. “You could feel the excitement in the air at this year’s MACWORLD
Expo San Francisco,” said David B. Egan, president of IDG Expo Management
Co.

MACROMEDIA CELEBRATES SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF SHOCKWAVE
Company Continues to Improve Web Experience with Smart Shockwave

San Francisco, CA-January 19, 1998-Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACR) today
celebrated the second anniversary of Shockwave with the release of Smart
Shockwave. Through the use of JavaScript, Smart Shockwave allows users to
automatically download, install and play the most current version of
Shockwave without ever having to leave the intended Web site. Shockwave
remains one of the top playback technologies on the Web.

Perl is the duct tape of the Internet.

– Hassan Schroeder (Sun’s first w,ebmaster)

Or maybe it’s a Swiss Army Chainsaw! In any case, MacPerl is Perl 5, tuned
to the needs of Macintosh developers and adventurous users. A new version
(5.1.9r4) has been released, along with a MacPerl CD-ROM. For more
information, please visit:

http://www.ptf.com/macperl

CLEARWAY SHIPS FIRESITE WEB SITE ACCELERATOR AND WEB HOSTING SYSTEM 2.2

— Blazing Web Site Performance Using Affordable Internet Connections.
Includes Complete Web Hosting System, Now Optimized for “G3” Chips —

ClearWay Technologies today shipped version 2.2 of their FireSite(TM) Web
Site Accelerator, optimized for Web servers using the lightning-fast
PowerPC 750 (“G3”) chip.

Quadrivio Ships New File Tool for Developers

General Edit 1.0 has Built-in Compiler, Edits Data with Complex Formats

Berkeley, CA-January 19, 1998-Quadrivio Corporation announces General Edit
1.0, a new file utility for MacOS. The tool will help those who need to
view or edit data files with complex binary formats.

General Edit is a powerful alternative to simple hex or ASCII file editors.
The user types familiar, C-like statements to specify the file format.