FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 4, 2000

BLUE WORLD RELEASES LASSO STUDIO 1.7.1 FOR ADOBE GOLIVE 5.0

Maintenance update addresses minor issues. Boxed version to begin shipping
this week.

Bellevue, WA–December 4, 2000–Blue World Communications, Inc.–pioneers
of the Web Data Engine(tm)–today released Lasso Studio 1.7.1 for Adobe
GoLive 5.0 a free minor maintenance update to the recently released version
1.7 of Lasso Studio for Adobe GoLive. The release includes an updated
version (3.6.6.2) of Lasso Studio Web Data Engine and addresses a minor
issue with Lasso Studio Site Builder. Blue World also announced that boxed
versions of Lasso Studio for Adobe GoLive will begin shipping this week.

Complete Web Database Publishing

Lasso Studio for Adobe GoLive provides Web professionals a visual
development environment for building database-driven Web sites powered by
Blue World Lasso Web Data Engine. Operating from within GoLive 5.0, Web
developers harness the power of Lasso Studio Configuration Wizard, Lasso
Studio Site Builder, as well as Lasso Tag Selectors, Tag Editors and
Converters to ease the process of building dynamic, data-driven Web sites.
The Lasso Studio product line was recently selected by Macworld magazine as
a finalist in this year’s Eddy Award competition for Best Web Publishing
Software. Macworld describes Lasso Studio as “the easiest way to create a
database-driven Web site.”

Additional Information

Additional information about Lasso Studio 1.7.1 for Adobe GoLive 5.0 is
available on the Lasso Studio Web site at
http://www.blueworld.com/LassoStudio/.

Availability and Pricing

Lasso Studio 1.7.1 for Adobe GoLive 5.0 is immediately available for
purchase via authorized resellers and the Blue World Store
(http://store.blueworld.com/) at $349 boxed and $299 electronic download.
Current registered customers of Lasso Studio 1.5 for Macromedia Dreamweaver
3 qualify for a special sidegrade offer to purchase Lasso Studio 1.7.1 for
Adobe GoLive at $249 boxed and $199 electronic download. Current registered
customers of Lasso Studio 1.7 for Adobe GoLive can download and install the
Lasso Studio 1.7.1 for Adobe GoLive update free of charge via the Blue
World download page at http://www.blueworld.com/download/.

Special Promotional Offer

In celebration of the much anticipated release of Lasso Studio for GoLive
and in celebration of Lasso Studio being cited by Macworld magazine as “the
easiest way to create a database-driven Web site”, Blue World is pleased to
offer free Lasso Studio for GoLive t-shirts to the first 300 customers who
purchase Lasso Studio for GoLive direct from Blue World.

About Blue World

Blue World Communications (www.blueworld.com) delivers cross-platform
software tools allowing Web developers and designers to quickly build and
serve powerful data-driven Web sites. Blue World provides Lasso Web Data
Engine, Lasso Studio, Lasso Lite, Blue World Store and Blue World
ListSearch service in fulfillment of its mission to bring business to the
Internet(tm).