September 11, 2000. San Jose, CA.

4D,Inc. releases WebSTAR Server Suite 4.3
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4D Inc., publishers of the 4th Dimension RAD/RDBMS Environment and the
WebSTAR Server Suite, announced today the release of WebSTAR Server Suite
4.3. WebSTAR 4.3 has improved functionality, extreme stability and many
refined features including numerous enhancements to the core set of
features. The integrated web, mail, FTP, and proxy sever design were all
carefully studied and retooled for this release to offer customers the most
solid release ever.

"WebSTAR Server Suite 4.3 is a significant release for us which builds upon
a long-standing tradition of security and ease-of-use to provide improved
administration, search, and mail functions for server administrators," said
Brendan Coveney, President 4D, Inc.

"The engineering team focus for the WebSTAR 4.3 release has been on
improving the existing server suite and adding a few key features that
benefit both web administrators and the end-users," said C. J. Holmes,
WebSTAR Server Suite Chief Engineer. "Many key elements have been improved
and new features added that make version 4.3 a must have for any serious
Mac web administrator."

Key WebSTAR Server Suite 4.3 Features:
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* WebSTAR Mail improved performance and flexible trapping for relayed
spam.
* WebSTAR Admin Application supports Mac OS 9 Keychain
* Automatic user notification when changes require server restart.
* Reengineered HTTP 1.1 byte-range
* Search supports web-crawling, indexing, summarizing
* Search Western European, Korean, ad Japanese languages and character
sets.

Pricing and Availability
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WebSTAR Server Suite 4.3 is currently available in download version only.
Upgrade pricing on WebSTAR Server Suite 4.3 for registered WebSTAR users is
available. WebSTAR Server Suite can be purchased by visiting the WebSTAR
online store at: (http://store.webstar.com/) or by calling 1.800.881.3466
opt 3

Pricing:
Full Version: $599
Upgrade for Version 4.X users: Free
Upgrade for Version 3.X users: $199

About WebSTAR Server Suite
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Designed for ease of use, the WebSTAR Server Suite features
high-performance Web, FTP, Mail and Proxy servers integrated in a modular
application, with secure, IP-based remote administration. The first
commercially supported Web Server on the market, WebSTAR was initially
released in 1995 and is now the defacto standard for Web serving on the Mac
OS.

For more information regarding the WebSTAR product line and version 4.3,
visit us on the web at (http://www.WebSTAR.com/)

About 4D, Inc.
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Located in San Jose, California, 4D Inc. is the US distributor of 4th
Dimension and the 4D family of products, which has set the relational
database standard for over fifteen years. 4D Inc., formerly ACI US, Inc.,
publishes a tightly integrated suite of professional, cross-platform
web-embedded development tools. 4D Inc is a 100 percent owned subsidiary of
4D SA, formerly ACI SA. StarNine Technologies is a 100 percent subsidiary
of 4D, Inc. StarNine publishes the award winning WebSTAR Server Suite 4.2,
a complete set of four high-performance servers in one easy to use
application.

The URL for our new location on the web is: (http://www.4D.com/)

4D, Inc. 4th Dimension RDBMS &
3031 Tisch Way, Suite 900 WebSTAR Server Suite
San Jose, CA 95128 USA Products & Services

Voice: 800-881-3466 Website: http://www.4D.com/
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