FOR RELEASE May 26, 1998 Contact: Charles McHenry 541-772-2382 cmchenry@opendoor.com OPEN DOOR NETWORKS ANNOUNCES AFP LOGGER BRINGS MUCH-NEEDED LOGGING TO APPLESHARE FILE SERVERS ASHLAND, OR. -- May 26, 1998 -- Open Door Networks Inc. today announced availability of a beta version of a signficant new product for AppleShare file servers. AFP Logger (TM) works with any AppleShare IP file server to provide a detailed log of accesses to the server, plus a real-time display of the server's operation. Logging both user and file access detail, AFP Logger provides AppleShare administrators with much-needed information on how their Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) server is being used, which files are being accessed the most, and potential security and other problems with the server. "AppleShare IP has always been a great file server," said Alan Oppenheimer, president of Open Door Networks. "It's just been missing the critical ability to monitor and audit both local and Internet-based...

PVCS Version Manager(tm) for Macintosh Now Integrates Fully With Metrowerks CodeWarrior Sacramento, CA -Synergex announces PVCS Version Manager for the Macintosh 5.2.10, enabling Mac developers to control versions of their software with PVCS by INTERSOLV from within Metrowerks CodeWarrior, their preferred development environment. Ported to the Macintosh by Synergex, which has brought PVCS products to more than 20 other leading platforms, PVCS Version Manager for the Macintosh supports any type of file-source code, graphics, documentation, binary, and text. And it's ideal for tracking changes to HTML. Equally usable as a standalone application or for team development projects, this product enables developers to track revisions and customized versions of software in Mac OS and non-Mac environments-even across system boundaries. Developers can make and track changes to Mac OS and non-Mac files alike, across Macintosh, Windows, OpenVMS, and leading versions of UNIX. Highlights * Preserves...

PRESS RELEASE Houston, TX, May 21, 1998. BIAP Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce the immediate availability of BIAP Chat and BIAP Chat Pro, the first full-featured, native server for hosting real time interactive chat sessions on the Macintosh. BIAP Chat is designed to be extremely easy to install and administer, yet provides a feature set rivaling chat products on other platforms costing hundreds or thousands of dollars more. BIAP Chat is designed to integrate and work seamlessly with W*API 1.2 compliant Web servers on the Mac, including Quid Pro Quo from Social Engineering and WebSTAR from StarNine. BIAP Chat's extensive list of features includes: - Single file installation - Integrated Java chat client with configurable appearance - Client support for full international character sets - 68k and PPC native code support for the chat server engine - Support for telnet users - BIAP Chat Pro supports 100* different chat rooms (20 for BIAP Chat) - 200* simultaneous chat...

VOGET SELBACH ENTERTAINMENT: NEW WEB SITE, NEW VERSIONS, NEW LOCALIZATIONS - New Web site: (http://vse-online.com) - New versions: VSE Animation Maker 3.1 and Kids Animation Maker 1.0.1 - New languages: Both now available in English, French and German (Bonn, Germany, May 25th, 1998). The popular Mac OS based GIF animation tool VSE Animation Maker and Kids Animation Maker, the creativity tool for children, are now available in English, French and German. "Due to the immense success of our animation tools we felt bound to localize our products for French and German customers," said Johannes Selbach, marketing director of Voget Selbach Entertainment. "The new localized versions are another proof of our aim to provide any user with the easiest-to-use software available." VSE Animation Maker is a GIF animation tool that has anything you need to create impressive animations for Internet sites. It allows absolute precise timing of any animation frame, direct support of Netscape Navigator and...

DevDepot's Memorial Day Sale May 23 through May 25 Kick off the summer season with DevDepot! We are knocking an extra 10% off of our already low prices. You can always count on the Depot to have the season's hottest products at the prices you want. To qualify for the 10% off you need to order via e-mail, fax, or on our convenient web site. That's it --any order you place via any of these ways AUTOMATICALLY qualifies you. (Due to the overwhelming response expected, we cannot take phone orders at the discount price. If you need to speak to us by phone, send us an e-mail with your phone number and we will call you -- and you will still qualify for the discount). on the Web at http://www.devdepot.com via e-mail at orders@devdepot.com via fax to 805/494-9798 Hurry and pay us a visit at (http://www.devdepot.com) and take advantage of our Memorial Day Sale, it's a limited time offer! (Orders must be received by midnight, May 25, 1998 to qualify)

The Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ) 2.1 Early Access 1 is now available for download via the Apple web page at: http://developer.apple.com/java/text/prerelease.html This is the first early access release for MRJ 2.1 and a few thing should be noted about it: 1. It is PowerPC only 2. You must install QuickTime 3.0 to use this release 3. Many of the optimizations in AWT graphics, etc. that Apple demoed at WWDC are not in this particular release, but are slated for subsequent early access releases. 4. The Symantec just-in-time compiler that Apple has licensed (announced May 11) is not included in this release. We have also posted a EA1 known bug list, accessible from the same web page mentioned above. Please check it out.

From: Guy Kawasaki (Kawasaki@garage.com) We opened up the public area of the garage.com Web site today. Please check it out. We're trying to create a valuble resource area for high-tech entrepreneurs and investors. The site is located at: (http://www.garage.com/) Some highlights: 1) (http://www.garage.com/newsAgents.shtml) Here we use software agents to search 600 data feeds to monitor companies, people, and topics. Nothing will get past you if you use this area. 2) (http://www.garage.com/geoffsGems.shtml) Geoff Baum, our director of Web content, searches the Internet on a daily basis to find relevant stories for high-tech entrepreneurs and investors. 3) (http://www.garage.com/soapbox.shtml) This is where the bulk of my writing will go. I'll do columns and Q and A. 4) (http://www.garage.com/store/) Buy a garage.com Tshirt or hat. There's a kid's version to which says, "I am a little entrepreneur. My favorite letters are I, P, and O" on the back. Please link your site to ours to help...

Press Contact: For IMMEDIATE Release Gordon Davies Metrowerks Inc. (512) 873-4797 gdavies@metrowerks.com Metrowerks To Support Apple's OS Strategy and Motorola's AltiVec(TM) Technology Metrowerks to Support Mac(R) OS X Hosted Development, Carbon API, and Next Generation PowerPC(TM) Architecture SAN JOSE, California - May 13, 1998 - Metrowerks, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK) announced yesterday in a keynote session at the Apple Computer, Inc. World Wide Developer Conference its support for, and endorsement of, Apple's operating system strategy and next generation PowerPC architecture. Following on Monday's announcement of Apple's operating system strategy by Steve Jobs, interim CEO of Apple Computer, Metrowerks outlined how it plans to support developers in their transition to Mac OS X (Ten) using the Carbon API. "As we did for the Power Macintosh transition, Metrowerks will provide the tools that software developers need to make the transition to the next generation of Macintosh. We...

AAA+ SOFTWARE PRESENTS JAVASCRIPT-ENABLED JOY 2.0 FOR RHAPSODY AND MACOS X --Integrates all Carbon, Yellow Box, and Java API's into JavaScript San Jose, 12 May 1998 (WWDC). AAA+ Software is showing a preview of version 2.0 of its developer productivity and rapid application development tool, Joy, at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California. Joy 2.0 integrates language features of C, Objective-C, and Java into JavaScript, allowing developers to use all MacOS X API's (Carbon, Yellow Box, and Java) from one interpreted language. Developers' and third-party libraries are accessible too, with no "glue code" required. Joy 2.0 will fit perfectly into Apple's WebObjects framework, providing a more powerful alternative to WebScript. "At WWDC we are showing for the first time how you can use Macintosh Toolbox calls and Yellow Box API simultaneously from Joy on Rhapsody DR2. Joy allows you to integrate heterogeneous software components into one application, without changing...

PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UNI SOFTWARE PLUS GmbH Softwarepark Hagenberg A-4323 Hagenberg AUSTRIA phone: +43 (7236) 3338-82 fax: +43 (7236) 3338-30 email: voodoo@unisoft.co.at, popchar_sales@unisoft.co.at www: http://www.unisoft.co.at/products/voodoo.html http://www.unisoft.co.at/products/popchar.html VOODOO and PopChar Pro Demonstration and Special Offer at WWDC San Jose, CA (Worldwide Developers Conference), May 11-1998, UNI SOFTWARE PLUS GmbH, announced today, that they will demonstrate the just released new version 1.8.1 of their award-winning version control tool VOODOO as well as their highly acclaimed Control Panel PopChar Pro at WWDC/Developer Central. Come and see at booth #43 how pleasant version control can be, regardless whether you use VOODOO as a stand-alone tool or smoothly integrated with CodeWarrior, BBEdit and other applications. Besides getting a thorough impression of our products, visitors can also benefit from a special offer for VOODOO that...

PRESS RELEASE: OpenGraph and GraphBuilder On Rhapsody DR2 VVI Data Control Specialists 311 Adams Avenue State College, PA 16803 USA 814-234-9613 or 888-DCS-OPEN (888-327-6736) 814-234-9614 (FAX) info@vvi.com; http://www.vvi.com State College, PA USA, 11 May 1998: In lockstep motion with Apple Computer, VVI Data Control Specialists (VVI-DCS) today announced a complete port of OpenGraph and GraphBuilder for Apple's just-released Rhapsody DR2 version. John Brilhart, CTO of VVI-DCS, remarks: "We've always been at the forefront of Rhapsody and Yellow Box technology and this time is no exception. We've made several hundred improvements to the upcoming OpenGraph and GraphBuilder. Those upcoming versions solidify our position as the premier provider of data reporting solutions for Rhapsody- and Yellow Box- based systems. We will be announcing availability, upgrade benefits and other specifics regarding the new versions in the near future." About VVI-DCS: VVI Data Control Specialists (VVI-DCS...

QuickTime 3 Hits the Million Mark WWDC, SAN JOSE, California--May 11, 1998--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced that, since its March 30 introduction, over one million Macintosh and Windows users are now using QuickTime 3 or QuickTime 3 Pro. Windows users accounted for more than two thirds of the total QuickTime downloads from Apple's website (www.apple.com/quicktime), demonstrating QuickTime's unique multi-platform appeal for capturing, editing and playing back a wide variety of digital video and audio content. "With over one million new users, QuickTime 3's huge success is establishing the technology as the industry standard for digital video," said Avie Tevanian, senior vice president of Software Engineering at Apple. "Both Macintosh and Windows customers are recognizing that if you want to easily view or edit high quality video on your computer--from home videos to blockbuster interactive software titles--QuickTime 3 Pro is a must-have." "QuickTime 3 has become the de facto...

FILEMAKER OFFERS DICTIONARIES FOR 15 LANGUAGES ON ONE CONVENIENT CD Accurate spell-checking in foreign languages for FileMaker Pro users SANTA CLARA, CA -- May 11, 1998 -- FileMaker, Inc. announced today the availability of the new Language Dictionary CD, a cross-platform CD containing dictionaries for 15 languages. The dictionaries provide spell-checking assistance for users of FileMaker Pro database software, as well as spell-checking, thesaurus, and hyphenation assistance for users of other software products. The Language Dictionary CD allows accurate spell-checking of foreign language text within databases, graphics, presentations, project management, publishing and correspondence. Each dictionary contains more than 200,000 words. The CD includes the following dictionaries which work with FileMaker Pro 4.0 and newer versions, and with Home Page 3.0 web authoring software: Afrikaans, Catalan, US English, US English Medical, UK English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German,...

This announcement from Apple Developer Relations... Dear QuickTime Developer, Apple's QuickTime 3 has been very well received by both customers and the computer industry for the landmark product that it is. We appreciate the great support so many of you have shown for it. The end user downloads continue to amaze us with no let-up in sight. A great many customers are choosing to purchase Apple's QuickTime 3 Pro and many of you have begun to license QuickTime 3 for distribution with your products. We have also had requests from many of you for modifications to a few of the QuickTime Software Distribution Agreement (SDA) terms. We have been compiling these requests in order to come up with the best solution to meet both your varied distribution needs and our growing QuickTime business. The resulting solution will include both modifications to the QuickTime SDA and to the QuickTime installers to ensure that many developers will not need to modify their applications in order to comply with...

From Apple Developer Relations... So how would you like to get your hands on an iMac? Attendees at next week's 1998 Worldwide Developers Conference will be among the first to have that opportunity. Oh, by the way, on Thursday night at 8:00, we guarantee one of the biggest television screens you've ever seen. And of course, the pizza is on us. See you at the WWDC. Register onsite beginning Sunday, May 10. _______ In addition, Apple and MacTech are cosponsoring yet another Developer Central at WWDC. Once again, you'll be able to get a hands on look at some of the best developer tools in the industry -- and talk to the people behind them. Steve Jobs, Apple's Interim CEO, will outline Apple's software strategy during his opening keynote at Apple's 1998 WWDC. The five-day developer conference will cover all aspects of Apple's technology and business, including Mac OS, Rhapsody, QuickTime, ColorSync, AppleScript, WebObjects, marketing initiatives and future hardware directions. WWDC runs...

As reported by MacCentral, this comes from the Northwestern University ftp archive... Disinfectant Retired Announcement and Press Release May 6, 1998 I regret to announce that I am officially retiring Disinfectant, our free anti-viral utility for the Macintosh. The current version 3.7.1 is the last version. Disinfectant will not be updated for the new Autostart 9805 worm or for any future viruses, worms, or other Macintosh malware. I made this decision not because of the new Autostart 9805 worm, but rather because of the widespread and dangerous Microsoft macro virus problem. I believe that there are now well over 1000 of these viruses, and many new ones are discovered every month. They are now a much more serious problem for Mac users than are the classic Mac system viruses. I simply do no have the resources to combat a problem which is this huge in scope and complexity. I am aware that some Mac users do not use Microsoft Word 6 or Excel 5 or later versions, and hence have still...

HARDWARE ACCELERATED OPENGL ON THE MAC Contact Information: Conix Enterprises, Inc. Janet Stauffer 805.546.1040 janet@conix3d.com San Luis Obispo, CA May 5, 1998. Today Conix Enterprises, Inc. released OpenGL 1.3 which includes hardware acceleration. Applications written in OpenGL will now be able to tap into a myriad of hardware acceleration board vendors such as Newer Technology Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., IXmicro, Village Tronic, Mactell Corp., TechWorks and Phase5. The hardware acceleration performance is phenomenal. End users will see speed improvements up to 10 times faster than with software alone. According to Chris Bentley of ATI Technology, "Conix's implementation of OpenGL will allow greater speed for the end user of 3D applications and lowers the barriers for more applications to be developed on, and ported to the Macintosh". Conix provides seamless OpenGL hardware and software rendering support on the Macintosh. Hardware support through RAVE gives applications access to...

VENDOR ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR APPLE COMPUTER'S VERSION OF LINUX MIAMI, FL &emdash April 30, 1998 -- Users of MkLinux, Apple Computer, Inc.'s version of the Linux operating system, now have someone to turn to for help. Al Guerra Enterprises, Inc. has announced the immediate availability of two service plans for users of this powerful OS running on Apple's PowerPC-based Macintoshes. For as little as $99, the year-long service plans provide assistance with problems related to installation, configuration, and use of the sophisticated OS. "Before, new users were forced to look up the information they needed and decipher the techie jargon it was written in," explains Al Guerra, President. "Now, rather than avoid MkLinux because they've heard it's complex and user-hostile, they can embrace it, knowing we're available to respond to their concerns." Both service plans provide for a year of help with the setup, maintenance and use of the MkLinux operating system. The Silver Plan, for $99,...

Phone: 805-963-6983 888-2-WebTen Contact: Anita Holmgren FAX: 805-962-8202 Internet: anita@tenon.com http://www.tenon.com/products/webten/ WebTen SDK Advances Macintosh Web Development Universal web plug-in architecture now available for Macintosh developers Santa Barbara, CA, April 30, 1998. Tenon Intersystems today announced a web software development kit (SDK) that integrates Macintosh and UNIX Apache web development with a universal plug-in architecture. The new development tools let Macintosh developers create web plug-ins that can run on both MacOS and on Rhapsody and let UNIX developers seamlessly move their web applications to MacOS. Because the tools are based on the widely accepted Apache internet web plug-in standard, Macintosh web developers can take advantage of a large body of web tools and back-end web solutions that up until now have either been excluded from the Macintosh platform or needed to be replicated specifically for the Macintosh community. "We are...

- PRESS REPORT - Omikron Basic 6 is now finally available for the PowerMac. This programming language, favored by scientists and engineers because of its extensive repertoire of mathematical functions is now finally available for PowerMacintosh computers. The use of Omikron Basic 6 enables direct utilization of the enormous computation power of the Power PC processor. Worth mentioning in this context is Omikron Basics extremely fast operating dynamic string management, which doesnt require prior dimensioning. Programming with Omikron 6 is as easy as one expects from a BASIC programming language: Simply open a new programming window, type in the desired programming code, compile with one mouse click, and you can start the program at once. The Omikron Basic programmer can anticipate working with an intelligent editor with many well thought out features, the simultaneous syntax check when entering programming code is just one feature of many. The EasyGem Library enables the creation of...

PRESS RELEASE -- For Immediate Release For more information, contact: press@mindvision.com (402) 477-3269 product info and screenshots at (http://www.mindvision.com) If you do not wish to receive press releases from us, or if you prefer to receive them at a different address, please let us know at (mailto:press@mindvision.com). SHAREWARE/FREEWARE DEVELOPERS GET FULL, FREE ACCESS TO INSTALLER VISE 5.0 MindVision Software started in 1987 as two friends doing shareware. We still remember those days. MindVision deliberately remains a fiercely-independent software company with a burning desire to build great products and provide excellent customer service. We understand how much work it is for a shareware author to develop commercial-quality products with limited time and money. One of the biggest problems is that many shareware authors simply don't have the resources to buy the same high quality tools as the big guys. MindVision wants to encourage shareware...

Apple and Hewlett-Packard Announce Printer Alliance CUPERTINO, Calif., April 28 /PRNewswire -- Apple Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL - news) and Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HWP - news) today announced that they are partnering to deliver HP's state-of-the-art printers to Macintosh(R) customers. As part of the agreement, HP will make future ink-jet printers compatible with the Mac(R) OS. In addition, Apple will resell a selection of HP's ink-jet printers to its education customers. ``HP is very happy to be recognized as Apple's premiere ink-jet printer partner,'' said Antonio Perez, VP and GM of HP's Consumer Products Group. ``HP has a long history of providing world-class Macintosh-connect products, including LaserJet and DeskJet printers, ScanJet scanners and DesignJet large format printers that complement Apple's product offerings. This agreement will enable HP to provide state-of-the-art printing technologies to a broad range of Macintosh users.'' ``Apple and HP are working together...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WAVES IN MOTION RELEASES ANALYZER 1.0 FOR FILEMAKER New development tool thoroughly documents and analyzes FileMaker projects. Contact: Vince Menanno Waves in Motion Phone: 416-760-9959 Fax: 416-760-8849 E-mail: info@wmotion.com Web: http://www.wmotion.com 152 Evelyn Avenue, Suite 101 Toronto, Ontario M6P 2Z7 TORONTO, Canada. April 27, 1998. Ask a room full of FileMaker developers what they like least about their job, and most will tell you it's the prospect of making changes to projects with hundreds or even thousands of elements, where something as simple as deleting a single field can affect any number of layouts, calculations, relationships, and scripts. This is a problem Vince Menanno knows all too well. As the principal of Waves in Motion, he has been working with FileMaker for almost a decade. "Sure, with a new project you have the time to organize everything from scratch," he says. "But all too often I'm called in to fix someone else's project. Things...

Press Contact: Kelly Kral Phone: (630)830-1113 Fax: (630)830-1262 E-Mail: kelly@maxum.com Maxum Development Announces MaxumPack Pro Bundle April 23, 1998 -- Maxum Development Corporation announces the release of the MaxumPack Pro, a software bundle that includes Maxum's most popular Internet server development tools. At the same time, the standard MaxumPack has been streamlined and is now offered at a reduced price. Maxum initiated the Internet server tools category more than three years ago. Since that time, Maxum products have been used by a wide range of Web developers, from building small departmental Intranets to creating full-service commercial on-line services. To meet the needs of the broad range of developers, many of Maxum's products have recently been introduced in "Standard" and "Professional" versions. "Smaller Internet developers usually need all of the features that larger sites do, just on a smaller scale," said John O'Fallon, President of Maxum. "The difference...