Newest monitor hot off the press.
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From: Meteor Technologies Inc. (MMI)
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Re: Meteor Monitor - Wednesday, May 31, 2000
Meteor Monitor: First software rollout this August
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It's official. It's this August. That's when you'll see the first product
from Meteor Technologies' major investment, ThoughtShare Communications.
The Chairman of Meteor Technologies, Fred Fabro of ThoughtShare
Communications Inc. (TSCI), puts it this way, "Our programmers have been
working hard on developing the first in our series of knowledge-handling
software programs for the general public to use. Management planning is
currently based on a full version 1.0 rollout of the first software program
to the general public in August. TSCI has been working towards this event
for about 10 months now and the programmers feel that though the timeline
is tight, they should have things ready by then."
The first program TSCI will release, says Fabro, will contain half of the
company's core technology, and it's designed specifically to help people
like you handle the burgeoning supply of information on the Internet -- and
on corporate intranets, the Internet-like networking of corporate computer
systems -- in ways that make sense to you.
Fabro adds, "We'll be moving into the beta-test phase in June -- and, of
course, the whole point of the beta-test process is to ensure the program
is as appealing and clean as our consultants and programmers think it is
_before_ the version 1.0 release." (We'll have more information for you
shortly about the extensive testing that's been underway on the product
since its inception.)
The program will automatically create a visual map of a web browser's
surfing session. And that map can be saved and edited as a special file
called a ThoughtMap. A ThoughtMap, he says, can be readily shared with
anybody else or used on your own, any time you want to recreate that
surfing session, or anytime you want to show others the session.
Fabro says the program has been given various nicknames and codenames
during its development, and the debate is hot within the company about what
the program's name should be. He says various factions have their
favourites, but he doesn't expect the debate will be settled for a week or
two.
Fabro cautions that TSCI management is taking everything one step at a
time. "Besides the name debate, I'll give you two more examples of what I
mean. Earlier I mentioned the programmers felt the August release date was
tight. Internally, we were all hoping to have the working version of the
software
sooner than August, but the skill shortage in Canada of
programmers,especially team leaders with extensive Delphi programming
knowledge,was a big part of a one-month delay until we were able to find
the right people for the work. As well, we'll be watching carefully how
the August roll-out proceeds, and as we see how well it's going, we'll
be ready to improve distribution channels on the fly, if need be, or
whatever else needs to be done to ensure it's well-received."
And when will the other shoe drop? Fabro simply says, quietly, "Once we're
sure that things are rolling well with the first program, then we'll be
making additional announcements about further stages in the repertoire of
tools based on our technology."
And, between now and August, Meteor Monitor will continue to keep you up to
date.
Meanwhile, the marketing continues apace. TSCI, for instance, was at the
Information Content Management Conference in Seattle, Washington State,
from May 22-24. The Conference is one of the major annual assemblies of
knowledge and expertise on information management.
And representatives of TSCI have circled on their calendars the dates for
three trade shows in various parts of the continent in October: Internet
World in New York in October 23-27, the Canadian Softworld Conference in
Halifax and the E-World Exhibition in Vancouver, Canada.
Peter Morgan, Managing Editor, Meteor Monitor
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