CMPL hosts online stores on MSFT's Site Builder Network & TechNet Web sites, accessed by > 1MM programmers
ComputerLiteracy.com Selected for
Online Distribution of Site Builder
Network Web Snapshot CD
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 1999--Building on its strategic relationship
with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT - news), ComputerLiteracy.com (NASDAQ:CMPL -
news), the leading Internet retailer of books, manuals and training materials for technology
professionals, today announced an agreement to sell Microsoft's new Site Builder Network
CD-ROM directly from its online store at www.computerliteracy.com. Called Site Builder Network
Web Snapshot CD, the new package includes the Site Builder Network online Workshop and
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5 Beta in CD-ROM format. The package is available online through
Computer Literacy and the co-branded Computer Literacy store located at
www.microsoft.com/sitebuilder.
ComputerLiteracy.com currently hosts custom online stores on Microsoft's Site Builder Network
and TechNet Web sites, providing a combined audience of more than one million programmers,
developers and IT professionals access to the broadest, most comprehensive selection of technical
and business books, manuals and training materials in more than 800 technical subject categories.
Advanced search tools and services help users find the most-up-to-date resources in their topics of
interest.
''With Computer Literacy's unique expertise in technical resources and strong brand recognition
among programmers and IT professionals, its world-class online store was the natural channel for the
new Site Builder Network Web Snapshot CD,'' said Sue Bohn, Group Manager of Microsoft Site
Builder Network. ''Computer Literacy's e-commerce presence on our Site Builder Network site
enables us to offer important resources to our developers and customers in the most cost-effective
way possible.''
The Microsoft Site Builder Network Web Snapshot CD package is a 2-CD set that includes the
entire Microsoft Site Builder Network Workshop including in-depth articles, code samples and
how-to's on all aspects of Web development including technologies such as DHTML, XML,
streaming media, server technologies and more. Also included, is the new Microsoft Internet
Explorer 5 and Internet Tools Beta. The package provides everything developers need to get started
with Internet Explorer 5 Beta, plus a Web development reference library. The Microsoft Site Builder
Network Web Snapshot CD set is available online through Computer Literacy for U.S. $9.95.
''Our customers keep coming back to Computer Literacy.com because we are able to provide
better access to new and unique tools and resources than any other online retailer,'' said Robert
Cudd, vice president of marketing for Computer Literacy. ''Microsoft's SBN Web Snapshot CD is
a perfect example of the valuable, cutting-edge products that we will continue offering our
customers.''
IMHO, CMPL is a great buy at $12 1/4 as it is a favorite among large cos for intranet on-line bookstore w/o the hassel of filing expense reports. |
