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To: Starlight who wrote (7001)	12/21/1999 12:51:00 PM
From: pat pasquale	Respond to of 10309

ot: Microware Systems Japan Introduces IEEE1394Driver for PowerPC Based on JVC Technical Support I ROLLED FROM WIND TO mwar after this big move from 16 to 36 which i missed the further run but i figure how much upside at the moment for WIND....good luck to all December 21, 1999 08:34 AM DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 1999-- Full Entry to the Intelligent Home Appliance Market with HAVi support Microware Systems Japan has announced development of an IEEE1394 driver System Development Kit (SDK) for Motorola's PowerPC processor based on the JVC (Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.) hardware development environment. Signaling Microware's entry into the intelligent home appliance market, the Japanese subsidiary of Microware Systems Corporation developed the PowerPC IEEE1394 for its OS-9 real time operating system enabling support of networked digital television, digital video recorders and digital set-top boxes, and other digital home appliances. This will lay the groundwork for future support of the HAVi specification for interconnection of digital home appliances. JVC will utilize the OS-9 IEEE1394 driver SDK in the development of various digital audio/video systems that utilize IEEE1394 technology. IEEE1394 is a key high-speed digital interconnection technology that facilitates digital information transfer between consumer electronics devices including audio and video information. The HAVi specification is based on IEEE1394 and is designed to provide "plug and play" interconnection of A/V equipment in the home. Rapid market growth is expected for these embedded devices. Microware Japan recently also released an IEEE1394 SDK for the highly regarded Hitachi SH-4 processor. The IEEE1394 SDK for all versions is built on SoftStax, Microware's advanced multi-network, multi-protocol communications framework for OS-9. SoftStax completely divides logical and physical software layers, which simplifies development and installation of sophisticated network functions for new hardware designs. Usually, only modification of low level drivers is necessary with corresponding shorter development times. Microware will continue IEEE1394 development with focus on information-oriented consumer electronics devices. Development success is the result of the excellent match between Microware's vision and JVC's IEEE1394 and HAVi expertise, coupled with a long history of using OS-9 for its set-top-box and digital communication systems. Microware will continue to focus on the rapidly emerging networked intelligent home appliance market by expanding support for HAVi and related standards. JVC will utilize the IEEE1394 software resources the company gains from the technical alliance to implement the IEEE technology to shorten time to market for its digital AV equipment. IEEE1394 is a vibrant foundation for emerging technologies with many new interfaces and standards planned in the future. New technologies will be brought to market to support higher-level protocols including HAVi, IP-Over-1394 and Voice-Over-IP. Microware will continue to target the rapidly emerging networked intelligent home appliance market by closely collaborating with consumer electronics manufacturers. Cautionary note: This press release may contain certain statements of a forward-looking nature relating to future events or future business performance. Any such statements that refer to Microware's estimated or anticipated future results, product performance or other non-historical facts are forward-looking and reflect Microware's current perspective of existing trends and information. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that cannot be predicted or quantified and, consequently, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the historical volatility in the company's quarterly performance; growth of the markets at which the company's products are targeted; the company's dependence on its strategic customers' successful development, marketing, and sales of new products targeted at those markets; and other factors detailed in the company's history of past losses and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Microware Systems Corporation Microware MWAR is the technical leader in real-time operating

To: Starlight who wrote (7001)	12/21/1999 12:55:00 PM
From: pat pasquale	Respond to of 10309

END-TO-END ENTERPRISE SOLUTION: Extending the Reach of Retail Stores Through Point-of-Sale Web Technology With analysts predicting that Internet sales will at least double -- to $6 billion -- the 1999 holiday shopping season will long be remembered as the first embrace of online shopping by millions around the world. But a quiet in-store Internet revolution (you can also call it an in-store Internet solution) is about to bring the Internet to a check-out stand near you. by Jane Christophersen The Solutions Behind the Solution Interested in how @pos.com put their enterprise-strength solution together? Don't miss our related feature, @pos.com: Tools of the Trade for its closeups of two companies whose products enabled @spos.com: Microware and Espial Group, Inc. The iPOS TC (interactive point-of-sale transaction computer), developed by a San Jose company by the name of @pos.com, is about to forever change the way you shop -- whether in a store or online. The posPortal -- a JavaTM technology-based application for the iPOS TC product -- is an interactive tool that lets customers select their preferred payment method, view line-item details, participate in surveys and be treated to targeted color display and banner ads -- including animated applets with sound -- all in the time it takes to process the customer's payment transaction. The ads and messages "fill up" the processing time that the customer would be waiting anyway to pay for the purchase using a credit or debit card; they do not lengthen the actual transaction time. The ads that any buyer sees are based on demographics, as well as the profile of current and past purchases. "Our services do not pit brick-and-mortar merchants against Web merchants," explains Anne Knight, marcom manager at @pos.com. "We start this transaction on the physical countertop. Once you've selected something, you may order more through the Internet." Take blue jeans, for example. Once you've tried them on in the store and found the pair that fits, Point of Sale Point of Sale (POS) refers both to the hardware used at in-store pay stations, such as the cash register or terminal, monitor and keyboard, and to the marketing concept of calling products to the shopper's attention while the customer is standing in the check-out line (that's why numerous magazines, candy and other "impulse purchases" are stocked near grocery store check-out lines). ordering another pair off the Web is simple. "Our services enable retailers to extend customer relationships through the Web, into customers' homes," she says. What the Customer Sees The difference between the green-text screens common to today's debit cards and the multimedia shopping experience of the iPOS transaction terminals is as great as the difference between watching "Leave it to Beaver" on black and white TV and watching Pay-Per-View on high-definition TV. At the point of sale, customers see their purchases presented in line-item detail on a vibrant color screen. This information is simultaneously sent to a computer that instantly tailors ads and promotions to each customer and displays them on the screen while the customer completes the purchase transaction, as shown graphically, below. The customer starts the transaction by selecting the preferred payment. (Advertisers: Notice how prominent the ad space is at each stage of the transaction.) When paying by credit, debit or smart card, the customer is prompted to swipe the card.