Wednesday January 5, 3:13 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Object Design's XML-Based eXcelon Application Platform Powers
Flashline.com's Component Registry
Pioneering developer tool utilizes the power and strength of the industry's premier XML-based application platform for
dynamic data exchange
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2000-- Object Design (TM), Inc. (Nasdaq:ODIS - news), a global provider of innovative eBusiness
products and solutions, today announced that its eXcelon (TM) dynamic application platform is the power behind Flashline.com's recently launched Component
Registry, the industry's first open XML-based resource for component documentation. With eXcelon at its core, Component Registry offers a universal XML format
for component vendors and developers to document and exchange component information, eliminate long delays in development time and increase cost savings.
Flashline's Component Registry (www.componentregistry.com) is the first non-commercial, open resource to provide critical component documentation for the
industry's large and growing collection of JavaBeans(TM), Enterprise JavaBeans(TM) (EJBs), and COM software components. By providing developers with an
open environment where all the component information is cataloged on one site, IT professionals can reduce development time and speed time-to-market for their
component-based development projects.
``With eXcelon at the core of Component Registry, we are able to offer software developers the first universal forum for exchanging component information,' said
Charles M. Stack, president and CEO of Flashline.com. ``Because of the extensibility and flexibility inherent in eXcelon, we are able to dynamically change the type
and format of component information and offerings on our site. eXcelon's tools and ease of use were also crucial to getting Component Registry up and running as
quickly as possible.'
Component Registry uses eXcelon to offer a universal, XML-based resource for vendors and developers to exchange valuable component information in a common
format, which can be augmented in a dynamic and flexible way. With eXcelon's XML dynamic application platform, component vendors can make their component
data readily available to developers, without re-designing their existing documentation to fit the format of the site. In addition, XML makes the component
information fully searchable and allows developers to re-purpose the data into any format.
``Flashline's Component Registry is an example of a company taking full advantage of the power of XML,' said Larry Alston, vice president of marketing at Object
Design. ``By using eXcelon, companies like Flashline.com are able to build XML-based eBusiness applications, opening up the opportunity for them to create the
world's most powerful and agile eBusiness solutions.'
About eXcelon
eXcelon is the first application platform for building and deploying XML eBusiness applications. Companies use eXcelon to develop and deploy next-generation
eBusiness applications in areas such as enterprise application integration, Web eCommerce and business-to-business. eXcelon supports XML's extensibility and
flexibility, while also enabling developers to blend structured data (information from databases) with unstructured data (all other corporate information) for use in
eBusiness applications.
About Flashline.com
Flashline.com (www.flashline.com) is a privately held company pioneering the development of the world's first true software component marketplace. It is a leading
resource to research, buy and sell reusable JavaBeans, Enterprise JavaBeans, COM, and CORBA software components. This award-winning site is fourth in a
family of successful Internet companies created by Charles Stack, who is well known for creating the first Internet retail store.
About Object Design
Object Design, Inc. (ODI) is a provider of innovative products and solutions that enable companies to build and deploy eBusiness applications today. Companies
worldwide have gained competitive advantage by using ODI's products to power a wide variety of business-to-business and business-to-consumer eBusiness
applications, including supply-chain management, Web eCommerce, enterprise information portals, knowledge management and Web-based marketplaces. ODI
offers specialized eBusiness application development and deployment solutions for the two most important eBusiness standards today: Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB)
and eXtensible Markup Language (XML). ODI sells and supports its products through branch offices across the U.S. and international subsidiaries in the United
Kingdom, Germany, Japan and Australia, as well as a worldwide network of distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators and other indirect sales partners.
ODI is located on the World Wide Web at www.odi.com.
``Safe Harbor' Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Object Design's business, including
statements with respect to the range of expected total revenues, expected net loss per share and future market opportunities and prospects, which are not historical
facts are ``forward-looking statements' that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ
from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see ``Risk Factors' in the Company's Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year.
NOTE: Object Design, the Object Design logo and ObjectStore are registered trademarks of Object Design, Inc. eXcelon is a trademark of Object Design, Inc. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Flashline.com and Flashline are trademarks or registered trademarks of Flashline.com, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Sun, Sun Microsystems, Java,
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