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To: Thomas Haegin who wrote (3039)	7/13/2000 8:45:55 AM
From: md1derful	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3115

HI Thom...wow, looks like bidding 100 before the open..this could be very interesting doc

To: Thomas Haegin who wrote (3039)	7/13/2000 4:09:34 PM
From: Hans-Erik Eriksson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3115

Thomas, These are one of the days we're happy to have stick with our initial holdings. I made that investment at 12-15, which seems pretty good right now :-). I do think the increasing demand for Rational products will just continue, but I still wonder what their next strategical move will be ? What's happening at Catapulse ? Best & Happy on a day like this, /Hans-Erik

To: Thomas Haegin who wrote (3039)	7/14/2000 8:04:55 AM
From: Thomas Haegin	Respond to of 3115

That's the press release Levy was referring to. He said it was major news. regards, Thomas --------------------------------- Company Press Release SOURCE: Rational Software Corporation Rational Software Demonstrates Integration of Rational Suite With Microsoft Visual Studio .NET First Public Demonstration of Enterprise Application Development Solution Integrated With Visual Studio.NET ORLANDO, Fla., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft PDC 2000 -- Rational Software (Nasdaq: RATL - news), the e-development company, announced that together with Microsoft Corp. they will be demonstrating the integration of Rational Suite with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET during the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference today in Orlando, FL. This will be the first public demonstration of an enterprise application development solution integrated with Visual Studio .NET. This demonstration will be presented in session #5-329 today at the conference. This integration initiative by Rational and Microsoft is the result of the companies' collaboration to help software developers build Internet applications faster and with higher quality. The integration of Rational Suite with Visual Studio .NET will provide the first and most comprehensive lifecycle enterprise solution for application development on the Microsoft .NET Platform. This enhances the existing integrations with Rational Suite, Visual Studio 6 and the Microsoft Windows DNA platform. Rational Software is a gold sponsor of the conference and has been exhibiting their current products in booth #506. ``As a member of the Visual Studio Integration Program, Rational is delivering a great win for our customers as it allows them to prepare for Visual Studio .NET by building their applications right today with Rational's set of leading lifecycle tools,'' said Chris Atkinson, vice president Developer solutions group, Microsoft. ``The combination of Microsoft's new .NET Platform and Rational's e-development solutions translates into success for companies building Internet software.'' The integration of Rational Suite with Visual Studio .NET and the Microsoft .NET Platform will provide software developers a consistent user experience that combines the new power of the Visual Studio .NET environment with the e-development capabilities of Rational Suite. The integrated solution combines all the benefits of the Rational solution that exist today with the re-use of the Visual Studio .NET infrastructure, including an intuitive user interface and browser and task lists. ``The combined efforts by Rational and Microsoft to provide a version of Rational Suite that integrates into Visual Studio .NET significantly reduces the time required to build software for the Internet, while also increasing the software's quality,'' said Eric Schurr, senior vice president of Marketing and Suite Products for Rational Software. ``We are extremely excited to be able to preview this integrated solution for the thousands of Microsoft users attending the Microsoft PDC.'' The demonstration at the PDC is yet another deliverable from the multi-year strategic relationship between Rational and Microsoft. In addition to the integration of Rational Suite with Visual Studio.NET, the following are highlights of the strategic relationship: -- Rational provides Microsoft with the modeling technology that ships in every copy of Visual Studio Enterprise. Rational and Microsoft have been co-developing Microsoft Visual Modeler (MSVM), a subset of Rational Rose technology, since 1996. The third version of MSVM is the modeling product contained in Visual Studio 6.0. -- Microsoft makes broad use of Rational's products internally from modeling to configuration management and testing, including Microsoft's use of Rational Suite PerformanceStudio for multiple Web-based load testing initiatives. In fact, Microsoft is the largest user of Rational's performance testing software in the world. -- Rational and Microsoft recently completed a 26-city seminar tour with over 1,700 attendees looking to use Rational's e-development solution with Microsoft technologies. -- Rational, Microsoft, and Lionbridge jointly developed the Windows 2000 TestFoundation, a specification, methodology, set of utilities, and predefined test scripts to reduce the time required for customers to validate their software on Windows 2000. -- Rational is a founding member of the Microsoft Visual Studio Integration Program. -- In a press release issued today, Microsoft has chosen Rational's e-development solution for its Business Internet Solutions Center, a first-of-its-kind facility providing companies access to the Microsoft people, partners, tools and information they need to develop scalable and reliable eBusiness solutions. -- Rational is committed to back Microsoft's newly announced .NET Framework by ensuring that Rational tools support developers eager to embrace the .NET Framework. -- Rational has collaborated with Microsoft and Applied Information Sciences, Inc. to add specific Windows DNA content to the Rational Unified Process (RUP). These enhancements will provide detailed technical guidance to organizations using RUP to develop business Internet applications on Microsoft Windows DNA platform. About Rational Software Corporation Rational Software Corporation, the e-development company, helps organizations develop and deploy software for e-business, e-infrastructure, and e-devices through a combination of tools, services and software engineering best practices. Rational's e-development solution helps organizations overcome the e-software paradox by accelerating time to market while improving quality. Rational's integrated solution simplifies the process of acquiring, deploying and supporting a comprehensive software development platform, reducing total cost of ownership. IDC has recognized Rational as the market revenue leader in multiple segments of the software development life-cycle management market for three years in a row. Founded in 1981, Rational, one of the world's largest Internet software companies, had revenues of $572.2 million in its fiscal year that ended in March 2000 and employs approximately 3,000 people around the world. Additional information is available on the Internet at rational.com . Rational, Rational Suite, and the Rational logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Rational Software Corporation in the United States and in other countries. All other names are used for identification purposes only and are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. SOURCE: Rational Software Corporation

To: Thomas Haegin who wrote (3039)	7/14/2000 8:07:36 AM
From: Thomas Haegin	Respond to of 3115

That's the other one Levy was talking about: ----------------------------------------------- Thursday July 13, 8:30 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Rational Software Rational's e-Development Solution to be Integrated Into Microsoft's Business Internet Solutions Center First-of-Its-Kind Facility Trains Companies in Developing eBusiness Solutions Based on Microsoft and Rational Internet Technologies LEXINGTON, Mass., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Rational Software (Nasdaq: RATL - news), the e-development company, today announced that Microsoft Corp. has chosen Rational's e-development solution, for Microsoft's Business Internet Solutions Center, a first-of-its-kind facility providing companies access to the Microsoft people, partners, tools and information they need to develop scalable and reliable eBusiness solutions. Rational is the only vendor chosen by Microsoft to provide a fully integrated lifecycle development solution for the Waltham, Massachusetts-based facility. As part of the agreement between the two companies, the Business Internet Solutions Center will use Rational Suite, Rational's market-leading development solution for teams, and the Rational Unified Process, a Web-enabled software engineering process that enhances team productivity and delivers software best practices to all team members. In addition, Rational will train Microsoft consultants working in the technical labs on Rational's e-development solution and software development best practices. ``The Microsoft Business Internet Solutions Center helps companies realize the potential of the digital economy by integrating e-business solutions throughout their operations, and Rational's e-development solution further enables the delivery of those reliable, e-business solutions,'' said Peter Boit, vice president of the E-Business Solutions Group at Microsoft. ``Rational is a trusted industry partner able to provide a development solution that tightly integrates with the Microsoft Windows DNA architecture, providing support for every phase of the application development process. The combination of the Microsoft Windows DNA architecture and Rational's e-development solution ultimately means success for solutions center companies looking to build the next big thing on the Internet.'' An important reason Microsoft chose Rational's e-development solution for the Business Internet Solutions Center was Rational's tight product integration with Microsoft Windows DNA, Microsoft's platform for building and deploying interoperable Web applications quickly. This integration is the result of a close strategic relationship between companies that was expanded last July to include Microsoft's adoption of Rational's e-development solution. For more details on the July 1999 announcement, see: rational.com . ``The powerful combination of the Microsoft Windows DNA platform and Rational Suite will enable companies to better address the e-software paradox -- delivering higher-quality application in Internet time,'' said Eric Schurr, senior vice president, Marketing and Suite Products for Rational. ``We are pleased to support Microsoft's Business Internet Solutions Center as the only solution vendor able to offer our joint customers the complete set of integrated lifecycle tools for developing Internet software with speed and quality.'' About Rational Software Corporation Rational Software Corporation, the e-development company, helps organizations develop and deploy software for e-business, e-infrastructure, and e-devices through a combination of tools, services and software engineering best practices. Rational's e-development solution helps organizations overcome the e-software paradox by accelerating time to market while improving quality. Rational's integrated solution simplifies the process of acquiring, deploying and supporting a comprehensive software development platform, reducing total cost of ownership. IDC has recognized Rational as the market revenue leader in multiple segments of the software development life-cycle management market for three years in a row. Founded in 1981, Rational, one of the world's largest Internet software companies, had revenues of $572.2 million in its fiscal year that ended in March 2000 and employs approximately 3,000 people around the world. Additional information is available on the Internet at rational.com . Rational, Rational Suite, and the Rational logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Rational Software Corporation in the United States and in other countries. All other names are used for identification purposes only and are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. SOURCE: Rational Software