Chinese Software Developer Challenges Microsoft Office Monopoly With Innovation at DEMO's Elite Technology Showcase
Tuesday February 17, 8:30 am ET
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., and BEIJING, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Evermore Software, www.evermoresw.com, China's leading developer of Office software, today challenged the Microsoft Office monopoly, launching the English-language version of Evermore Integrated Office (EIOffice).
Evermore introduced the innovative suite of desktop software to corporate leaders, venture capitalists, investment bankers and reporters attending DEMO, www.demo.com, the elite three-day conference that introduces the world to products and services that ignite new technology markets and challenge the status quo.
"Evermore is the first Chinese software company to participate in DEMO, and Evermore at DEMO refutes several preconceptions about the technology industry and the domination of the desktop by Microsoft," said Chris Shipley, executive producer of DEMO.
"First, China is more than just a huge consumer market ripe for US companies to exploit," said Shipley. "Instead, China is a country of entrepreneurs taking on rivals in overseas markets, including the US.
"Second, while Microsoft today is a monopoly that dominates operating systems and the desktop, China is openly committed to the development of its own software industry. Third, there is no monopoly on innovation, as Evermore proves with the software it will introduce at DEMO," said Shipley.
"'Made in Japan' was once synonymous with shoddy products and cheap prices," said Gus Tsao, president, CEO and founder of Evermore. "That was then. Look at Japan today, setting standards against which companies around the world must compete. China is making that same journey -- and Evermore is simply at the head of a long Chinese software dragon."
"The first REAL Office," EIOffice consolidates into one application the separate components of a conventional Office suite. Users launch EIOffice, not a word processor, then a spreadsheet, then a business graphics application. EIOffice stores all text, worksheets, graphics, audio, video and slides in one file format -- .eio. One "binder" stores all related cell ranges, text, graphics, audio and video objects.
EIOffice also introduces the new "Paste Link" command and patent-pending technology called the Data Object Oriented Repository System (DOORS). Together, these two innovations make synchronizing an entire project a simple matter of cut and paste, without the complex hyperlinking and embedding needed to link data in other Office suites.
For example, as a user changes quarterly financial results in a spreadsheet, the "Paste-Link" command automatically applies that update to all other memos, reports, presentations, worksheets, text and graphics that use the same source data.
Written in Java, EIOffice runs under Windows® and Linux®. Support for Macintosh OS X and Solaris is in development.
EIOffice imports and exports xls, doc and ppt files to ensure files are compatible if users transfer data back and forth between programs. Users may also save documents in pdf, rtf, and txt formats.
Users may lease EIOffice 2004 for $99 US annually or $249 for three years. The lease includes all version upgrades and free technical support during the valid lease period.
Evermore plans to make EIOffice 2004 available in May 2004.
For users who want to evaluate the integration and innovation built into the software sooner than May, Evermore offers EIOffice 2003, the pilot edition of EIOffice 2004, at a special introductory one-year lease price of $69.95. The pilot edition will automatically upgrade at no additional cost to EIOffice 2004 when it is available.
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