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To: Doug Klein who wrote (3191)	10/24/1997 11:29:00 AM
From: David Hsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4453

Interesting Press Release from New Moon software about a hybrid thin client solution. Appears that their liftoff software provides multi-user NT capability in a thin client environment where thin client is not an NC but a PC that shares the workload with the server. Dave Hsu SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -_ New Moon( TM) Software, the fast-growing thin-client Windows software manufacturer, today announced that it has hired five senior software engineers to staff its new R&D office in Reston, Virginia. The engineers, all most recently with Visix Software Corporation, bring a wealth of experience in cross-platform engineering to New Moon. Previously, the team was responsible for designing and building the Visix Galaxy portable Windows libraries, as well as the VIBE Java IDE product. "Our new Reston-based team strengthens New Moon's cross-platform Windows API mapping projects immeasurably," said Randy Dieterle, senior vice president of engineering for New Moon. "The addition of such high-caliber talent will enable New Moon to aggressively focus on Java, CE, and other client environments without sacrificing time-to-market for our core Windows 32-bit products." Series C funding fuels staffing The opening of the Reston office follows New Moon's recent announcement of $10 million in private and venture funding earmarked for R&D projects. The financing, led by chip giant S3 and venture capital firm Vertex Management, builds on more than $4 million invested in the company since its founding in 1995. New Moon's flagship product, Liftoff(TM), instantly converts PCs running Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT Workstation into thin client network computers by partitioning and distributing Windows-based applications across both client devices and NT servers. Unlike other thin-client solutions on the market, Liftoff utilizes a cooperative processing approach to Windows application execution, so that part of the Windows application runs on the NT server, and part of it runs on the Windows 95 or NT Workstation client. This approach enables IT managers to leverage their current investments in 32-bit desktop PCs, even while they implement centralized application deployment and management through the network computing architecture. About New Moon Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., New Moon Software is a start-up company dedicated to helping IS managers simplify desktop application management and increase application deployment flexibility. The company's flagship Liftoff product was awarded LAN Times/Data Communications' Best of Show Finalist honors at Networld + Interop Spring 1997. New Moon can be reached at 888-ORBIT66 (888-672-4866) or at www.newmoon.com. New Moon Software is privately held. NOTE: New Moon and Liftoff are trademarks of New Moon Software Inc. All other company and products names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. SOURCE New Moon Software /CONTACT: Kate Quackenbush of New Moon Software Inc., 408-557-8510, or kquackenbush@newmoon.com; or Cynthia Loux of Capstone Communications, 510-428-4141, or cloux@creative.net, for New Moon Software Inc./ /Web site: newmoon.com