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To: jim geis who wrote (2558)	10/7/1998 3:10:00 PM
From: esecurities(tm)	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4231

>>HoTMetaL Pro 5 is not at the Fall Internet World '98? very puzzling...HMAPPS NT should [have been]/ will be announced imminently? but it should have been announced by/at current Fall IW '98...doesn't make sense...

To: jim geis who wrote (2558)	10/7/1998 4:49:00 PM
From: Lupins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4231

quite the assumption to make with no backup.....what, since 4.0 they created something that's crap?!..suddenly.... C'mon....have you ever used an html editor? "For new users seeking to be productive without delay, HoTMetaL PRO 5.0 offers a powerful Site Maker wizard. Users simply choose page types, a layout, and a graphic theme--Site Maker will automatically customize the entire site, ready to accept text and graphics. HoTMetaL PRO 5.0 also includes the HoTMetaL Power Pack, a complete off-line development and testing solution for HoTMetaL Application Server. Using the easy-to-master, tags-based Miva Markup Language, developers can quickly create secure, interactive Web applications, like an e-commerce storefront, a bulletin board or an online survey, directly within HoTMetaL PRO 5.0. " source:http://www.internetnews.com/wd-news/1998/09/1403-softquad.html doesn't sound like crap to me...I've loaded it recently and trying it now...great new features...they need to get their collective marketing rear in gear. Recent article I read said the best software doesn't mean it wins..it's in the marketing and sales distribution...the latter SQ inc is doing with it's power partners(see sq site) "Both Microsoft and Netscape have committed to supporting XML in future versions of their browsers and including XML parsers in their browser code, but neither has publicly charted a clear course toward building a full-fledged XML browser or delineated what features might be present in such a browser. Beyond that, software vendors are wary of competing with heavyweights that have experience building SGML tools or HTML tools, according to David Gulbransen. Gulbransen is CEO of Vervet Logic, which sells an editing tool called XML Pro. Many traditional SGML vendors have XML tools in the works or already available, such as ArborText, which sells an SGML/XML editor called Adept. SoftQuad, which recently divested itself of its Panorama SGML product line, is preparing an XML tool called XMetal. " article to read.. www.internetworld.com/print/current/webdev/19981005-lots.html Trade shows are not necessarily the be all and end all for success, yes good to be there, but expensive and less rewarding to many companies serious on product movement.

To: jim geis who wrote (2558)	10/8/1998 10:18:00 AM
From: esecurities(tm)	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4231

"Infrastructure, Software Lead Way at Fall Internet World" or Where the hell is SoftQuad? "...If nominations for Best of Show awards at this week's Fall Internet World 98 in New York City are an accurate index, the Internet industry is undergoing a massive shift-out from late adolescence into early robust maturity. Products and services in many segments of the industry are dramatically faster, more versatile, cheaper, and easier to use than before--in many cases, vigorously pushing back technological frontiers that have barely taken shape. Developers of hardware and software seem to have worked through fundamental problems of Net technology--much as they did with basic desktop productivity a decade ago-and now hawk products that offer innovative, often multidimensional solutions to broad sectors of a mammoth market...Building substantial, technically advanced Web sites is getting easier and easier. While it won't replace the large, hand-picked teams that turn out big, glitzy corporate sites, NetObjects Inc.'s Authoring Server Suite eases and organizes collaborative site creation. The TeamFusion component automates page generation, the server proper keeps documents and versions under control, and the Java-based Content Contributor client lets departmental workers post and update intranet content. Microsoft's FrontPage 2000, which will be shown publicly for the first time at Fall IW, also lowers the bar on Web production and management [see story, left]..." source: &copy Oct 8 1998 Internet World Lead Feature Article iw.com NetObjects, FrontPage 2000 vaporware beta...clearly own the brand equity in web authoring/development... ...HoTMetaL Pro 5.0 [and HMAPPS e-commerce...] is released Oct 1 and miss Fall Internet World Oct 5-9!?...yeah right...this baby has simply been sold?...HoTMetaLs [SoftQuad Incs] fame will not be from its success but as a Harvard Case Study as simply and unequivocally one of the internet's biggest tragedies/disasters...and agree...Gurney, and the Rabins are proximate cause for not only failing to [ever] establish, create, maintain [let alone maximize] SoftQuad Inc shareholder value(.)...but as proximate cause for 95+% shareholder value destruction...