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To: alan holman who wrote (15)	10/21/1998 2:06:00 PM
From: Eric Weiner	Respond to of 704

To all, Totally Hip Signs Licensing Deal For WebPainter with Washington State Purchase seeds 600 Educators and 15,000 Students with WebPainter VANCOUVER, Oct. 21 /CNW/ - Totally Hip Software Inc. Trading Symbol: THW: ASE Totally Hip Software Inc. (THW: ASE) today announced that it has licensed an initial order of 1000 units of the Company's award-winning WebPainter Web Graphics and Animation software to over 600 educators who participate in the Washington State funded Share105 Project which is administered by 19 Central Washington State public school districts. Under the terms of this agreement the Company has licensed WebPainter to teams of educators within each of these 19 public school districts. Those educators are responsible for integrating WebPainter into the curriculum of over 15,000 students in the state of Washington, which will lead to further licensing opportunities for Totally Hip Software. ''In our work developing interactive multimedia for the Web we use the latest in high powered tools,'' said Chuck Wahle, Share105 Project Team Coordinator and Advisor. ''It is my goal to never have to say to a student, 'What a great idea, but we can't make that happen here.' WebPainter consistently lets my students turn their dreams into ideas that they communicate to the world.'' ''We have worked closely with Learning Services, one of our new resellers to complete this deal,'' said Ian Wenig, Leader, Educational Sales & Marketing, Totally Hip Software Inc. ''Our direct sales efforts and training programs have been focused on site-licensing WebPainter and beating the traditional 18 month sales cycle in Education. This type of licensing agreement creates a win-win opportunity for the students, the educators, and the districts because WebPainter and the WebPainter Curriculum Workbook become an integral part of the curriculum while motivating students to present their assignments in creative and exciting ways. Teachers love WebPainter because of its short learning curve, low cost and Macintosh and Windows availability.'' WebPainter in Education ----------------------- For more information on integrating the award-winning WebPainter into your curriculum contact our Educational Sales team by e-mail: edsales@totallyhip.com Washington State - Share105 Project ----------------------------------- For more information on the Share105 Project in Washington State go to: share105.esd105.wednet.edu Totally Hip Software Inc., founded in 1995, designs, develops and markets Macintosh and Windows Web multimedia software and technology including the award-winning WebPainter(TM) animation software. The Company is traded on the Alberta Stock Exchange (ASE:THW). (c) 1998 Totally Hip Software Inc. All rights reserved. THE ALBERTA STOCK EXCHANGE HAS NEITHER APPROVED NOR DISAPPROVED OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS PRESS RELEASE. -30- For further information: Corporate Communications: (604) 685-6525 ext.224 or info@totallyhip.com or www.totallyhip.com

To: alan holman who wrote (15)	10/21/1998 2:13:00 PM
From: VentureCap	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 704

The news on THW today caught me off guard. Excellent. Now to get more states signed up. I knew they were working on education based version of WebPainter but I thought it would take THW longer to get it out to educators. They have beat their target by 5 months. Each US State signed up makes it easier for THW to get another state signed up. They now have 3 or 5 and the critical mass is to sign up 9 or 10 states and after that THW will be guaranteed to sign site licenses with all the of the US states. This is a major revenue producer for THW and the bigger players will leave them alone in this market niche. I hear that THW now has the student and educator lesson plans ready to send out as a companion product. Having a product is one thing. Taking the time to prepare the lesson plan Guidelines material for the State and educators makes it a shoe in to get Totally Hip WebPainter into all the schools across the US. THW seems to have an excellent understanding of this. Washington State is just one of many to come. $$$ Slow but sure wins the race. VCap