To: esecurities(tm) who wrote (2701 ) 12/2/1998 10:22:00 PM From: esecurities(tm) Respond to of 4231
>>whomever is funding SIMPLE|NET should simply >>shut them down also and cut their losses*...or... [12/1/98] Broadcast.com acquires [major SoftQuad Software strategic alliance partner] SIMPLE|NET "... Broadcast.com (Nasdaq: BCST - news) today announced it has successfully completed the acquisition of Simple Network Communications, Inc., a premier provider of Web hosting services. In conjunction with the acquisition, broadcast.com issued shares of broadcast.com common stock valued at approximately $20.75 million..." source: © 1998 biz.yahoo.com --- *[from esecurities' Nov 3, 1998 post*]... >>PC MAGAZINE REVIEW:"Sell it ON THE WEB" Feature Story: HMAPPS? Commerce Made Simple"...Teaming SimpleNet's hosting service with Miva Corp's e-commerce package Miva Merchant, Commerce Made Simple (CMS)...offers a relatively complete set of order-processing features but lacks an authoring tool...of the products we looked at, CMS is the only one that does not provide any Web site development or page authoring tools*...will limit the market for CMS among small and medium-size companies that feel more comfortable with a single-source solution. Not having a front-end development tool also introduces design problems...Commerce Made Simple and Miva Merchant are in the early stages of their development...SimpleNet needs to bolster the authoring*, site administration*, and reporting features to compete with the more well-rounded packages reviewed in this roundup..." source: ** WHAT?!...so what the hell is HMAPPS all about??? and where is THAT review?!?!?!...one for the Rabins?...perhaps they saw the handwriting on the wall before we did [and now with Online Merchant's critical acclaim???]....this pretty much confirms SoftQuad Inc as a sink hole and [still] with [no] marketing as evidenced by the ignominious absence of HMAPPS in this PC MAGAZINE feature cover story review...SoftQuad Inc simply HAS to be a SIMPLE|NET acquisition pursuant to this article or whomever is funding SIMPLE|NET should simply shut them down also and cut their losses... SIMPLE|NET Miva/CMS simplenet.com miva.com *HMAPPS CMS sq.com and HoTMetaL Pro 5.0 sq.com ??? ...again, does this [Nov 17 PC MAGAZINE Feature Cover Story ] confirm SIMPLE|NET is SoftQuad Inc.'s acquiror?....it unequivocally? confirms that SoftQuad Inc is a sink-hole [to SoftQuad International (NASD OTC BB:SWEBF)(TSE:SKI)]... **© copyright 1998 Ziff Davis Publishing ---end of Nov 3, 1998 post