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	InternetWorld/ClassAds Plan

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We're floating an idea among the four companies -- Apple, Bare Bones, StarNine, UserLand.

I'm working with Sandy Ware, Chris Gulker and Karl May at Apple.

Mon, Feb 24, 1997 at 1:03:19 PM by DW

The Announcement

UserLand announces a new add-on for Frontier 4.2 -- the Classified Ads Server.

BBEdit manages all templates and configuration settings.

WebSTAR serves the resulting website.

All software runs on System 7.6.

The Booth/The Demo

Booth personnel demonstrate the Classified Ads software.

Walk the customer thru the process of adding an ad to the system using Netscape Nav or MSIE.

Something funny and interesting and personal. Use your imagination!

Signage tells the story, from BBEdit to Frontier to WebSTAR, an all-Mac solution.

Fifteen minute stage demo shows how easy it is to set up the server and customize it.

Amelio's presentation, show how easy it is to use the software, even from a Windows system.

Macintosh is leading the market in powerful customer-oriented solutions, not just technology.

Apple runs a Classified Ads server in the booth, accessible thru the Internet.

Pointed to from www.scripting.com, www.barebones.com, www.starnine.com.

Key Points

Web-based class ads solution needed by the publishing industry. The Mac platform is very important to this world.

We're leading. No software exists on other platforms for fully managing a classified ads website.

This is a commercial solution. No scripting skills are required to set up and operate a server.

It's a breakthrough in Internet publishing. Two-way content with editorial controls, built on an innovative object database structure.

High performance all-native PowerPC solution, ready to climb the performance curve as Mac processors go up to 500+ Mhz.

Runs in less than three megabytes of RAM.

Press Release

Released on 3/xx/97, the opening day of InternetWorld.

Joint press release on Apple stationery, with statements from Lauta, Shotton, Siegel, Winer.

Quote from Seybold, Craig Cline?

Pointers to websites.

Music

U Can't Touch This by M.C. Hammer.

Sites

You can try out the ClassAds software now.

StarNine, the people who make WebSTAR.

BareBones, the people who make BBEdit.

Apple, the people who make System 7.6.

Demoing Software for Fun & Profit.