From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith)
Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Application Components for QuickBase
Date: 24 May 1994 15:22:02 -0400


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - APPLICATION COMPONENTS FOR QUICKBASE

Contact:

         Scott Keith
         SofDesign Corporation
         603-495-4100 fax: 603-495-4111
         email: info@sdc.mv.com


APPLICATION COMPONENTS FOR QUICKBASE

Washington, New Hampshire, May 24, 1994, SofDesign Corporation
announces its Application Components program to help software
developers market products based on the QuickBase database server.

The problem is that many independent software developers for
NEXTSTEP provide excellent shrinkwrap applications, but to a
market that is looking primarily for custom solutions.  The goal
of the program is to help developers turn their products into
extendable add-in modules that can be incorporated into mission
critical solutions.  QuickBase provides a common storage and
multi-user locking mechanism so that applications can safely share
information on multi-user systems.  SofDesign offers huge run-time
discounts to make this possible for small vendors.

Dirk Fromhein from Watershed Technologies, Inc. says, "This is a
great opportunity to explore interoperability between
applications.  QuickBase customers will soon be able to use
GraphRight to graph and analyse database information."  Fromhein
also commented, "I highly recommend QuickBase.  It is more cost
effective than competing products and I have found it very easy to
set up and use -- if you have ever installed Sybase or Oracle you
understand why this is such a big plus!.  We are in the process of
moving all of our customer data to QuickBase."

Sirius Solutions, maker of CheckSum accounting software will also
take part in the program.  Andreas Glocker, representing Sirius
Solutions, says "We are creating a professional version of
CheckSum using QuickBase that will provide NEXTSTEP customers with
an add-in accounting module for mission critical software or a
stand-alone accounting system.  SofDesign's Application Components
program will provide coordination so that other vendors can
interface their packaged software with CheckSum Pro." Sirius
Solutions will be demonstrating CheckSum Pro running on QuickBase
at the NEXTSTEP EXPO.

Software developers who are currently not participating in the
Application Components program are encouraged to join.  SofDesign
provides support at no charge to help developers port their
applications to QuickBase.