From: Liz Statmore Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Sarrus Announces Pencil Me In 1.2 Support for NEXTSTEP for PA-RISC Date: 25 Jun 1994 13:54:59 -0400 Contact:Liz Statmore Vice President of Marketing Sarrus Software (415) 345-8950 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sarrus Announces Pencil Me In 1.2 Support for NEXTSTEP for PA-RISC Competitive Upgrade Program and International Versions Available FOSTER CITY, Calif., June 21, 1994 __ Sarrus Software, Inc. today announced that the upcoming release of Pencil Me Ini, its popular group scheduling application for NEXTSTEP, will run on NEXTSTEP for PA-RISC. The new release, Pencil Me In 1.2, will be available in German-, French-, and Swedish-language versions and will support European date and time fomats, including 24-hour time. Pencil Me In 1.2 is scheduled to ship in mid-August. Sarrus also announced a competitive upgrade program for users of other group scheduling products on NEXTSTEP, along with details of its upgrade program for current Pencil Me In customers. "Demand for our products in Europe has been steadily increasing, and we are happy to be responsive to our customers' requests," said Andrew K. Turk, president of Sarrus. "We're also pleased to make Pencil Me In available for NEXTSTEP for PA-RISC users." Competitive Upgrade Program Through August 31, 1994, registered owners of qualifying competitive group scheduling products on NEXTSTEP can upgrade to Pencil Me In for only $49.95 per user. Qualifying competitive products include OnDutyi, What's Happening?i, Who's Calling?i, and many Windows-based products. Contact the company for information. About Pencil Me In Pencil Me In, the leading group scheduling application for NEXTSTEP systems, combines a powerful, scalable, network-ready architecture with an easy, intuitive calendar interface. It enables users to integrate personal and group scheduling in enterprise computing environments. For example, users can schedule one-time or repeating appointments, track action items, share calendars over a network and use group calendars to schedule meetings in a single operation. About the Pencil Me In API The Pencil Me In API is a software library that gives custom applications the ability to launch and control the Pencil Me In application; create and work with Pencil Me In calendars, appointments, and action items; and set calendar access levels for Pencil Me In users. Because of this close integration and because of Pencil Me In's powerful, multi-user architecture, networked users of both Pencil Me In and custom applications can operate on the same calendar files without interruption or corruption of scheduling data. System Requirements Pencil Me In 1.2 and the Pencil Me In API require NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher for Intel Processors, NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher for NeXT Computers, or NEXTSTEP 3.2 for PA-RISC. Pencil Me In 1.2 is a Multiple Architecture Binary, and the same version runs unmodified on any of these three systems. Pricing, Availability, API Licensing, and Upgrades For a limited time, Sarrus is offering a special promotional price for Pencil Me In. Through August 31, 1994, customers can purchase Pencil Me In for only $225 per user and save 25% off the regular price. When Pencil Me In 1.2 is released, customers who have purchased Pencil Me In 1.1 under this program will automatically be upgraded to Pencil Me In 1.2 at no additional cost. Registered owners of Pencil Me In will receive the upgrade to 1.2 automatically at no additional cost. Owners of Pencil Me In who have not yet registered must return their registration cards no later than August 31, 1994 in order to receive the free upgrade to 1.2. After August 31, 1994, the upgrade will cost $19.95 per user, direct from Sarrus. For more information about the Customer Upgrade Program, current customers can call Sarrus at (800) 995-1963, or send e-mail to info@sarrus.com. Customers outside the U.S. can reach Sarrus at (415) 345-8950 or via e-mail. The Pencil Me In API may be licensed separately by registered Pencil Me In owners at no additional cost for use in custom application development and deployment. Developer support is not included, although a variety of fee-based support programs for developers are also available. Contact the company for information. About Sarrus Founded in 1991, Sarrus Software, Inc. is a privately held company with the mission of empowering individuals, groups, and organizations to share information in the office environment with integrated, easy-to-use Group Information Management (GIM) software. Sarrus is the leading provider of GIM software on NEXTSTEP systems, with products that include group scheduling and directory services. -30- Pencil Me In is a registered trademark and Sarrus, the Sarrus logo, and SBook are trademarks of Sarrus Software, Inc. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other products and brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.