Claris Expands Electronic Software Distribution Options; Move Will Enhance Service for Consumers Purchasing Software On-Line.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 1997--Claris Corporation today announced it has expanded its electronic software distribution (ESD (1) (Electronic Software Distribution) Distributing new software and upgrades via the network rather than individual installations on each machine. See ESL. ) policy to include electronic reseller agreements with software.net, a leader in internet software sales and CNET's new commerce site, BUYDIRECT.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. . The new agreements expand ESD programs already in place at Claris including distribution of trial software, public beta software Noun 1. beta software - software that has not yet been released but has received an alpha test and still has more bugs than a regular release; "beta software is usually available only to particular users who will test it" , software maintenance updates and links to online resellers directly from the Claris web site. Building on the success of the electronic distribution of Claris Em@iler 1.1 and Claris Home Page 2.0 beta software in 1996, Claris has selected two of the most popular sites for software on the web to handle electronic distribution of many Claris and Apple-branded products. Claris views the Internet as an innovative means for creating awareness and consideration of its products and as a new channel for driving demand, trial and fulfillment. As a leading PC software developer, Claris is an active participant in the Software Publishers Association Internet section tasked with establishing ESD guidelines as industry standards. "Claris believes that ESD and other Internet-enabled activities have the potential to impact the software publishing industry in much the same way we have seen dramatic changes in end-user computing End User Computing (EUC) is a group of approaches to computing that aim at better integrating end users into the computing environment or that attempt to realize the potential for high-end computing to perform in a trustworthy manner in problem solving of the highest order. with the advent of the World Wide Web," said Mike Davison Michael Norman Davison (born March 31, 1950) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1981 and again from 1984 to 1985 as a member of the New Democratic Party. He was arrested on criminal charges in 2004. , director of Customer Information and Online Marketing at Claris. "Through ESD, customers will benefit from greater shopping convenience, targeted information to assist them with their purchase decisions, immediate delivery and faster access to upgrades and new releases." Claris (http://www.claris.com) is among the world's 10 largest PC software vendors. Its products include FileMaker Pro relational end-user database software, ClarisWorks integrated productivity software, Claris Home Page Web authoring software, Claris Em@iler and OfficeM@il for electronic mail management, Claris Organizer Claris Organizer is an organizer software program developed and sold by Claris for the Mac OS during the 1990s. It was sold to Palm when Claris was broken up, and was used as the basis for the Palm Desktop for Mac. personal information management software, and ClarisDraw and ClarisImpact drawing and business graphics applications. Claris has headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: In the product names "Claris Emailer Claris Emailer (often stylized as Claris Em@iler) was a popular e-mail client for the Mac OS created by Fog City Software. It was bought and marketed by the Apple Computer spin-off Claris. " and "OfficeMail" noted in this news release, there is an "at" symbol to replace the letter "a". This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: Claris Corporation Timberly McGee, 408/987-7477 timberly_mcgee@claris.com or Stirling & Cohan, Inc. Brooke Cohan, 415/513-0973 bcohan@s-c.com |
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