NetObjects appoints veteran software developer as director of Engineering, Macintosh Products.REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 1996-- NetObjects Inc. today announced that it has hired the original developer of the MacWrite A full-featured Macintosh word processing Text Editing Text can be changed by deleting it, typing over it or by inserting additional text within it. Word Wrap and Centering Words that extend beyond the right margin are wrapped around to the next line. Text can be centered between left and right margins. program from Claris Corporation. MacWrite was originally packaged with every Mac. word processing application and employee No. 6 of Apple Computer, Randy Wigginton, as director of engineering, Macintosh products. Wigginton will report to Samir Arora, CEO, and head up the development of a Macintosh version of NetObjects Fusion Sample Site NetObjects Fusion will automatically create a hierarchy for a typical public Web site and let you edit it however you wish. It lets you place text and images on a page and automatically create the complex navigation bars that let you link to all areas of the site. (Screen shot courtesy of Website Pros, Inc.)(TM), the company's innovative Web site building software application that has won accolades for its visual, site-oriented approach and is currently being used by thousands of users to build sophisticated Web sites easier and faster. In a review published last week, c/net hailed NetObjects Fusion as the "new king of publishing tools," and a Techweb review mentioned that "for graphical development in record time, nothing else comes close." Wigginton brings 19 years of software development, engineering management and product shipping experience to NetObjects. He started his career at Apple Computer as the company's first programmer and worked on Applesoft Basic An earlier version of the BASIC programming language from Apple that came with the Apple II. It was installed in firmware and was always available. and system software for the Apple II Apple II Introduced in 1977, the Apple II came with 4KB of RAM and hooked up to a TV and cassette tape recorder. A floppy disk was available in 1978. In 1979, an enhanced II+ came out with 48K and a screen resolution of 280x192x6. In 1983, the "e"nhanced Apple IIe was introduced with four cursor keys (not two) and 128K of RAM. In 1984, the IIc portable was launched with a sleek design. computer. As founder & CEO of Encore Systems, Wigginton developed MacWrite, the standard word processing product that was sourced by Apple Computer, and developed Full Impact, an innovative spreadsheet application that was acquired by Ashton-Tate A software company founded in 1980 by Hal Lashlee and George Tate to market dBASE II, which was created by Wayne Ratliff. The company developed and acquired other products, including Framework, MultiMate and dBASE Mac. In the mid-1980s, Ashton-Tate was one of the hottest software companies in the personal computer business. In 1991, it was acquired by Borland, which dispensed with all products except dBASE. Corporation. Most recently, as head of the applications group for EO Corporation, Wigginton developed products for the emerging market of pen-based computing See gesture recognition and tablet PC.. "NetObjects has been founded to provide site builders better tools that eliminate the tedious aspects of building Web sites," said David Kleinberg, NetObjects founder and executive vice president of marketing and sales. "In NetObjects Fusion, we delivered a visual and aesthetically pleasing product to the Windows community. With Randy on board, we can extend the power of easy Web site building to the Macintosh platform." "By joining NetObjects, I hope to deliver an outstanding product for the Macintosh that will sustain it as a key platform for Web site development," said Wigginton. NetObjects Fusion is the first smart Web site building software application that integrates automated site building, professional-quality design and data publishing. A free, pre-release version of the product is available for download from the company's Web site at www.netobjects.com. A Macintosh version is currently under development. NetObjects, Inc. develops products that enable Web site builders to dramatically improve the design, authoring, publishing and updating of Web sites. NetObjects Fusion provides the first visual, site-oriented approach to building Web sites, unlike first-generation, text-based, page-oriented tools. NetObjects Fusion is the first smart Web site building application that integrates automated site building, professional quality design and data publishing, thereby lowering the cost, time and tedium of building high-quality Web sites. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Redwood City, NetObjects is privately-held and funded by Norwest Venture Capital, Venrock Associates and private investors. Information about NetObjects and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.netobjects.com or by calling 888/449-6400. CONTACT: NetObjects Kamini Ramani, 415/482-3238 kamini@netobjects.com |
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