Wildcat! 5 released to manufacturing; software to reach distributors in 2-3 weeks.BAKERSFIELD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1996--Mustang Software Inc. (Nasdaq:MSTG MSTG Materiel Safety Task Group MSTG Material Safety Task Group ) Tuesday announced it has released to manufacturing its long-awaited Wildcat! 5 BBS/Web Server for Windows 95/NT. Shipment of Wildcat! 5 to distributors will commence in approximately 2 to 3 weeks. Wildcat! 5 will be distributed by Ingram Micro Ingram Micro, Inc. NYSE: IM a Fortune 100 company founded in 1979 and based in Santa Ana, California. It is the world’s largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company. , Merisel and DistribuPro. Resellers will include CompUSA, Egghead, Computer City, Software Etc., Babbages, Best Buy, Micro Center, Media Play, Fry's Electronics Fry's Electronics is a specialty retailer of software, consumer electronics, computer hardware and household appliances with a chain of superstores headquartered in Silicon Valley. Starting with one store located in Sunnyvale, California, USA, the chain now boasts sales of $2. and Office Max. The Wildcat! product line is a leader with an active install base of more than 50,000 sites. "Gauging from the initial positive response from retailers, the acceptance of Wildcat! 5 as a technological breakthrough in online communications is strong," said Jim Harrer, President/CEO of Mustang Software Mustang Software, Inc. was a California-based corporation that developed telecommunications software products. Mustang was incorporated in 1988, became a public corporation (NASDAQ ticker symbol MSTG) in 1995, and was finally merged into Quintus Corporation in 2000. . "Wildcat! 5 combines the unique features of a Web server with the superior interactivity of a computer bulletin board system and online services such as America Online. Wildcat's multimedia 32-bit platform offers Internet access in addition to interactive communications features such as e-mail, public and private conferencing, threaded messaging, individual/group chat, file library access and more." "The launch of Wildcat! 5 represents the first time that the power to create ones very own graphical multimedia online service will be as accessible and easy as a trip to the local software store. Equally important, Wildcat! 5 is a strong solution for the corporate market, where we expect to see dramatic growth as the demand for online communications expands," said Harrer. Todd Cochrane, of Maryland-based Hafa Adai Exchange, said, "The introduction of a new Web hybrid that carries the Wildcat! 5 name has totally blown away our customer and user base. It has revitalized our system and allowed us to compete on the Internet. With Wildcat! 5 there is no need for multi-thousand dollar software, or for a support staff to keep it running, or the need to learn the arcane terms of Unix. We have been able to transform overnight a 25-node system and launch it onto the Internet's World Wide Web. The unique Wildcat! 5 system offers superior connectivity allowing users to log on with any communication program or terminal emulator through direct dial, telnet or LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. ," said Cochrane. Users also can connect using the new and freely distributable Wildcat! Navigator. Wildcat! Navigator is a graphical Windows front-end that offers the ease of use of the most popular Web browsers and a complete suite of clients that allow easy "point and click" access to the other e-mail and threaded messaging areas, public and private chat conference areas, file libraries, instant paging, and more. The system also allows easy linking to Web sites, and the ability to seamlessly add Web features on demand. Harrer noted that with HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. graphics, multimedia interactivity and seamless Internet compatibility, Wildcat! 5 is the next step in the continuing evolution of BBSs into interactive Web Servers. "Our 10 years of experience building online platforms has allowed us to create a very powerful BBS/Web server hybrid that is designed to build upon new technology as it is introduced," said Harrer. Phil Heller, creator of Pennsylvania-based Cosmos service, said, "To compete with larger systems, you have to supply up-to-the-minute and meaningful information, whether it is news, weather, or any of the myriad news groups on the Net. With Wildcat! 5's client/server architecture, I can add and subtract external Web sites as my subscribers dictate. Users now expect easy-to-use graphical navigation features with top Web locations. With Wildcat! 5 I have limitless flexibility to deliver the features I need as I need them," said Heller. Wildcat! 5 add-ons include the Internet Connectivity Package, (ICP (1) (Internet Cache Protocol) A protocol used by one proxy server to query another for a cached Web page without having to go to the Internet to retrieve it. See CARP and proxy server. ), which turns Wildcat! 5 into a Web server, supports inbound and outbound telnet, FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to and UUCP (UNIX to UNIX CoPy) A Unix utility that copies a file from one computer to another. It was widely used for mail transfer. Unlike TCP/IP, which is a routable communications protocol, UUCP provides a point-to-point transmission where a user at one Unix computer and allows full integration of the system with the Internet. ICP will retail for $249. MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) for the two-line version of Wildcat! 5 will be $149. Sixteen- and 32-line systems will retail for $349 and $699, respectively. Also available are 8- and 32-line upgrade packs. Available soon will be wcExchange for mail integration from Wildcat!'s messaging system to Microsoft's Exchange platform allowing LAN users to seamlessly access their BBS (1) (Bulletin Board System) A computer system used as an information source and forum for a particular interest group. They were widely used in the U.S. mail right from the Exchange in-box. For the game lover, Wildcat! will offer wcCasino for interactive multiplayer gaming. Wildcat!'s wcCode is a Custom Online Development Engine for easy application development, wcReports enables the exporting of data and usage statistics, and the Wildcat! Custom Connector allows customization and personalization of the Navigator with company or organization logos and graphics. Wildcat! Navigator can be downloaded from http://www.mustang.com, by telnetting to bbs.mustang.com, or via modem at 805.873.2400. Founded in September 1986, Mustang designs, develops, markets and supports online and communications software including the Wildcat! and QmodemPro product lines. Mustang Software's address is 6200 Lake Ming Road, Bakersfield, Calif. 93306. The company can be reached by telephone at 805/873-2500; toll free at 800/999-9619; FAX 805/873-2599; BBS 805/873-2400; WEB http://www.mustang.com; or telnet://bbs.mustang.com. Note: Visit Mustang Software's investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. site at http://www.hnt.com/bizwire/cnn.htm CONTACT: Mustang Software Inc. Jim Hughes, Director of Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most (media) phone: 805/873-2500, ext. 6012 fax: 805/873-2427 Internet: jim.hughes@mustang.com WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. : http://www.mustang.com or Pondel Parsons & Wilkinson Ina McGuinness/Craig Parsons (investors) phone: 310/207-9300 fax: 310/207-5444 Internet: investor@pondel.com |
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