Now available for Linux...

Your technical readers might be interested in the information below.
It answers the question: "What's the next stage of the Internet?"

In two years the Internet will be quite different. Some call it the
X-Internet (e.g. Forrester), others call it distributed computing.
We call it a revolution.

A release is attached. Contact me if you want more detail.

Best regards,

-Carl Sassenrath
Founder & CTO
REBOL Technologies
http://www.rebol.com
phone: 707-467-8000  

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REBOL/View - A New Era of Distributed Internet Applications Begins

Ukiah, CA - April 24, 2001 - REBOL Technologies today announced the release
of REBOL/View, an Internet software technology that launches the next
generation platform for distributed Internet applications. REBOL/View
enables everyone, regardless of budget or staff size, to rapidly create and
deploy custom network applications for collaborative, groupware, and
peer-to-peer purposes.

REBOL/View is based on REBOL's revolutionary Lightweight Distributed
Computing (LDC) technology for network applications. Distributed computing
(also called the X-Internet) allows both client and server computers to
closely coordinate, process, and distribute information much more
efficiently. Napster is widely recognized as an example of this model of
computing. However, traditional distributed computing applications are
complicated and expensive to produce and deploy.  Lightweight distributed
computing changes that. REBOL-based LDC applications can be created in about
the same amount of time as a small web site. A typical LDC application, such
as a shared sales force contact database, can be completed in days.

"REBOL/View is already showing signs that it will grow as quickly as the
world wide web," says Carl Sassenrath, REBOL's founder and CTO. "That's
because REBOL spreads in the same way as the web. It's simple, free, and all
applications also serve as examples.  Even small companies can become highly
competitive in this new era of the Internet."


Advanced Distributed Computing Technology

REBOL is a system-independent distributed computing platform that allows
portions of an application to execute on different parts of the network
without modification. For example, the database storage portion of a contact
database may reside on one system while the data entry, querying, and
content management portions reside on other systems.

Applications inter-communicate using REBOL dialecting, a unified, secure
method for the exchange of semantic information between all types of
computer systems. Dialects offer greater expressivity and control over the
information and functions that are being exchanged.

REBOL LDC applications also take greater advantage of the local power of
client computers resulting in ten to fifty times greater efficiency in both
server loading and infrastructure usage. ASPs and other information
providers can deliver a more satisfying end-user experience to many more
customers than with existing network and server implementations. REBOL
applications can also execute both online and offline, allowing portable
operation when bandwidth is at a premium or unavailable.


REBOL Products and Distribution

REBOL/View is free for non-commercial purposes, and it may be freely
redistributed from the web, CD-ROM, and email. The 360 KB package can be
downloaded and installed in seconds.  It currently runs on 27 system
platforms. The package includes 14 Internet protocols, graphics, a world
wide distributed desktop, compression, and the powerful REBOL messaging
language. 

REBOL/View/Pro is available for professional users who require encryption,
external library access, or shell application access. Encryption methods
include RSA, DSA, DH, AES, and others.  Commercial users can purchase a
REBOL/Runtime license which can also be used to encapsulate and hide
application source code and data.

REBOL also makes REBOL/Core, REBOL/Command, and REBOL/Express distributed
computing products, all of which are compatible with REBOL/View. More than
500,000 copies of REBOL/Core have been distributed since 1998, and it runs
on more than 42 system platforms.


Background

REBOL Technologies is a privately held northern California Internet software
development company.  The company was founded in 1997 by Carl Sassenrath,
the designer of REBOL. Carl is best known as the creator of the Amiga
Multitasking Operating System. He also pioneered graphical user interfaces
in 1982 at Hewlett Packard, parallel processing at Apple Computer's Advanced
Technology Group, and the world's first CD-ROM set-top box (CDTV) for
Commodore Computer. REBOL Technologies is funded by Avalon Investments.


Contact: Cynthia Smyth, cindy@rebol.com, http://www.rebol.com

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