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HOOPS Net Server now available for FREE Personal Use on LINUX “Free 3D for Linux” program expanded to include latest HOOPS offering Oakland, CA ¾ June 26, 2001¾ Tech Soft America (TSA), the leading provider of core graphics component technology to the CAD/CAM/CAE industry, today announced their innovative HOOPS Net Server (HOOPS/Net) component will be made available for free personal use on the Linux platform. This move incorporates the latest offering in the HOOPS Product Suite into TSA’s “Free 3D for Linux” program, launched at the beginning of last year. The program is designed to promote the development of advanced 3D applications on Linux, and the royalty-free proliferation of HOOPS-based, non-commercial applications. "TSA's Free 3D for Linux program enabled me to quickly and inexpensively develop a sophisticated prototype which I was able to show to management to get a new project approved. This Linux program allows developers to work on applications, without any upfront fees so they can learn, experiment, and innovate. I think the addition of the HOOPS Net Server will be great for Linux developers looking to create client-server or real-time collaborative software applications. I'm excited about the prospects and expect to utilize the HOOPS Net Server to prototype a web-enabled version of the aforementioned application." Stated Terje Andreassen, Software Engineer, Logicon, Inc. a Northrop Grumman Co. Gavin Bridgeman, Co-Founder and Lead Consulting Engineer for TSA commented, “Our company was started by software developers and our entire focus is to aid developers in realizing advanced applications in the shortest time possible. As such, we are excited by the potential of the Linux development community to create powerful new applications with our tools and wish to offer fuel to the Linux revolution by putting collaboration tools in the hands of talented, innovative developers.” About HOOPS Net Server HOOPS/Net is a standalone component designed to help engineering software developers add real-time collaborative functionality to existing products or develop new client-server based products.. Major features of HOOPS/Net include session-control management, platform and network-protocol independence (TCP/IP or HTTP), ease of configuration and customization, network reliability management and late join functionality. HOOPS/Net also comes with a source-code level reference implementation, which demonstrates a view/mark-up application, including customization extensions to the server. HOOPS/Net is fully integrated with TSA’s HOOPS 3D Application Framework (HOOPS/3dAF) and HOOPS Stream Toolkit (HOOPS/Stream) to further facilitate the development of powerful 3D applications. About Tech Soft America Tech Soft America (TSA) provides premier customer driven development tools, consulting and support services enabling their partners to rapidly deliver world-class technical software. TSA develops the HOOPS 3D Application Framework, HOOPS Stream Toolkit and HOOPS Net Server, which dramatically simplify the design, development and maintenance of high-performance, interactive 2D and 3D applications built for PCs, UNIX workstations, Linux, and the Web. HOOPS 3D technology has been incorporated into over 125 commercial software applications, from such leaders as SolidWorks, PTC, SDRC, CADKEY, Fluent, Tecoplan, Mechanical Dynamics, SPSS, Minitab, PAM-Systems, Mintec and Landmark Graphics. The company maintains corporate headquarters in Oakland, California and can be reached at http://www.hoops3d.com. Melle Amade-Vice Business Development Group Tech Soft America 1830 Embarcadero Ave; Suite 103 Oakland, CA 94606 ph: 510.434.7630 x214 fax: 510.434.7631 melle@techsoftamerica.com www.hoops3d.com HOOPS is a registered trademark. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2920.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>HOOPS Net Server now available for FREE Personal Use on LINUX</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>“Free 3D for Linux” program expanded to include latest HOOPS offering</STRONG></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><STRONG>Oakland, CA </STRONG></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol">¾</SPAN></SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> June <SPAN class=683144716-25062001>26</SPAN>, 2001</SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol">¾</SPAN></SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Tech Soft America (TSA), the leading provider of core graphics component technology to the CAD/CAM/CAE industry, today announced their innovative HOOPS Net Server (HOOPS/Net) component will be made available for free personal use on the Linux platform. This move incorporates the latest offering in the HOOPS Product Suite into TSA’s “Free 3D for Linux” program, launched at the beginning of last year. The program is designed to promote the development of advanced 3D applications on Linux, and the royalty-free proliferation of HOOPS-based, non-commercial applications. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">"TSA's Free 3D for Linux program enabled me to quickly and inexpensively develop a sophisticated prototype which I was able to show to management to get a new project approved. This Linux program allows developers to work on applications, without any upfront fees so they can learn, experiment, and innovate. I think the addition of the HOOPS Net Server will be great for Linux developers looking to create client-server or real-time collaborative software applications. I'm excited about the prospects and expect to utilize the HOOPS Net Server to prototype a web-enabled version of the aforementioned application." Stated Terje Andreassen, Software Engineer,<SPAN class=683144716-25062001> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Logicon, Inc. a Northrop Grumman Co.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoBodyText2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Gavin Bridgeman, Co-Founder and Lead Consulting Engineer for TSA commented, “Our company was started by software developers and our entire focus is to aid developers in realizing advanced applications in the shortest time possible. As such, we are excited by the potential of the Linux development community to create powerful new applications with our tools and wish to offer fuel to the Linux revolution by putting collaboration tools in </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">the hands of talented, innovative developers.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoBodyText2><STRONG>About HOOPS Net Server</STRONG></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">HOOPS/Net is a standalone component designed to help engineering software developers add real-time collaborative functionality to existing products or develop new client-server based products.. Major features of HOOPS/Net include session-control management, platform and network-protocol independence (TCP/IP or HTTP), ease of configuration and customization, network reliability management and late join functionality. HOOPS/Net also comes with a source-code level reference implementation, which demonstrates a view/mark-up application, including customization extensions to the server. HOOPS/Net is fully integrated with TSA’s HOOPS 3D Application Framework (HOOPS/3dAF) and HOOPS Stream Toolkit (HOOPS/Stream) to further facilitate the development of powerful 3D applications. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><STRONG>About Tech Soft America</STRONG><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoBodyTextIndent2 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Tech Soft America (TSA) provides premier customer driven development tools, consulting and support services enabling their partners to rapidly deliver world-class technical software. TSA develops the HOOPS 3D Application Framework, HOOPS Stream Toolkit and HOOPS Net Server, which dramatically simplify the design, development and maintenance of high-performance, interactive 2D and 3D applications built for PCs, UNIX workstations, Linux, and the Web.</SPAN></P> <P class=MsoBodyText2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">HOOPS 3D technology has been incorporated into over 125 commercial software applications, from such leaders as SolidWorks, PTC, SDRC, CADKEY, Fluent, Tecoplan, Mechanical Dynamics, SPSS, Minitab, PAM-Systems, Mintec and Landmark Graphics<SPAN class=683144716-25062001>.</SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoBodyText2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN class=683144716-25062001></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The company maintains corporate headquarters in Oakland, California and can be reached at <SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><A href="http://www.hoops3d.com"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">http://www.<SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _Hlt466534785">h</SPAN>oops3d.com</SPAN></A><A name=_Hlt466534785></A></SPAN><U>.</U></SPAN></P></FONT> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Viner Hand ITC"><STRONG>Melle Amade-Vice</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Business Development Group</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Tech Soft America</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1830 Embarcadero Ave; </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>Suite 103</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oakland, CA 94606</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ph: 510.434.7630 x214</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>fax: 510.434.7631</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="mailto:melle@techsoftamerica.com">melle@techsoftamerica.com</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.hoops3d.com">www.hoops3d.com</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><EM><SPAN class=683144716-25062001>HOOPS </SPAN>is a registered trademark<SPAN class=683144716-25062001>.</SPAN></EM></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>