FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Shawn Gordon, President May 18, 2000 theKompany.com 949/713-3276 shawn@thekompany.com THEKOMPANY.COM RELEASES POWERPLANT, NEW LINUX DEVELOPER SOFTWARE Rancho Santa Margarita, CA -- 22 May 2000 -- theKompany.com, producers and distributors of high-quality open source and commercial Linux software, announce the release of its premiere software product, PowerPlant. PowerPlant is a powerful suite of developer tools and software for producing top-quality, integrated Linux software. It can be used for a variety of deployment and development types, from 3D games, to Web applications, to enterprise and productivity software. “While working on our other products, we noticed that it was often difficult and time consuming to find tools that we wanted to use that were both stable and cleanly installed. We were struck with the idea of creating a second tier Linux distribution that was strictly focused on developer’s needs, and would be complimentary to all of the major Linux distributions,” said president Shawn Gordon. "With PowerPlant, we are working towards our goal of providing the Linux community with rock-solid, easy-to-use, all-in-one development tools. Many developers from other computing platforms have seen the same opportunity here, however, theKompany.com will go one step further by perfecting it," said Gordon. "We believe that by using the open source development model, we can exceed the quality of development software on any existing proprietary platform in a short time, and at low cost." theKompany.com's products, including PowerPlant ($49.95 plus S&H) which includes over 150 tools, and the PowerPlant Developer Network ($39.95 p/year subscription), are available for sale directly on its web site, and available at local and online software distributors and resellers. PowerPlant includes a wide range of open source tools, like tools and compilers for: BASIC, Pascal, Python, Java, Perl, Scheme and C++. In addition, PowerPlant offers 3D graphics, sound tools, interface development tools, and Web development tools like PHP, as well as fully licensed and demo versions of top-level commercial software, such as: A fully licensed version of the MySQL database system. A 30-day demo of VMware (a runtime environment for running Windows applications). A full version of Eric's Ultimate Solitaire from Loki Entertainment Software For a full list of what's in PowerPlant, log on to http://www.thekompany.com/products/included_software.php3. In conjunction with PowerPlant, theKompany.com is making available the PowerPlant Developer Network, an annual subscription that entitles the registered user of PowerPlant to download all of the latest updates directly from theKompany.com’s servers. Subscribers will also receive an updated PowerPlant CD every year. PowerPlant will run on all major Linux distributions for Intel Pentium®-compatible processors, including; Red Hat Linux, Corel Linux, OpenLinux, Debian GNU/Linux, SuSE Linux, Linux Mandrake, Stormix and Slackware Linux. In addition, theKompany.com offers installation and developer support for purchased copies of PowerPlant. theKompany.com, a California-based company with developer teams in North America and Europe. theKompany.com fills a need in the Linux community for mass-marketed, quality Linux software by producing developer tools like its flagship product, PowerPlant. theKompany.com's products are marketed both online and through B&M channels. Visit www.theKompany.com for more information. "Linux" is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. "Windows" is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are reserved to their respective owners. theKompany.com 5 Coluso, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 USA Phone: (949) 713-3276 Fax: (949) 713-4846