From: "Alayne Martell" 
To: 
Subject: Rebel.com announces new vice president of marketing
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:09:48 -0400


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Rebel.com announces new vice president of marketing
Chris Biber joins Rebel.com and adds strength to executive team

Ottawa, Canada - May 25, 2000 - Rebel.com Inc., a leading supplier of Linux
and UNIX business solutions, today announced the addition of Chris Biber to
the executive management team as vice president of marketing.

"We are extremely pleased that Chris has joined the Rebel.com team," said
Michael Mansfield, president of Rebel.com. "Chris is highly respected in the
industry and is an excellent addition to an already high caliber,
professional management team."

Mr. Biber has over ten years of sales and marketing experience in the high
technology industry.  Most recently, he served as vice president of
marketing for InterNetivity, an Ottawa-based developer of solutions for
Web-based analysis and reporting. Prior to this, Chris was director of
strategic alliances at Corel Corporation. In this highly visible role, Chris
was responsible for Corel's strategic relationships with industry partners
as well as the definition and communication of strategy to third parties,
industry analysts and the media community.

"I am excited to be joining such a leading edge and highly regarded
company," said Biber. "Rebel.com's NetWinder OfficeServer is a world-class
product which has garnered very positive reviews both in North America and
around the world. I am pleased to be involved in the next stages of both the
advancement of this product line and the company's growth."

Mr. Biber will be based in Rebel.com's head office in Ottawa, Canada.

About Rebel.com
Based in Ottawa, Canada, Rebel.com is a leading provider of business
networking technology and solutions. It is the manufacturer and supplier of
the NetWinder line of Linux-based Internet server appliances and was named
one of Canada's fastest growing companies by Profit magazine. Available in
either compact desktop or industrial-strength rackmount formats, the
NetWinder product line includes the NetWinder Developer and the NetWinder
OfficeServer. Providing outstanding power, speed and flexibility, the
NetWinder efficiently meets the development or Web serving needs of today's
organizations. For more information, please visit our Web site at
www.rebel.com.

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For more information please contact:
Nicole Sanford (US)
Rebel.com
(613) 788-6008, ext. 6110
nicole.sanford@rebel.com



Alayne Martell (Canada)
inmedia Public Relations
(613) 234-7227
(613) 769-7386 (cell)
amartell@inmedia.ca