REDMOND, Wash., July 16, 1996 — Today a record number of technical Web site designers will attend WorldWide Live! Activating the Internet, a daylong event presented by Microsoft Corp., offering comprehensive training and education on how to design and build creative, compelling Web sites. The event will show Web professionals how to exploit Microsoft® ActiveX
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Technologies, Java and industry-standard World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) HTML extensions, supported by Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0, in their Web sites. Microsoft products and technologies such as Microsoft Internet Explorer; the FrontPage
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Web authoring and management tool; the beta program for the Visual J++
™development system; the Visual Basic® programming system, Scripting Edition; the Internet Server API (ISAPI) and others will be highlighted, as well as a broad range of products and technologies from more than 50 leading industry vendors.
The WorldWide Live! Activating the Internet event will be broadcast live to more than 50 movie theaters in the United States and Canada from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. PDT, via satellite to customers with satellite equipment and simulcast over the Internet, reaching thousands of participants around the world. The program will also be rebroadcast via satellite to European customers on July 17, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. GMT.
WorldWide Live! Activating the Internet is one in a series of events that Microsoft has planned for this summer to educate and train Web designers and developers on Microsoft products and technologies for Web development.
“Our goal is to help Web professionals create today’s hottest Web sites, providing revenue-generating opportunities for them and a compelling interactive experience for the end user,”
said Brad Chase, general manager in the Internet platform and tools division at Microsoft.
“We’re thrilled with the industry response to WorldWide Live! Twenty thousand registered attendees and 50 participating companies are rallying around our Internet initiative.”
“The breadth of resources that Microsoft provides for Web designers like myself is truly astounding,”
said Adam Curry, CEO of On Ramp Inc.
“Yet they have chosen to present this wealth of information in a unique, informative and entertaining fashion. This event is a gift to the creative Web community.”
On Ramp has created a wide range of content and technology solutions, including Metaverse, Melrose Place, The Vibe and many more.
More Than 50 Leading Industry Vendors to Participate
WorldWide Live! Activating the Internet will feature technology, tools and speakers from more than 50 industry affiliates, including Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Inc., Progressive Networks, Seybold Seminars, Starwave Corp., VDOnet Corp. and many more.
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Industry experts. Throughout the event, Web experts and industry leaders will share their experiences and techniques for designing and building exciting Web sites, as well as their vision for how the Web will evolve. Presenters will include Adam Curry, CEO of On Ramp; Bill Gates, chairman and CEO of Microsoft; H
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kon W. Lie, author of the Cascading Style Sheets Specification for the W3C; Jonathan Seybold, founder of Seybold Seminars; and many others. -
Internet broadcast. Industry partners have joined Microsoft to provide audio and video broadcast of the day’s event via the Internet. Compaq Computer Corp., Intel Corp., Intergraph Corp., Precept Software Inc., Progressive Networks, Saltmine Creative Inc., VDOnet, White Pine Software Inc. and others have provided hardware, software, technology and support for this event.
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Site Builder Workshop CD-ROM. All WorldWide Live! attendees will receive two CD-ROMs containing all the tools and information they need to begin building compelling, interactive ActiveX sites immediately, including the Site Builder Workshop. This comprehensive CD-ROM includes the ActiveX Controls Gallery, a collection of third-party ActiveX Controls including technologies from Adobe, Macromedia, Progressive Networks and VDOnet as well as other tools and technologies.
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Companies announce ActiveX resource Web sites for Web professionals and developers. Also today, 11 companies announced new Web sites that will provide information, education and products for Web professionals and developers using the ActiveX platform. Companies include CNET: The Computer Network, CMP Publications, CyberSource Corp., Developers Workshop, Fawcette Publications, Innovision, Micro Modeling Associates, Online Interactive, Part Bank, Programmer’s Paradise and Xtras.
Far-Reaching Education and Training Programs
WorldWide Live! Activating the Internet is just one event in a series of comprehensive education and support programs offered to Web professionals. Also announced today were the Site Builder Network, ( http://microsoft.com/sitebuilder/ ) a new program that supports the efforts of Web teams to create interactive, revenue-generating, traffic-building and visually appealing Web sites, and Mastering Internet Development With Microsoft ActiveX Technologies, a self-paced, interactive training tool designed to simplify the process of developing Web applications.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ
“MSFT”
) is the worldwide leader in software for personal computers. The company offers a wide range of products and services for business and personal use, each designed with the mission of making it easier and more enjoyable for people to take advantage of the full power of personal computing every day.
Microsoft, ActiveX, FrontPage, Visual J++ and Visual Basic are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.
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WorldWide Live! Activating the Internet
Participating Companies
Aditi Inc.
(206) 828-9646
Contact: Gulati Tarun
Adobe Systems Inc.
(415) 961-4400
Contact: Rick Brown
Autodesk Inc.
(415) 507-5000
Contact: Melrose Ross
Black Diamond Consulting
(415) 577-8020
Contact: Lyle Speirs
Blue Sky Software
(800) 677-4946
Contact: Marylin Guarino
Bradley-Madison
(513) 563-2907
Contact: Brad Hoeweler
Crisis in Perspective Inc.
(503) 227-2584
Contact: Jane Vermette
Data Dynamics
(614) 895-3142
Contact: Greg Boyd
(http://www.datadynamics.com/)
DFL Software Inc.
(416) 487-2660
Contact: Brian Loesgen
Dimension X
(415) 243-0990
Farallon Communications Inc.
(510) 814-5000
FarPoint Technologies Inc.
(919) 460-4551
Contact: Don Williamson
Forte Software
(415) 772-8424
Contact: Jenny Chang
Fulcrum Technologies Inc.
(613) 238-1761
Contact: Mike Doyle
FutureWave Software Inc.
(619) 552-7680
Gamma Productions Inc.
(619) 794-6399
Contact: Gary Rosen
ImageFX
(716) 272-8030
Contact: Tim Theobald
Inspiration Software Inc.
(800) 877-4292
Contact: Ron Estrin
Intel Corp.
(503) 264-7814
Contact: Patti Russell
InterCAP Graphics Systems Inc.
(410) 224-2926
Intergraph Corp.
(503) 264-7814
Contact: Aggie Frizzel
Investors Edge
(415) 389-4799
Contact: Michael Bloom
Kwery Corp.
(800) AT-KWERY
Contact: Stan Leszynski
LEAD Technologies Inc.
(704) 332-5532
Contact: Jeanne Desrosiers
Macromedia Inc.
(415) 252-2000
Contact: Jane Chuey
mBED Software
(415) 778-0930
Media Architects Inc.
(503) 639-2505
Contact: Paul Needham
MetaBridge
(206) 467-7929
Contact: Dianne Hofbeck
Micrografx Inc.
(214) 234-1769
Contact: Bob Gudenkunt
MicroHelp Inc.
(800) 847-8488
Contact: Jacki Willmott
Microsoft Corp.
(206) 637-9097
Contact: Diana Galbreath
Nature Conservancy of Washington
(206) 343-4345
Contact: Gordon Todd
nCompass Labs Inc.
(604) 606-0950
(http://www.ncompasslabs.com/)
Northeast Data Corp.
(716) 247-5934
Contact: Paul King
On Ramp Inc.
(212) 556-9436
Contact: Lisa Protter
Precept Software Inc.
(415) 845-5210
Contact: Laura Lilyquist
Progressive Networks
(206) 674-2700
Contact: Jay Wampold
ProtoView Development Corp.
(800) 231-8588
Contact: John Beech
SoftQuad Inc.
(416) 239-4801
Contact: Jodi Hazzan
Software FX Inc.
(407) 391-9494
Contact: Rene Garcia
Starfish Software
(800) 765-7839
(http://www.starfishsoftware.com/)
Starwave Corp.
(206) 957-2000
Superscape Inc.
(415) 812-9380
Contact: Andrew Dvrees
Sylvan Ascent Inc.
(505) 986-8739
Contact: Melinda Sedgley
Template Graphics Software Inc.
(619) 457-5359
Contact: Robert Weiderman
Tim Girvin Design
(206) 623-7808
Contact: Catherine Kelly
Totally Hip Software Inc.
(604) 685-6525
VDOnet Corp.
(415) 846-7700
Contact: Abigail Johnson
Wall Data Inc.
(800) 755-9255
Contact: Schelly Weedman
White Pine Software Inc.
(603) 886-0903, ext. 333
Contact: Tracy Specht
