[4388] in comp.os.os2.announce archive
PR: News Release - J Street Mailer Stockholm Initiative
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Porter)
Tue Oct 13 22:38:28 1998
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.mit.edu
Date: 13 Oct 1998 21:08:00 -0400
From: innoval@ibm.net (Dan Porter)
Reply-To: innoval@ibm.net (Dan Porter)
Reply-to: innoval@ibm.net (Dan Porter)
Contact: Marianne Roderus, 914-835-3838 or innoval@ibm.net
[Followups directed to comp.os.os2.misc]
---------------------------------------------------------------------
J Street Mailer Stockholm Initiative Announced
Stockholm, Sweden, September 28, 1998 - - InnoVal Systems
Solutions announced today a new initiative to partner with Java
developers throughout the world to develop and market
international versions and special-market versions of the J
Street Mailer Java-based Internet email program. Significantly,
the initiative includes plans to enhance the product as well. Dan
Porter, president of InnoVal, had discussed this proposal with
members of the OS/2 users group in Stockholm, Sweden, last week.
InnoVal is seeking individuals or companies in many countries
throughout the world to work as partners. Any individual or
company may apply.
Partners creating national versions will be asked to translate
the HTML-based help files into their country's language,
translate menus and dialogs using standard Java
internationalization procedures, and modify code if they deem it
appropriate for their country. Partners creating special-market
versions, will be asked to modify the code appropriate for a
particular marketplace such as an academic, ISP, or hardware
specific market. Partners will also be encouraged to make general
improvements. To enable this, InnoVal will provide the source
code to its partners.
Partners will be able to sell their country's version of the J
Street Mailer as shareware or as electronically distributable
commercial software. Partners must agree to make their version of
J Street Mailer available to premier market channels who are
committed to Java. Examples include Indelible Blue, BMT Micro,
and Mensys. InnoVal will request a commission from the partners
for each copy sold. Though the commission amount has not been
determined, it is expected to be in the range of $3.00 to $4.00
USD. There is no requirement for any advance payments to InnoVal.
Technical support will not be provided by InnoVal for any
national or special-market edition of the J Street Mailer. Each
partner must determine how support will be provided, if at all.
Partners must agree to share any code improvements they make with
InnoVal and all other country and special-market partners.
"I am totally committed to advancing the J Street Mailer
technology," said Porter, "Partnering is one way to do that. This
will allow us to continue to evolve the product in ways that our
customers are saying we must."
Porter continued, "Joshua Quittner, writing in today's issue of
Time magazine, said that Microsoft Outlook 98 is the best email
package available. That is just not acceptable to me and many
people. Though many believe it, it just isn't true. By creating a
culture of developers and enthusiastic users around a Java
solution, I hope that we can change perceptions and indeed
continue to evolve J Street Mailer into the world class cross-
platform Java solution."
J Street Mailer, currently available in a standard U.S. English
edition, is a full function Internet email client written
completely in Java. It is getting excellent reviews for its rich
function and its compatibility across all Java enabled platforms
including Windows 95/98/NT, JavaOS, OS/2, Linux, Solaris, and
AIX.
For more information, see InnoVal's home page at www.innoval.com
or write to InnoVal at innoval@ibm.net.
_____________________________________________________________________
| NOTE: Please EMAIL submissions to comp-os-os2-announce@moderators.isc.org
| Correspondence to the COOA Moderator: lfirrantello@bix.com .
| Please see: http://www.bix.com/pub/os2ann/pindex.htm for posting guidelines
