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From: Andy Garza <andy@conetic.com>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: Conetic to support BSD/OS
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Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 14:11:47 GMT
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Editorial Contact: Andres J. Garza CEO

Conetic Software Systems 4GL and Accounting Software Support BSDI 2.0
Operating System.

San Antonio, Texas -- May 9, 1995 -- Conetic Software Systems, Inc.,
a developer of database development tools and accounting software for
Unix-, DOS-, and Windows-based computers, has announced support for BSDI
2.0 Operating System. The Conetic product line consists of C/BASE, a 4GL
application development system, and C/BOOKS, a set of nine integrated
accounting modules that range from general ledger to job costing.

According to Andres Garza, Chief Executive Officer of Conetic Software,
the Conetic product line offers BSDI 2.0 users the ability to transcend
computer hardware and operating system boundaries.

"Given the wild fluctuation of the computer industry, it's comforting
to know that system managers can maintain software investments across a
wide variety of platforms. We can do this by maintaining compatible data
structure alignment across all C/BASE 4GL Version 3.8 platforms. This
allows applications and data to be moved/copied to any other support
platform --and run without recoding or time consuming data conversions."

"So if one of our users has an application created under MS-DOS, he
could easily move it to BSDI or any other support platform. " Garza
said. "Imagine: Just copy your application which you created in a Unix
character-based terminal to a PC running MS-Windows and see it run in
seconds."

C/BASE 4GL

The powerful authoring tool C/BASE 4GL has been the foundation for all
of the Conetic products since 1979. Today this tool and database engine
has thousands of installations around the world. The software centers
on a visually driven menu interface for the novice users and a feature
packed script language for the expert users. Unlike other 4GL's, C/BASE
4GL offers an extremely low learning curve for new users.

C/BOOKS

C/BOOKS includes nine integrated accounting modules that include general
ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets, payroll,
order entry, inventory, purchase orders and job costing. All of the
modules can be customized to accommodate changing financial requirements
and regulations. In addition, new applications can be interfaced
directly into any of these existing accounting modules. C/BOOKS modules
include "C/BASE 4GL source code", allowing users to enhance data-file
structure, data entry screens, reports and menus.

One of the many unique features C/BOOKS offers is "real-time posting"
-- on-line instant updates. With C/BOOKS there is no need for
time-consuming batch postings. "This is an exceptional feature when
you consider the cost of user downtime due to batch postings," Garza
said. "C/BOOKS offers todays multi-user organizations, the real-time
performance they desire."

INTERNET SUPPORT

Strong Unix integration has long been recognized as an outstanding
asset by Conetic users. Today's INTERNET user will quickly come to
appreciate this powerful, fundamental building block. C/BASE 4GL
standard distribution comes ready to run as a World-Wide-Web database
server. C/BASE 4GL commands can be used inside a CGI "perl" or "shell"
script command for data extraction, input and update. In addition,
C/BASE 4GL reports can also be used to create dynamic HTML forms with
virtual hypertext links. Be sure to look for Conetic's World-Wide-Web
database server at "www.conetic.com".

USER PRICING

Conetic's flexible licensing policy for C/BASE and C/BOOKS allow
customers to pay only for what they use. All Conetic standard modules
are licensed by the total number of concurrent users, regardless of
computer hardware platforms.

"Most software vendors license their modules by hardware platform
class," Garza said. "This is truly an archaic method for licensing
software. In June of 1990 Conetic Software adopted a new "concurrent
number of user" pricing policy. This new pricing policy can be best
compared to purchasing gasoline for your car. Where the car is
equivalent to your hardware platform and one gallon of gasoline is
equivalent to one concurrent user. When purchasing 10 gallons of
gasoline for a Mercedes or for Hyundai do you pay a different price?
Should you pay a different price? No, 10 gallons of gasoline is the same
price regardless how much you paid for your car. A 4 concurrent user
license is the same price for a $3,000 or $100,000 hardware platforms. "

For more information about C/BASE 4GL and or C/BOOKS, including prices,
contact SALES at:

CONETIC SOFTWARE SYSTEMS, INC.
1012 Navarro 
San Antonio, Texas 78205-3806

Voice: (210) 225-5185
Sales: (800) 541-4580
Fax: (210) 271-0844
E-mail: info@conetic.com
WWW: http://www.conetic.com

______________________________________________________________

C/BASE 4GL is a trademark of Conetic Software Systems, Inc.
C/BOOKS is a registered trademark of Conetic Software Systems, Inc.
BSD/OS and BSDI logo are trademarks of Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
MS-Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation Inc.
MS-DOS is a trademark of Mircosoft Corporation Inc.
UNIX is a registered trademark of AT&T.

All names, products and services mentioned are the trademark or registered trademark of their respective
organizations.



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