Copyright (C) 1996 NET-Community Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but changing it is not allowed. About NET-Community ******************* NET-Community was founded in 1995 with the purpose of developing and supporting free software for the Internet and business community. We believe that in the long-term free software will provide individuals and businesses with the most flexible and open solutions for their needs; while expensive proprietary solutions will be slowly phased out. Companies will choose free software because it offers greater flexibility, lower maintenance costs, and more responsive changes to market demands than closed proprietary systems. With free software, companies immediately gain the advantage of combined development by all vendors supporting the software; most proprietary systems are maintained by a single vendor and as such cannot keep pace with the changes occuring in the marketplace. By free software, we are referring to freedom not to its price. Software freedom implies that users have the right to copy, distribute, and modify the software for their own needs and that they cannot deny other these rights. Software freedom is healthy for the software industry because it encourages open standards allowing those consumers to choose vendors based upon their service, support, and their committment to new software development. With free software, consumers are not stuck with a single vendor's proprietary system; they can easily switch vendors if they are not happy with the service they are getting. To better understand how we view the software industry, past, present, and future; read our white paper, Three Phases of the Software Industry at http://www.net-community.com/WhitePapers/phases.html. We welcome any comments, suggestions, or insights you wish to share. With NET-Community providing your software support needs, you will have the service and support to meet your business software needs. NET-Community has extensive experience with the supported software because we are directly involved in the design, development, implementation, and testing of it. We maintain direct contact with the authors so that you have access to the most qualified support personnel. NET-Community 522 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 1105 Portland, Oregon 97204 voice: (800) 919-0060 or (503) 274-4423 fax: (503) 274-5406 http://www.net-community.com mailto:sales@net-community.com