FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:  Shawn Gordon, President
May 18, 2000
theKompany.com
949/713-3276
shawn@thekompany.com 



THEKOMPANY.COM RELEASES POWERPLANT, NEW LINUX DEVELOPER SOFTWARE

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA -- 22 May 2000 -- theKompany.com, producers and 
distributors of high-quality open source and commercial Linux software, 
announce the release of its premiere software product, PowerPlant. 
PowerPlant is a powerful suite of developer tools and software for 
producing top-quality, integrated Linux software. It can be used for a 
variety of deployment and development types, from 3D games, to Web 
applications, to enterprise and productivity software.

“While working on our other products, we noticed that it was often 
difficult and time consuming to find tools that we wanted to use that were 
both stable and cleanly installed.  We were struck with the idea of 
creating a second tier Linux distribution that was strictly focused on 
developer’s needs, and would be complimentary to all of the major Linux 
distributions,” said president Shawn Gordon.

"With PowerPlant, we are working towards our goal of providing the Linux 
community with rock-solid, easy-to-use, all-in-one development tools. Many 
developers from other computing platforms have seen the same opportunity 
here, however, theKompany.com will go one step further by perfecting it," 
said Gordon. "We believe that by using the open source development model, 
we can exceed the quality of development software on any existing 
proprietary platform in a short time, and at low cost."

theKompany.com's products, including PowerPlant ($49.95 plus S&H) which 
includes over 150 tools, and the PowerPlant Developer Network ($39.95 
p/year subscription), are available for sale directly on its web site, and 
available at local and online software distributors and resellers.

PowerPlant includes a wide range of open source tools, like tools and 
compilers for: BASIC, Pascal, Python, Java, Perl, Scheme and C++.  In 
addition, PowerPlant offers 3D graphics, sound tools, interface development 
tools, and Web development tools like PHP, as well as fully licensed and 
demo versions of top-level commercial software, such as:
      A fully licensed version of the MySQL database system.
      A 30-day demo of VMware (a runtime environment for running Windows
applications). 
      A full version of Eric's Ultimate Solitaire from Loki Entertainment 
Software

For a full list of what's in PowerPlant, log on to 
http://www.thekompany.com/products/included_software.php3.

In conjunction with PowerPlant, theKompany.com is making available the 
PowerPlant Developer Network, an annual subscription that entitles the 
registered user of PowerPlant to download all of the latest updates 
directly from theKompany.com’s servers.  Subscribers will also receive an 
updated PowerPlant CD every year.

PowerPlant will run on all major Linux distributions for Intel 
Pentium®-compatible processors, including; Red Hat Linux, Corel Linux, 
OpenLinux, Debian GNU/Linux, SuSE Linux, Linux Mandrake, Stormix and 
Slackware Linux. In addition, theKompany.com offers installation and 
developer support for purchased copies of PowerPlant.

theKompany.com, a California-based company with developer teams in North 
America and Europe. theKompany.com fills a need in the Linux community for 
mass-marketed, quality Linux software by producing developer tools like its 
flagship product, PowerPlant. theKompany.com's products are marketed both 
online and through B&M channels. Visit www.theKompany.com for more information.


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