February 6, 2001. San Jose, CA.

4D, Inc. secures master Mac evangelist Carl de Cordova for WebSTAR team

4D, Inc., publishers of the 4th Dimension RAD/RDBMS Environment and WebSTAR
Server Suite, scored a major coup by hiring long time Mac Evangelist Carl
de Cordova. Carl joins the new 4D Evangelist team as the 4D WebSTAR
Evangelist. Carl is known throughout the Mac web server community for his
work at Apple and as the founder of WebEdge, the first Macintosh World Wide
Web Development Conference.

Since leaving Apple, Carl has gone on to successfully evangelize several
other products, including most recently DoDots, an Internet startup founded
by Heidi Roizen. His new position will allow Carl to tour the country,
talking to groups about WebSTAR, speaking at conferences, and answering
questions about the benefits of utilizing the WebSTAR Server Suite.

Groups interested in having Carl speak or obtaining more information about
the WebSTAR Server Suite can contact him at: (mailto:evangelists@4D.com).

“Carl is an exceptional asset to our team. He knows the Mac community, he’s
dedicated to making the Mac market grow and most of all, he understands web
development and the significance of the internet to the business needs of
Mac users,” said Brendan Coveney, president and CEO, 4D, Inc.

“I’m delighted to have the opportunity to work with the WebSTAR team to
educate the Mac community on such an amazing product,” stated Carl de
Cordova, 4D WebSTAR Evangelist, 4D, Inc. “It’s an exciting time to be
joining 4D with the release of Mac OS X just around the corner. There is a
tremendous amount of energy in the WebSTAR community that I can’t wait to
tap into.”

The URL for this press release is:
(http://www.webstar.com/press/press_releases/pr020601_CarldeCordova.html)

About 4D, Inc.

Located in San Jose, California, 4D, Inc. is the US distributor of 4th
Dimension and the 4D family of products, which has set the relational
database standard for over fifteen years. 4D, Inc., formerly ACI US, Inc.,
publishes a tightly integrated suite of professional, cross-platform
web-embedded development tools. 4D Inc is a 100 percent owned subsidiary of
4D SA, formerly ACI SA. StarNine Technologies is a 100 percent subsidiary
of 4D, Inc. StarNine publishes the award winning WebSTAR Server Suite 4.3,
a complete set of four high-performance servers in one easy to use
application.

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