Rowecom Uses Distinct's Technology to Develop the First Internet-based
Procurement System for Subscription Ordering

Saratoga, CA-- Distinct Corporation the industry leader of software
development tools in the TCP/IP and Internet environment announced that
Rowecom Inc. will start shipping a new technology breakthrough product
that was built with the Distinct Visual Internet Toolkit. Rowecom is
incorporating technology from Distinct in their new state-of-the-art
Internet-based procurement system for journal subscription ordering,
Subscribe '96. Subscribe '96 is an automated order, payment, and claim
system for libraries and publishers for large institutions in North
America.

RoweCom's Subscribe '96 is one of the first, real-life application that is
processing substantial amounts of orders and payments using the Internet.
This new on-line technology, will offer knowledge management service
network applications designed to serve the needs of the academic,
scientific, technical, medical and business libraries, in conjunction with
the publishers who serve these professionals.

"Certainly the commodity of trade in today's world is information. We
believe that people need that information to transform it into knowledge,"
said Gary Wolfe, Chief Operating Officer from Rowecom, Inc. "We are
providing those that produce these information, a way of receiving orders
and payment from those that would want to buy that information."

By incorporating Distinct's technology and with the cooperation of Banc
One, one of the top ten banks in U.S., Rowecom's Subscribe '96 will enable
simplified order processing. The user, usually a large institution, uses
RoweCom's Subscribe '96 software to request a subscription, which travels
over the Internet to Banc One's server. The server then forwards order
information to the publisher and payment information to Banc One. Bank One
will then automatically process subscription orders including debiting the
buyer's bank account and crediting the seller's back account. All
transactions will be using a secure communications technology and advanced
Web server technology.

Distinct Corporation was founded in 1984. The vision of the company's
founders was simple-combine TCP/IP the de facto standard in connectivity
among heterogeneous networks with Microsoft Windows, the standard in
graphical user interfaces. Over the last few years the company has
experienced an explosive growth phase. Today, Distinct is the leading
supplier of software development tools for the TCP/IP and Internet
developer and a major supplier of end user TCP/IP and Internet utilities.
The Fortune 1000, large government agencies and thousands of small
businesses all over the world have grown to rely on Distinct's software.

Additional information on Distinct's entire product line is available on
Distinct's web site, http://www.distinct.com

Contact: Rachelle Arcayena, Distinct Corporation
Voice: 408-366-8933
Email: rachelle@distinct.com
 
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