Brooklyn North Press Releases:

News ReleaseFor Immediate Release

Halifax, Brooklyn North Software Works was selected among 11 Canadian software firms to receive market research and analysis valued in excess of $20,000 from International Data Corporation (Canada) Ltd. (IDCC) of Toronto. The Halifax company was chosen "on the basis of its current strong market position, its need for market research and apparent market opportunities," said Paul Kennedy, president of IDCC.

Offered in cooperation with Industry Canada, IDCC's first annual Software Market Research Grant aims to foster growth and strengthen competitiveness within the Canadian software development sector.

Founded in Halifax in 1994, Brooklyn North Software Works developed the world's first commercial Web page editor, HTML Assistant Pro, which is used to create documents that are published on the World Wide Web. The company is currently developing new Web tools to stay ahead of the technology curve. Meanwhile, the popular HTML Assistant Pro continues to win awards including the U.S. Government Best Buys Award in 1995 and PC Magazine's (Great Britain) Editor's Choice Award in 1996.

Having received the research grant, Brooklyn North now has access to key information resources of IDCC's parent, International Data Corporation (IDC):

• IDC's international library of market research
• IDC's teams of analysts
• workshops on how to develop Canadian distribution channels
• intelligence tools needed to expand the company's presence into Canadian, American and world markets.

IDCC is Canada's leading information technology research authority. Its parent, IDC, has research centres in 40 countries and more than 300 research analysts worldwide.

The Software Market Research Grant is offered to software firms that have both head-office and development facilities located in Canada. The company must have a product on the market and revenues between $200,000 and $5 million.

Product Launch:

News ReleaseFor Immediate Release

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Brooklyn North Software Works, Inc., creator of the world's first commercial Web page editor, released today a new 32-bit version for Windows 95, 97 and WinNT 4.0 or higher: HTML Assistant Pro 97.

HTML Assistant Pro 97 features:

• Word processor files that automatically convert into HTML documents
• Site Assistant: A comprehensive site management tool
• QuickPublish: One mouse-click publishes selected files to a remote site
• Colored Tags: Makes editing easier and increases productivity
• Image Mapper: Creates an active URL link from any section of an image
• QuickFrames: Framesets are instantly created
• Automatic Integration with Netscape© and Internet Explorer©: Multiple-browser viewing of Web pages
• Long filename support

Brooklyn North's HTML Assistant Pro has received numerous awards and accolades since its first release in March, 1994, including:

• PC Computing Magazine's 4-Star Review: October, 1995
• Federal Computer Week's (US) Government's Best Buys Award: June, 1995
• PC Magazine (UK)'s Editor's Choice Award / Usability Seal of Approval: March, 1996
• "Highly recommended. Buy it." PC Magazine (US): Feb. 20, 1996, John C. Dvorak, renowned computer columnist

In 1995, Macmillan Publishing's Sams.net began bundling HTML Assistant Pro with its Web Page Construction Kit which has sold more than 100,000 copies to date. Que Education and Training's Web Page Essentials-a new textbook for Web page design courses-features Brooklyn North's software as the premier Web page editor.

HTML Assistant Pro customers include the United Nations, US Senate, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Rolls Royce, Digital Equipment Corporation, Duke University, and Exxon Research and Engineering Co.

"The interactivity of the Internet has enabled us to get to know an extremely broad-based user group," says Brooklyn North President Howard Harawitz, "and the improvements we make are based on their needs. It's an ideal product development environment."

HTML Assistant Pro 97 sells for either $99.95 US boxed or $89.95 on-line (http://www.brooknorth.com). The boxed product is shipped direct from Brooklyn North's office.