Hermosa Beach, CA -- August 23, 1999 -- Gefion software today announced the release of LiteWebServer 2.1 and WAICoolRunner 2.1, its servlet engine products with support for the latest version of Sun's servlet technology. At the same time a new simplified licensing model was introduced.

LiteWebServer™ is a pure Java web server. Its extremely small size makes it ideal for embedded systems, for bundling with web application demos sent to potential customers, and for running web applications distributed on CDs. It's also an easy to use web server for servlet development, personal use or a small intranet. WAICoolRunner™ is a Servlet Engine for Netscape's FastTrack Server 3.01 and Enterprise Server 3.0/3.5/3.6.

Both products implement the Java Servlet API 2.1 and supports JavaServer Pages (JSP) through free third party products such as GNUJSP and Sun's JSP 1.0 Reference Implementation.

The new license model works the same for both products: they are free for non-commercial as well as commercial use on a customer's own servers. Customers who purchase a one year support license get email based support with guaranteed response within 24 hours, access to the complete source code, and rights to redistribute the product as an integral part of the customer's own product.

"We have received a lot of requests for quotes on various bundling deals since the release of the 2.0 versions, but our old license policy didn't deal with the needs for these customers," said Hans Bergsten, president of Gefion software. "The new license model makes it possible for people who just want to use the products on their own sites to do so for free. Customers who like more support or bundle our products can now choose between a per-copy license for low volumes or a license for unlimited copies."

Pricing and Availability

LiteWebServer 2.1 and WAICoolRunner 2.1 are available now. Both products can be used free of charge on a customer's own servers with limited support.

A support license adds the following support services:

• Email support, with a response within 24 hours.
• Access to the complete product source code.
• Access to a database with information about all known problems and work-arounds if any.
• The right to bundle the product as part of another product.

For more information please visit http://www.gefionsoftware.com/.

About Gefion software

Gefion software is a privately held company located in Hermosa Beach, California, founded in 1997. Gefion software develops products that simplify development of network based, platform independent applications.

Gefion software is one of the pioneers in the server-side Java field. Besides LiteWebServer and WAICoolRunner, Gefion software offers InstantOnline Basic™, a popular servlet based component suite for easy development of dynamic web sites.

For more information about Gefion software and its products, please visit http://www.gefionsoftware.com/.

Gefion software, InstantOnline, InstantOnline Basic, LiteWebServer and WAICoolRunner are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gefion software in the United States and other countries.

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