Next Generation 4GL Compiler To Change Informix Marketplace Overnight

Contact: Ralph Davis, President 16000 Christensen Road, Suite 110 Seattle, WA 98188 (206) 243-3147 e-mail: info@leadtogold.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 7, 1996 Next Generation 4GL Compiler To Change Informix Marketplace Overnight Seattle, WA--LTG, Inc. announced an October 4, 1996 release date for the world's first 4GL compiler which promises an immediate, cost effective, turn- key solution for creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs) in any existing Informix 4GL-based application without retraining users, rewriting code, or upgrading hardware. The incredible benefit to the industry is millions of dollars saved in redevelopment costs, plus many times that figure reaped from increased employee productivity. "The impact that GOOEY will have on the bottom line to both developers and their customers is truly incalculable," said Ralph Davis, President of LTG. "GOOEY' is the answer to the customers' demands for intuitive- looking screens that are easy to use, while it comes to the rescue of the internal development staff who has neither the time, budget, or manpower for redevelopment, retesting, or distributing and debugging software across the enterprise." "It's a win-win situation for IS managers, programmers and customers alike," Davis continued, "because it increases employee productivity as it continues the return of existing investment." GOOEY also eliminates the "fat client" syndrome by transmitting only the essential data to the client. The result is that it allows for the use of less powerful clients running Microsoft Windows 3.11, Windows95, WindowsNT, and X-Window to enhance client/server capabilities. In industry tests, I-4GL applications compiled with GOOEY in minutes with a 95% accuracy rate the first time through. Supporting multiple databases and platforms, this new compiler allows the user to work in either a character-based or graphical mode. An additional benefit to the customer is that GOOEY retains the maturity of the original application. GOOEY satisfies the needs of the marketplace today and is also flexible enough to evolve into the future. "Rapid changes in technology leave the future wide open to shifting standards. We've engineered into GOOEY the modifiability by design concept for unprecedented flexibility. This positions the product to evolve into new, yet undefined technology easily," commented Davis. An overwhelming advantage of GOOEY is that it can be used in a development environment as well as a deployment one. For the past few months Data Pacific Corporation has used the GOOEY compiler as well as the GOOEY case tools to turn their text-based accounting system into a graphical application. "By using the GOOEY tools we were able to use our existing I-4GL experience and knowledge, and our I-4GL mature applications to make our existing product graphical instead of rewriting the application from scratch," said Bruce Zuehlsdorff, President and CEO, Data Pacific. When asked why he chose GOOEY, Zuehlsdorff said, "It is the only Informix product we can use with our existing product that does not require us to teach new skill sets or rewrite new software from the ground up. The product is very dependable." At this point, Davis sees his biggest issue to marketing GOOEY is to overcome the perceptions in people's minds that this technology is simply too good to be true. "People don't believe it until they see it perform. Once they see it perform, they've got to have it." For more information regarding GOOEY, contact your local VAR or call LTG direct at (206) 243-3147 or e-mail to ralphd@leadtogold.com.