Xamlon, Inc. Assembles ``Dream Team'' for Development of Next-Generation XAML Engine for Windows

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2004--Xamlon, Inc., creators of Xamlon, a pioneering XAML engine for the .NET Framework, today formally announces the Xamlon technical team. The Xamlon team is a leading group of developers and application engineers responsible for releasing Xamlon v.1.0 this September. Combining leading technical experts and proven business strategists from the development community, the Xamlon team brings unrivaled expertise in application development. Together the team is building Xamlon, a cutting edge XAML development tool that enables developers to create rich, compelling application interfaces in today's versions of Microsoft Windows, with significantly increased flexibility and drastically reduced programming time.

"Xamlon, Inc. is building a product that will revolutionize the way developers create applications for Microsoft Windows," said Paul Colton, Founder and CEO of Xamlon, Inc. "The first commercial version of our product will be available in September of 2004. We have assembled a team with the expertise needed to build a strong company and deliver world class products -- relevant experience, deep developer community relationships and leading edge engineering expertise."

“What is unique about Xamlon, Inc. is that it truly is a company of developers, for developers”

Leading the Xamlon team is Paul Colton, founder, CEO and visionary of Xamlon, Inc. Mr. Colton has over 15 years of development experience and a proven track record of identifying and building successful next generation technologies. Prior to Xamlon, Inc., Mr. Colton was founder and CEO of Live Software Corporation, the JSP pioneers that created JRun. In 1999, Live was acquired by Allaire Corporation, and today JRun, now owned by Macromedia, remains the leading Java servlet engine. The original technical team Mr. Colton assembled at Live Software is still in place at Macromedia today.

Assisting Paul with the strategic direction of Xamlon, Inc. is Ben Cantlon, Xamlon's Director of Developer Relations. Mr. Cantlon will work with the developer community to help programmers and organizations expand their businesses and increase their success. Mr. Cantlon began his career as a developer more than 15 years ago and has transitioned through programming, technical sales, and partner program development to his current position leading developer relations.

Xamlon, Inc. is also pleased to have Adam Kinney on board. Mr. Kinney is the company's Online Community Manager, responsible for creating a new interactive online XAML community. This community will encourage and support XAML development while providing a vehicle for soliciting feedback from the development community and engaging them in the ongoing development and refinement of Xamlon products. Mr. Kinney is an established XAML luminary. His weblogs and articles on the uses and benefits of XAML technology have made him a respected expert in the XAML development community.

Xamlon, Inc. has assembled an equally impressive team of technical developers. Leading this group will be Ingo Muschenetz, Senior Systems Architect, who is responsible for the development of Xamlon's core technology, as well as the integration of the various technical components of Xamlon v.1.0. Mr. Muschenetz brings to the company over eight years of development experience, including five years as CTO of DefenseWeb Technologies, where he architected the Xtendable Server web application development framework.

The technical development team includes application engineers focused on primary features of Xamlon. One such core feature is Xamlon's vector graphics engine, and Xamlon, Inc. is proud to have Kevin Lindsey as Senior Vector Graphics Engineer. Mr. Lindsey brings over 15 years of development experience to Xamlon and is an expert in the field of vector graphics. His extensive experience includes building Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) graphical user interfaces and application frameworks, co-authoring "SVG Unleashed" and serving as a key contributor to the Sharp Vector Graphics open source project.

The Xamlon team brings over 50 years of application development experience to the creation of products that serve the development community today and into the future. "What is unique about Xamlon, Inc. is that it truly is a company of developers, for developers," stated Paul Colton. "Our mission is to provide the tools developers need to create compelling applications today, which are easily portable to tomorrow's versions of Windows. With the group we've assembled, this company is unrivaled in its ability to produce products that are useful, well engineered, and enable faster development of new and compelling applications."

About Xamlon, Inc.

Xamlon, Inc. is the pioneer provider of software that enables .NET Framework developers to build applications that support current and future versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system. The company's flagship product, Xamlon, in conjunction with the Xamlon plugin for Visual Studio .NET, enables developers to use XAML to create rich, compelling Windows application interfaces while drastically reducing programming time. Based in San Diego, the company was founded in 2003 by Paul Colton, longtime developer and creator of JRun, the leading Java servlet engine, now sold by Macromedia. For more information or to download the free beta version, please visit www.xamlon.com.