Dear Master Developer,

    As you may have already heard, Mike King has stepped down as vice president and general manager of the ProvideX business unit. Alan Bryant is expanding his role as vice president of Extended Solutions to take on the additional responsibility of heading up ProvideX. As a Master Developer working directly with the ProvideX tools, I wanted to take this opportunity to explain what these changes means to you.

    First of all, let me assure you that this change, in no way, affects our commitment to the ProvideX technology as the engine for MAS 90 and as a development tool for developers. Alan Bryant brings his many years of experience as a ProvideX developer to ensure that the language and the tools continue to be enhanced and improved. Alan is intimately knowledgeable of both the ProvideX technology and how it is utilized by MAS 90 and the Master Developer community. He also brings strong business and management skills to lead the very capable ProvideX team in the Markham office.

    I also want to emphasize that we will continue to work very closely with Mike in a new relationship. In this relationship, Mike will be a distributor and a developer of ProvideX products. As a distributor, Mike will help market and sell the ProvideX suite of products to the developer community. As a developer, Mike will create new enhancements and complementary tools for the ProvideX community. In addition, Mike will provide direct consulting to the Best ProvideX team to help us enhance and maintain the tool set.

    We are very thankful to Mike for his talent and vision which have significantly helped the MAS 90 and MAS 200 product line over the last nine years. We are also very excited about continuing to work with Mike as well as with Alan and the rest of the ProvideX team to complete the 4.x roll-out. We are just getting started taking advantage of the new capabilities made possible by the ProvideX tool set and there are many new exciting things to come.

    As a Master Developer, you can be assured that we will continue to create new and exciting products and tools to keep you successful in the coming years.

    Sincerely,

    George Riviere
V.P. Mid-range Engineering
Best Software Inc. Your Partner of Choice.