"This alliance is the first of its kind in the Active Server Page community and brings together the best of both companies," Wayne Berry, president of 15 Seconds said. "It combines confidence in the 15 Seconds brand, and the industry’s highest traffic web site (www.15seconds.com) catering to ASP developers with Xtras’ vendor relations and four-year market presence. This partnerships expands the assurance of profitability for the Internet presence of our clients."

15 Seconds provides information regarding software development and other related topics to Microsoft Internet developers on the subject of programming and administration of the Internet Information Server. The main advertising revenue of 15 seconds is based on banner advertising on the site, where they gather statistics on its readers and provide additional value-adds via its "Product Partner" program.

ASPxtras at http://www.aspxtras.com is the largest Internet ESD reseller of software products that focus specifically on Active Server Page developer components and utilities. Mike Schinkel, president of Xtras, said, "I've seen and used a lot of development tools in my past. I believe the Active Server Page platform is the fastest and easiest way today for developers to deliver value to end-users, and I want Xtras to be involved. We see the partnership as marrying our two strengths, providing superior ASP-oriented content and delivering quality software to developers, respectively, to provide real benefits to the ASP developer community."

"The growing ASP market calls for more creative solutions to the Internet advertisers’ needs," Berry said. "Through our three email list servers ActiveServer Pages, IIS, and ISAPI, we listen to the needs of the market in the discussion forum for ASP developers and move to meet their needs as quickly as possible."

15 Seconds is the leading information provider to Active Server Pages (ASP) developers and currently has the highest traffic of any web site catering to ASP developers and publisher of ActiveNews Newsletter. The Seattle-based company provides information about software development and related topics to web-oriented software developers on the subject of programming Active Server Pages on Microsoft Internet Information Server (ASP developers). 15 Seconds sells various forms of advertising and related marketing information to various advertisers that are primarily Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and software component vendors. ActiveNews, 15 Seconds’ email newsletter provides ASP developers with relevant information to 10,000 subscribers. For more information contact: Wayne Berry at 425/861-6449.

Xtras, Inc. is a catalog mail order and Internet ESD reseller of software products that add functionality to Microsoft systems and developer offerings. The Atlanta-based company has three brands that respectively promote three product lines into three different niches. "VBxtras", Xtras flagship product line, sells software components and utilities to programmers that develop software using Microsoft Visual Basic. VBxtras is known for its focus and the product information provided by its printed catalog and related Internet web site at http://www.vbxtras.com and VBxtras is by far the largest Visual Basic-specific reseller in the United States. "SERVERxtras" sells software for network administrators to manage networks running Microsoft Windows NT Server. SERVERxtras has a catalog and related Internet web site at http://www.serverxtras.com. "ASPxtras" sells software components and utilities to programmers that develop Internet and Intranet Web applications using the Microsoft Active Server Page platform. ASPxtras provides product and ordering information from ASP related software vendors on its Internet web site at http://www.aspxtras.com. For more information contact Mike Schinkel at 770/952-6356 x3010.