<s>
Rae	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
was	O
a	O
software	O
developed	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
Rae	O
Technology	O
from	O
1993	O
to	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rae	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
(	O
or	O
shortly	O
"	O
Assist	O
"	O
)	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Personal	B-Application
Information	I-Application
Managers	I-Application
(	O
PIM	O
)	O
and	O
available	O
for	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
Rae	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
was	O
a	O
technology	O
that	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
Apple	O
employees	O
had	O
developed	O
under	O
the	O
direction	O
of	O
Samir	O
Arora	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
so-called	O
SOLO	O
(	O
Structure	O
of	O
Linked	O
Objects	O
)	O
architecture	O
was	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
application	B-Application
framework	I-Application
,	O
which	O
could	O
work	O
with	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
databases	B-Application
,	O
including	O
4th	B-Language
Dimension	I-Language
and	O
SQL	B-Language
databases	I-Language
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
communication-based	O
services	O
like	O
e-mail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Samir	O
Arora	O
founded	O
Rae	O
Technology	O
in	O
1992	O
as	O
a	O
spin-off	O
from	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
Rae	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
was	O
due	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
Rae	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
followed	O
shortly	O
by	O
release	O
1.0.2	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rae	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
1.0.2	O
combined	O
several	O
functions	O
in	O
one	O
program	O
and	O
automatically	O
linked	O
contact	O
and	O
company	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
review	O
in	O
MacWorld	O
found	O
Rae	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
"	O
innovative	O
"	O
but	O
"	O
too	O
slow	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rae	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
1.0.2	O
came	O
with	O
combined	O
contact	O
management	O
,	O
scheduling	O
,	O
and	O
note	O
taking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
used	O
the	O
4th	B-Language
Dimension	I-Language
database	O
engine	O
and	O
was	O
targeted	O
at	O
PowerBook	B-Device
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Rae	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
1.5	O
in	O
1995	O
Rae	O
Technology	O
addressed	O
performance	O
issues	O
and	O
improved	O
some	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rae	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
2.0	O
was	O
scheduled	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
4th	O
quarter	O
of	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
rewritten	O
in	O
PowerMac	B-Device
code	O
and	O
"	O
smaller	O
and	O
faster	O
,	O
coming	O
in	O
under	O
1.5	O
MB	O
with	O
a	O
launch	O
time	O
of	O
3	O
seconds	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rae	B-Application
Assist	I-Application
2.0	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
release	O
and	O
Rae	O
Technology	O
was	O
soon	O
to	O
close	O
its	O
doors	O
as	O
a	O
software	O
vendor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Personal	B-Application
Information	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
market	O
was	O
emerging	O
yet	O
small	O
with	O
competitors	O
like	O
Symantec	O
and	O
Lotus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Together	O
with	O
Clement	O
Mok	O
they	O
founded	O
NetObjects	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
1995	O
to	O
market	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
web	O
site	O
building	O
tools	O
,	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
,	O
which	O
also	O
should	O
rely	O
on	O
the	O
SOLO	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
