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Dollar Rent A Car Highlighted in Bill Gates Kickoff Keynote Address At COMDEX/Fall 2000

13 November 2000

Dollar Rent A Car Highlighted in Bill Gates Kickoff Keynote Address At COMDEX/Fall 2000

    TULSA, Okla., Nov. 13 Dollar Rent A Car was highlighted
yesterday evening in Microsoft's Chief Software Architect Bill Gates kickoff
keynote address at COMDEX/Fall 2000, held at MGM's Grand Garden Arena in Las
Vegas.
    During the address, Gates showed to 12,000 COMDEX/Fall 2000 attendees
Dollar's reservations process, which uses Web services.
    "We are delighted to be working with Dollar in providing their customers
and partners the benefits of real Web services today," said David Mendlen,
Microsoft Lead Product Manager, Visual Studio.NET.  "With Visual Studio.NET
and the Microsoft.NET Framework, Dollar is able to rapidly build next
generation applications that will enable them to remain agile and competitive
in their industry."
    "Visual Studio.NET and the .NET Framework will allow simpler
implementation of Web services," said Larry Zucker, DOLLAR(R) Executive
Director, Application Development.  "We are very excited to be a leader at the
forefront of technology by using Visual Studio.NET.  We're constantly looking
at new technologies to enhance our customer service experience."

    About Dollar Rent A Car
    Dollar Rent A Car Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive
Group, Inc. , has approximately 430 worldwide locations in
26 countries, with a significant presence in Australia, Canada, the Caribbean
and Latin America, including 260 locations in the United States.  The company
and its licensees have locations at most major airports across the nation, and
a fleet of more than 97,000 vehicles.  DOLLAR(R) worldwide headquarters is
located in Tulsa, Okla.  For additional information, the DOLLAR Web address is
dollar.com.