Optimus to cooperate with Commerce One on Global

Optimus has signed with an American internet company,Commerce One, in a deal worth $7.5 million to create a part of the world Internet system in Poland. The Nowy Sacz-based company received a license to create a technical platform in Poland called Global Web Trading. The platform, which consists of 32 regional markets, enables the companies to make market transactions via the Internet. Commerce One will invest $1 million and will obtain 10% of the new company's shares. Optimus will try to attract partners from the financial, logistics, and telecommunication sectors. In its first year, the company expects its operating costs to reach zl. 10 million. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 32) P.J.