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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1


                          FINE.COM INTERNATIONAL CORP.

                                                     _____________, 1999

Dear Shareholder:

      You are cordially invited to attend a special meeting of shareholders of
fine.com International Corp., to be held at the Century Square Plaza Building,
16th Floor, Room 1625, located at 1501 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, Washington, on
Tuesday, August 31, 1999, at 8:00 a.m., local time. At this meeting, you will be
asked to consider a proposal to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated
as of May 17, 1999 among fine.com, ARIS Corporation, ARIS Interactive, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of ARIS, Daniel M. Fine, Frank Hadam and Herbert L.
Fine, by which fine.com will be merged with and into ARIS Interactive. The
attached proxy statement/prospectus describes the proposed merger and the merger
agreement in detail and provides additional pertinent information about fine.com
and ARIS. YOU ARE URGED TO READ CAREFULLY THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROXY
STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ITS ANNEXES.

      If the merger agreement and the merger are approved by the shareholders of
fine.com:

      -  fine.com will merge with and into ARIS Interactive, and ARIS
         Interactive will be the surviving corporation;

      -  each outstanding share of fine.com common stock will be converted into
         the right to receive shares of ARIS common stock or a combination of
         shares of ARIS common stock and cash (the "Merger Consideration") as
         described in the proxy statement/prospectus;

      -  each outstanding fine.com warrant to purchase one share of fine.com
         common stock will be converted into the right to purchase the Merger
         Consideration; and

      -  each outstanding fine.com option to purchase fine.com common stock will
         be converted into one ARIS option to purchase shares of ARIS common
         stock based on the exchange ratio in computing the Merger
         Consideration.

      fine.com has retained the investment banking firm of Ragen MacKenzie
Incorporated as its financial advisor in connection with the merger. Ragen
MacKenzie has rendered its opinion, a copy of which is attached as Annex B to
the proxy statement/prospectus, that as of the date of its opinion and based
upon the matters described therein, the consideration to be given to the
fine.com shareholders pursuant to the merger agreement is fair, from a financial
point of view, to the shareholders of fine.com. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
FINE.COM HAS DETERMINED THAT THE TERMS OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT AND THE PROPOSED
MERGER ARE FAIR TO, AND IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF, FINE.COM AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS
AND UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE MERGER
AGREEMENT AND THE MERGER.

      FOR RISKS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MERGER, SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON
PAGE - .

      It is important that you vote your shares by completing, dating and
returning the accompanying proxy card, whether or not you plan to attend the
special meeting. Please sign, date and return the accompanying proxy card in the
enclosed postage-paid envelope.

                                    Sincerely,

                                    Daniel M. Fine
                                    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer