Bristol Technology licenses Microsoft Windows source code

Contact:      Jean Blackwell
              Bristol Technology
              (203) 438-6969
	      jean@bristol.com

              Linda O'Neil
              Waggener Edstrom
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Bristol to deliver OLE 2.0 on UNIX

Ridgefield, CT, September 26, 1994 - Bristol Technology Inc. and Microsoft Corporation today announced an agreement in which Microsoft licensed Microsoft® Windows° and Windows NT° source code to Bristol under the Windows Interface Source Environment (WISE) program. The agreement allows Bristol to use the Microsoft technology to enhance Bristol's Wind/U® portability toolkit. Bristol also announced that based on WISE, it plans to deliver OLE 2.0, Microsoft's object technology, on the UNIX® operating system later this year.

This agreement gives Bristol the right to incorporate and distribute Windows technology, including the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) Library and future technology from Windows95° and NT 3.5, as part of its Wind/U portability toolkit. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Bristol's strategic decision to license WISE from Microsoft will ensure compatibility and consistency to Wind/U customers. Microsoft will provide Bristol with future versions of Windows sources, thereby allowing Bristol to maximize compatibility and performance for today's and tomorrow's 32-bit Windows-based applications running on UNIX.

"The Microsoft relationship and license further enhances Bristol's lead in providing Windows to UNIX cross-platform solutions," said Keith Blackwell, Bristol's president. "Bristol plans to be the first to deliver native OLE on UNIX, thereby creating seamless portability for OLE-based applications."

"We welcome Bristol as a WISE licensee," said Bob Kruger, Microsoft's director of strategic relations. "Because Wind/U is WISE, developers using it will be able to leverage their existing knowledge of Windows APIs to write a single code base that is easily adaptable to run natively atop Windows or multiple versions of UNIX."

Wind/U Customers Support the Signing of This Agreement

"The WISE agreement between Microsoft and Bristol ensures that Wind/U will support future Microsoft technology, including OLE and Windows 95," said Lynn Caruso, Powersoft's director of product services. "This means that PowerBuilder applications will be completely portable across Windows and UNIX platforms."

"Rational Software Corporation uses Wind/U to deliver the UNIX/Motif° version of our Windows 3.1 Rational Rose product, and we look forward to Bristol's strong and timely support of all the future Windows technology," said Dave Bernstein, Rational Software Corporation's vice president of engineering. "The access to future Windows source code will make Wind/U an even more valuable tool for Windows API cross-platform development."

About Bristol's Wind/U Family of Products

The Bristol Technology family of Wind/U products offers developers compatibility between Microsoft Windows and UNIX/Motif. The Wind/U product line consists of: Individually, each product shortens the development process. Together, they bring the best of Microsoft Windows to X and Motif.

The Wind/U family of products allows developers to use a single source base across platforms, thereby reducing costs and raising productivity. The Wind/U product line enables developers to use Microsoft Windows and Visual C++° to develop native UNIX/Motif applications, complete with context-sensitive, on-line Help, and PostScript and PCL printing.

Recently released Wind/U 2 supports the Microsoft Win32° API and the 32-bit version of the Visual C++ development system.

About Bristol Technology

Bristol Technology Inc. was founded in 1990 with the vision of enabling software developers to market Windows and UNIX versions of their products from a single source code base. A key aspect of this vision is Bristol's goal of providing complete coverage of the Windows API on UNIX platforms through the Wind/U Portability Toolkit. Bristol is headquartered in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The company sells and distributes software products worldwide through the Ridgefield, CT office and other distribution partners.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software for personal computers. The company offers a range of products and services for business and personal use, each designed with the mission of making it easier and more enjoyable for people to take advantage of the full power of personal computing every day.
°Wind/U is a registered trademark, and HyperHelp and Xprinter are trademarks of Bristol Technology Inc. Microsoft and Win32 are registered trademarks and Windows, Visual C++, and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other products mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.