From: "Geoffrey S. Zub" <gzub@earthlink.net>
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;@goose.prod.itd.earthlink.net;>
Subject: Applix Launches Open Source Initiative With Applix SHELF
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 21:01:51 -0500

Applix Launches Open Source Initiative With Applix SHELF

Embeddable, Graphical Programming Language Now Available for Linux

WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 1999--Applix, Inc. (NASDAQ: APLX)
a leader in decision support applications for Linux and Unix workstations,
today launched its first Open Source initiative with Applix SHELF, an
embeddable, full-featured programming language. With SHELF, application
developers will be able to increase customization and extensibility of their
applications by embedding Applixware language in their products.

Richard Manly, director of Product Management and Marketing at Applix, said
customers currently use ELF to customize and extend the capabilities of
Applixware and to rapidly developing graphical applications that leverage
the power of the office suite. ``By making SHELF available in an Open Source
development model, application developers will now be able to embed
Applixware language in their own products to offer similar customization and
extensibility.''

According to Manly, SHELF is ideally suited for developing graphical
interfaces to legacy and Internet/Intranet applications. He said SHELF does
not need to be embedded within customer applications to be used to create
true cross platform, standalone, robust graphical applications.

Both Applixware and Applix SHELF are available for all major distributions
of Linux, including Red Hat, SuSE, Caldera, and Slackware. They are also
available for Sun, IBM, Compaq, and Hewlett Packard Workstations, as well as
for Microsoft Windows 98 and NT. Applix SHELF is being released under the
GNU Library Public License (LPGL), as defined by the Free Software
Foundation, Cambridge, MA. Under LPGL, Applix SHELF is freely usable in
either the original or modified form. It is available now for free download
at Applix's new Open Source-oriented website: http://www.applixware.org

According to Barry Zane, Applix's vice president of Technology, the release
of SHELF expands the company's commitment to Linux, the open source
movement, and standards-based computing.
``The Linux platform is one of the most exciting platforms on which to
develop,'' Zane said. ``The open nature of the technology allows for rapid
product innovation and customer feedback. In fact, we view Linux and the
Open Source model as an ideal means to release the shackles of developers
who want to leverage and integrate with the work of others.''

Zane added that Applix's Open Source-oriented web site
http://www.applixware.org, will serve as a primary location where Open
Source tools and applications will be available to the developer community.
It will also offer a forum-based support model to propose new projects and
to support developers in their use of Applix's source code.

About Applix, Inc.
Applix, Inc., (NASDAQ:APLX) headquartered in Westboro, MA, is a leading
provider of Internet front-office business applications that allow
organizations to better access, analyze, and act on customer and market
information. Applix Enterprise is an Internet-centric customer relationship
management solution which received the Editor's Choice Award from
Telemarketing & Call Center Solutions Magazine in 1998; Applix TM1 is a
real-time online analytical processing solution for decision support and
real-time business analysis; and Applix office solutions include Applix
Office for UNIX®, Linux and Windows NT, and Anyware Office for Java-based
desktops.

With thousands of customers around the world including such fast-growth
companies as AT&T, Bank of Nova Scotia, Blockbuster Video, Bristol-Myers
Squibb, Brite Voice, British Airways, Chase Manhattan Bank, Cox
Communications, Credit Suisse, Daimler Benz, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson,
Harrah's, Hewlett-Packard, Kaiser Permanente, Motorola, MTV, National
Football League Properties, New Holland N.A., Novartis Pharmaceuticals,
Reuters, Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Sharp Documentation Services, Siemens,
Singapore Telecom, SmithKline Beecham, Sony, Sun Microsystems, U.S. Army,
U.S. Department of Energy, Visa International, and Visibility. Applix leads
the way in delivering Internet-centric enterprise applications for today's
globally distributed companies. More information can be found at
http://www.applixware.org

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a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially. Specifically, comments related to the demand for, revenue
from and acceptance of the Company's products and the Company's position in
the markets, may be considered forward-looking and subject to a number of
risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to: the rate of growth in
market demand for the products; the acceptance of the Company's products;
intense competitive conditions; rapid technological change; frequent new
product introductions and evolving domestic and international standards
which may render existing products and services obsolete. Refer to the Form
10-K for the year ended 1997 for a list of factors as discussed under ``Risk
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Contact:
     Applix, Inc.             	The Weber Group
     Richard Manly            	Leah Goldman/Kevin Anderson
     508-870-0300 ext. 256    	617-520-7040/7255
     rmanly@applix.com		lgoldman@webergroup.com
                                kanderson@webergroup.com