? Magic Software Enterprises welcomed home last
month Mike McMillin, winner of its Magic for Linux Really Cool Contest.
McMillin, who is president and general manager of Comput-Ability,
Incorporated, won the 18-day all expense's paid cruise for two to the Great
White continent and surrounding islands for his business-to-business
e-commerce site, BuyInsulation.com, built using Magic's development
environment for the Linux platform.

Accompanied by his son, Robert, the heavily ?insulated? McMillin and
company braved temperatures as low as 20 degrees on a tour that took them
to several ports on the continent.  There, they climbed glaciers, visited
international research stations, and communed with 3000-pound elephant
seals and seven different species of penguins. On South Georgia Island, the
two walked among more than 160,000 King Penguins.  Naturalists accompanied
the travelers, offering valuable insight into the culture and history of
the region.

When the World Discoverer docked, the passengers climbed into Zodiacs, the
virtually unsinkable 12-passenger crafts designed by Jacques Cousteau, to
investigate uninhabited islands and to travel up winding tributaries and
get a closer look at marine life.  One encounter was almost a little too
close for comfort.

 ?It [a frisky Minke whale] dove under our Zodiac,? said McMillin.  ?We
were all holding our breath until it came up on the other side. If it had
not gone under soon enough or had come up too early, it would have capsized
us!?

The trip was the grand prize in Magic's Really Cool Contest, introduced at
the Linux Expo last May in Raleigh, NC to encourage developers to build
e-commerce solutions for Linux using the Company's core application
development technology. The winning solution, BuyInsulation.com, which went
live last year with thousands of dollars worth of initial product
placement, is designed to help the mechanical insulation industry more
efficiently move overstocked, excess and/or odd-sized items out of
inventory.

About Magic Software
Magic Software Enterprises, a member of the Formula Group (Nasdaq: FORTY),
develops, markets and supports software development and deployment
technology that enables enterprises to accelerate the process of building
and deploying applications that can be rapidly customized and integrated
with existing systems.  Platform- and database-independent, Magic's
development technology and solutions are available for the Linux platform (
http://www.magic-sw.com/linux).

Magic technology, applications and professional services are available
through a global network of subsidiaries, distributors and Magic solutions
partners in approximately 50 countries.  The Company's North American
subsidiary is located at 1642 Kaiser Avenue, Irvine, Calif., 92614,
telephone (949) 250-1718, fax (949) 250-7404, http://www.magic-sw.com.

The Formula Group is an international information technology company
principally engaged, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, in providing
software consulting services, developing proprietary software products, and
providing computer-based business solutions.

Contact:
Katharine Hanley
Magic Software Enterprises, Inc.
(949) 250-1718 ext. 220
khanley@magic-sw.com

PHOTOS:
1. McMillinsOnIce Magic Software?s
Really Cool Contest Winner Mike McMillin and son Robert show their Linux
spirit from the Antarctic Peninsula during their 18-day cruise around the
Great White Continent.

2. Diving Penguins Splash! -
Adelie Penguins dive into the sea from an iceberg at Detaille Island south
of the polar circle-just one of the incredible snapshots taken by Magic
Software?s Magic for Linux Really Cool Contest Winner Mike McMillin during
his prize trip, an 18-day cruise around Antarctica.

3. Sea of Penguins Linux Heaven -
Magic Software?s Magic for Linux Really Cool Contest Winner Mike McMillin
walked among these more than 160,000 King Penguins during his prize trip,
an 18-day cruise to Antarctica.