ACCPAC Delivers IBM DB2 Universal Database Support

   ACCPAC Advantage Series First Mid-Market Business Management Solution
             Supporting IBM's DB2 Universal Database for Linux

PLEASANTON, Calif., -- ACCPAC International, Inc., a division of Computer
Associates (NYSE: CA), today announced that it is the first mid-market
business management solution provider to support IBM's DB2* Universal
Database the most widely used database in the server software market.

Beginning next month, the ACCPAC Advantage Series Enterprise Edition will
be able to run its accounting processes with DB2 running on Linux** or
Windows 2000 servers, as well as a wide range of other other databases. For
thousands of existing ACCPAC Advantage Series users, DB2 can now be
deployed as the preferred database for their ACCPAC accounting and business
solutions software suite.  By eliminating the need for a second in-house
database management system as well as the training needed to teach
employees about an additional system ACCPAC delivers a significant time-
and costs-savings.  This innovative enhancement also reduces the total cost
of ownership for ACCPAC Advantage Series.

The ACCPAC Advantage Series running on DB2 will work with the widest range
of hardware from PC servers to mainframes.  The scalability of the offering
will easily meet the needs of growing businesses and support a wide variety
of platforms, including Linux, the fastest-growing server operating system
today according to IDC, along with Microsoft Windows 9x and NT, UNIX, AS
400 and mainframe systems.

"DB2 has become a popular choice for most business-critical applications.
The support of ACCPAC further emphasizes the market momentum we're
experiencing with Business Partners," said Jim Kelly, vice president of
marketing, IBM Data Management Solutions. "ACCPAC enables customers to
leverage the strengths of DB2 to increase productivity, and decrease the
total cost of ownership associated with managing their technology."

According to Dataquest, the database market reached $8 billion in 1999, and
is expected to hit $12.7 billion by 2003.  In 2000, IBM saw a 64 percent
increase in its DB2 data management business, three times faster than the
industry growth rate.

The Advantage Series' mid-market business management solutions are built on
a single open, multi-tiered architecture.  This allows businesses to
cost-efficiently increase the functionality and capabilities of their
accounting and operations software with minimal additional training, while
completely preserving all existing data, as well as any customized screens
or reports.

Businesses that prefer IBM database technology can now, for the first time,
use DB2 with the industry's leading scalable, mid-market business
management solution, said ACCPAC President and CEO, David M. Hood.  Our
highly flexible business management and e-business technology, together
with IBM's DB2 Internet technology, will make sales-support data and other
back-office information much more accessible, and more readily available
with full security  to millions of transaction-intensive users worldwide.
And, because Advantage Series is fully Web-enabled, users will be able to
access this information from virtually any location.

DB2 Universal Database is the first multimedia, Web-ready, relational
database that is both strong enough to meet the demands of large
corporations and flexible enough to serve the entire mid-market from
companies with only 40-50 employees to those with thousands.

The ACCPAC Advantage Series Enterprise Edition is available from authorized
ACCPAC Solution Providers worldwide.  For more information or to locate an
ACCPAC Solution Provider, call 800-945-8007.

About IBM's DB2 Universal Database


DB2 Universal Database combines integrated power for business intelligence
(data warehousing and data mining), content management, enterprise
information portals and e-business with industry-leading performance and
reliability to drive the most demanding industry solutions.  DB2 Universal
Database together with Internet technology makes information easily
accessible, available and secure. There are more than 60 million DB2 users
from over 300,000 companies worldwide relying on IBM data management
solutions. For more information please visit www.software.ibm.com/data.

About ACCPAC

ACCPAC International, Inc., a division of Computer Associates (NYSE: CA),
empowers medium-sized enterprises through a broad range of end-to-end
e-business solutions designed to enhance competitive advantage and increase
profitability.  Award-winning product lines include ACCPAC Advantage Series
(Enterprise Edition, Corporate Edition, Small Business Edition and
Discovery Edition), ACCPAC Executive Series®, ACCPAC Pro Series, ACCPAC
VisionPoint®, ACCPAC eTransact, ACCPAC eCRM, ACCPAC Warehouse Management
System, Simply Accounting®, FAXserve and Simply BitWare®.

Based in Pleasanton, California, USA, with offices in Asia, Australia,
Canada, Mexico, the Middle East, South Africa, and the United Kingdom,
ACCPAC has more than 500,000 registered clients and 5,000 business partners
in more than 100 countries worldwide.  Visit ACCPAC at www.accpac.com and
www.accpaconline.com.

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Certain statements in this press release are forward looking in nature and,
accordingly, are subject to risks and uncertainties.  The actual results
may differ from those described or contemplated.

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