QUARTERDECK ANNOUNCES STRATEGY FOR EXTENDING LEADERSHIP IN THE MACINTOSH
INTERNET AND INTRANET SOFTWARE MARKET

Combined Quarterdeck and StarNine Product Lines Make a Complete,
Cross-Platform Solution

MARINA DEL REY, CALIF., JANUARY 8, 1996 -- QUARTERDECK CORP (NASDAQ: QDEK)
WILL ANNOUNCE AT MACWORLD THIS WEEK IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT STARNINE
TECHNOLOGIES' AWARD-WINNING WEBSTAR WEB SERVER PRODUCTS FOR MACINTOSH WILL
FORM THE FOUNDATION OF QUARTERDECK'S OVERALL STRATEGY FOR LEADING THE
DESKTOP INTERNET/INTRANET SOFTWARE MARKET. THIS STRATEGY IS FOCUSED ON
PROVIDING TOOLS TO CREATE CUSTOMIZED WEB ENVIRONMENTS FOR BOTH INTERNAL
USERS ON INTERNAL LANS AS WELL AS CUSTOMERS ACROSS THE INTERNET.

Quarterdeck also previewed new products for the Macintosh, including the
WebSTAR Commerce Toolkit, a customizable engine for conducting commerce
over the Web, Global Stage Chat Server software, an IRC chat server for
Macintosh, and a new version of Quarterdeck Mail. In addition, the company
announced it will begin bundling Adobe PageMill with WebSTAR as well as
ports of Quarterdeck Mosaic and Global Chat IRC client software for
Macintosh.

"Our acquisition of StarNine in September catapulted Quarterdeck to the
market-leader position for Macintosh server software and the overall Web
server market," said Gaston Bastiaens, President and CEO of Quarterdeck.
"We fully intend to build on StarNine's legacy to bring to market the next
generation of electronic publishing and collaboration tools for both the
Internet and cross-platform Intranets. The breadth and depth of our
products, on both Macintosh and PC, give us the market strength we need to
succeed with this ambitious plan."

Quarterdeck also previewed the upcoming feature release of Quarterdeck Mail
bearing its new name and several new features in the client software,
including better support for Internet mail conventions. Originallly
acquired from Microsoft by StarNine and breifly renamed to StarNine Mail
in the fall of 1995, the product formerly known as Microsoft Mail for
AppleTalk Networks will now be marketed as Quarterdeck Mail. Among the new
features in the Mail client are support for the Internet Config extension,
support for Internet-style replies, and signatures for control-clickable
URLs within a mail message. Quarterdeck Mail 3.6 is expected to ship by
the end of this quarter with pricing to be announced when it ships.

The Macintosh version of Global Stage Chat, an Internet Relay Chat server,
rounds out Quarterdeck's line of collaborative products for the Intranet
and the Internet. Global Stage Chat works seamlessly with Quarterdeck Mail
and Quarterdeck Mosaic, making real-time chat an integral feature in both
electronic mail and Web environments.

Quarterdeck's Global Chat IRC client for Macintosh is available free of
charge from http://www.quarterdeck.com/. The Global Stage Chat client will
be bundled at no additional charge with WebSTAR and other Quarterdeck
products for Macintosh. The Global Stage Chat Server is expected to ship
by the end of this quarter with pricing to be announced when it ships.
Quarterdeck Mosaic for Macintosh will be bundled with WebSTAR and is also
available free of charge at http://www.starenine.com/.

StarNine's product line, now marketed as Quarterdeck products for the
Macintosh includes:

 WebSTAR, the most widely-used Web server on the Internet
 ListSTAR, a powerful Internet Mailing list manager
 Quarterdeck Mail, the newly renamed StarNine Mail, formerly Microsoft
 Mail for AppleTalk Networks
 Mail*Link Internet e-mail gateways

About Quarterdeck

Quarterdeck Corporation is a pioneer in the development of software
products in four strategic business areas: Utilities, Internet
Applications, Internet Services, and Telecommunications and Collaborative
Computing. The company has led the industry in bringing utilities
solutions to the Windows and DOS environments with its award-winning QEMM
memory management software. The company also recently shipped three
Windows 95 products: MagnaRam 2.0, CleanSweep 95, and WinProbe 4.0 and the
first product in the Telecommunications and Collaborative Computing area,
WebTalk.

The company also offers an entire line of powerful, next-generation
Internet tools for corporate, small business and individual users,
including WebCompass, which was awarded Best of Show by the editors of
BYTE magazine at fall Comdex, as well as Quarterdeck Mosaic,
InternetSuite, WebStar, WebAuthor, Quarterdeck IWare Connect, and IWare
InternetSuite for Novell Netware.

Quarterdeck's StarNine Technologies division is the leading developer of
Internet server software and email connectivity products for the
Macintosh. WebSTAR (formerly MacHTTP) Web server software is the most
widely used Web server on the Internet. StarNine Technologies, Inc. is a
wholly owned subsidiary of Quarterdeck Corporation based in Berkeley,
Calif. StarNine can be reached by calling (510) 649- 4949 or by sending
email to info@starnine.com or via the Web at http://www.starnine.com/.
Quarterdeck Corporation's address is 13160 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey,
CA 90292. The Dublin, Ireland office serves as its European headquarters,
with offices in England, France, Germany, and Australia. Further product
availability and pricing information can be obtained by calling (310)
309-3700, by accessing Quarterdeck's Internet Web site at
http://www.quarterdeck.com/, or by sending a mail request to
info@quarterdeck.com.
 
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