BORLAND'S DELPHI 2.0 TAKES FIRST PLACE IN NSTL COMPARATIVE RATINGS REPORT

NEW DELPHI 2.0 EARNS HIGH SCORES FOR PERFORMANCE, VERSATILITY AND EASE OF
USE

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. -- April 4, 1996 -- In an exhaustive product
evaluation of client/server development tools conducted by National
Software Testing Laboratories (NSTL), Borland International Inc.'s Delphi
Client/Server Suite 2.0 received the highest overall rating out of four
leading development packages. Outperforming Powersoft's PowerBuilder
Enterprise for Windows, Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition and
Gupta SQLWindows, Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 was cited as "the
fastest, most versatile, and easiest to use of the evaluated products."

NSTL's Rating Reports are internationally recognized as the Consumer
Reports of the computer industry. NSTL's Software Digest and PC Digest
Ratings Reports are used by many industry analysts and editors as a source
of objective analysis of personal computer hardware and software, and also
as buying guides for Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies.

Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 is Borland's new 32 bit release of the
industry's high-performance client/server application development tool.
Delphi 2.0, which began shipping in March, is rapidly gaining customer
acceptance due to its suite of powerful client and server development
tools that enable large corporations and government organizations to build
more robust applications in shorter amounts of time.

"Delphi's performance is head and shoulders above all its competitors,"
reported NSTL in the March Software Digest Ratings Report on Client/Server
Development Tools (Volume 13, Number 3). "[Delphi] offers performance
superiority across the board: database and non-database operations,
browsing entire database tables, executing queries, or searching for
data."

"Borland worked closely with customers before and during the Delphi 2.0
design and development cycle to ensure that Delphi would solve expensive
and time-consuming problems for corporations building sophisticated
client/server applications," said Zack Urlocker, director of Delphi
Product Management at Borland. "We are working closely with our
third-party client/server tools and solutions providers to provide a
complete solution that offers customers a competitive advantage and
greater returns on their IT investments."

Delphi has also received recent praise in trade publication product
evaluations. In a product comparison review in PC Week (March 18 issue) in
which Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 received "Analysts Choice", PC Week
stated, "...Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 is ready to take on big jobs
for big organizations, with better team-development support than we have
seen from any tool set other than the forthcoming Borland C++ 5.0."

The March 4, 1996 review of Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 in InfoWorld
concluded, "If you need to develop 32-bit solutions for Windows, look no
further than Delphi 2.0."

For a copy of the full NSTL report, contact the NSTL Testing & Distribution
Center at (610) 941-9600. For more information on Delphi Client/Server,
customers may contact Borland at (800) 233-2444, extension 1350.

ABOUT DELPHI

The Delphi 2.0 product line is now available in three versions designed for
specific types of developers. Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 for corporate
client/server developers; Delphi Developer 2.0 for professional developers
doing local and LAN-based development; and Delphi Desktop 2.0 for
individual programmers. Delphi is the only completely object-oriented
development tool for Windows and client/server development that combines a
two-way visual programming environment, a high-performance optimizing
native code compiler and a scaleable database. Delphi 2.0 features a
32-bit optimized native code compiler that is 15 to 50 times faster than
P-code interpreters, such as Powersoft's PowerBuilder and Microsoft's
Visual Basic.

BORLAND: MAKING DEVELOPMENT EASIER

Borland International Inc. (NASDAQ:BORL) is a leading provider of products
and services targeted to software developers. Borland is distinguished for
its high-quality software development tools, which include, Delphi, Delphi
Client/Server, Borland C++, Visual dBASE, Paradox and InterBase. Borland's
award-winning products are supported through comprehensive programs for
small- and large-sized software developers, corporate developers, value
added resellers and systems integrators. Founded in 1983, Borland is
headquartered in Scotts Valley, California.
 
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