NATURAL INTELLIGENCE, INC. ANNOUNCES RELEASE 1 OF ROASTER TO SHIP MAY 13:
INCLUDES CLASS TREE AND CLASS BROWSER, VISUAL TOOLS, AND 68K SUPPORT

April 22, 1996, Cambridge, MA: Three and a half months after releasing
Roaster DR1, the first set of tools for developing in Sun Microsystems'
Java programming language on the Macintosh, Natural Intelligence, Inc. is
entering final beta testing of its next major release, which will ship on
May 13, 1996 at Apple's World Wide Developer Conference in San Jose,
California. Those who buy Roaster DR1 now will automatically receive the
upcoming Release 1 and Release 2 for free. Owners of DR1 will be
automatically updated to both releases.

NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS

Roaster Release 1 has a revamped integrated development environment (IDE)
and comprehensive feature set. Roaster DR1, released on January 5, 1996,
included a hierarchical project window, powerful source code editor,
interpreter, Java compiler, debugger, and speedy runtime engine. Roaster
Release 1 includes the following new additions:

* Full support of Sun Microsystems' JDK 1.0, including networking
  classes
* Fully integrated class tree and class browser windows
* Support for 68K machines
* Comprehensive AppleScript support
* HTML editing functionality
* Context-sensitive online help

This release of Roaster also includes prerelease versions of the
following:

 Visual tools for quick and easy interface development
 Source-level visual debugger

Roaster is the first of a series of Java development tools that Natural
Intelligence is planning for the coming year. At WWDC, Natural
Intelligence will be making further announcements regarding the Roaster
Product Line.

FOCUS ON JAVA DEVELOPERS

"Natural Intelligence is targeting its Roaster product line toward serving
the rapidly growing Java developer community," said Joshua D. Wachs,
President of Natural Intelligence. We've worked hard to make Roaster the
most complete, the most robust, and the most intuitive environment out
there. Anyone who is interested in serious Java development should have
this release."

"Roaster, the first Java development environment for the Macintosh, is now
available in its first major release," said Larry Tesler, Vice President
of Internet Platforms, Apple Computer, Inc. "With visual development tools
and a comprehensive feature set, Natural Intelligence's Roaster truly
demonstrates the Macintosh advantage for Java development."

"Natural Intelligence has done great work in engineering a timely
commercial release of their product for the Macintosh environment," said
Jon Kannegaard, Vice President of Products at JavaSoft. "Roaster is a
critical part of establishing the Java platform across the entire
developer community."

EMPHASIS ON PRODUCT SUPPORT

A good part of Roaster's appreciation by the developer community is due to
Natural Intelligence's commitment to supporting its products, noted Jim
Burke, Vice President of Software Development at Natural Intelligence. "By
releasing our Macintosh Java product before anyone else, in a subscription
format, we've made a strong commitment to the developer community. We've
promised our customers that we are going to follow through on providing
them with timely, frequent, high quality releases that are thoroughly
supported by our staff of Java experts."

The high technical support standards maintained by Natural Intelligence
have caused Macworld magazine to single out the company as having "...the
most experienced Java staff in the Mac universe." "We consider tech
support to be as much a part of our product as the IDE or the Applet
Runner," explained John Dhabolt, Manager of Technical Support at Natural
Intelligence. "Natural Intelligence strives to maintain record response
times and provide a real resource for our customers."

Early adopters of Roaster concur with this assessment. "Natural
Intelligence has been extremely responsive to any and all requests for
information, whether technical or otherwise," said Michael Merle of
w3Media of Bel Air, California. "Roaster is an extremely intuitive, solid
development environment-but it's nice to know that you have access to all
that Roaster and Java expertise if you need it."

ROASTER PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

Roaster DR1 owners can upgrade to their free update at Natural
Intelligence's WWDC expo station. Registered Roaster owners that do not
attend the show will have their updates sent to them upon release.

Roaster is priced at $299. Those who do not own Roaster can purchase the
commercial release through Natural Intelligence at 1-800-739-1616, or
through the MacTech Mail Order Store, Apple's Macintosh Developer's
catalog, MacMall, or Mac Connection Catalogs.

ABOUT NATURAL INTELLIGENCE:

Established in 1987 with headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Natural
Intelligence, Inc. provides quality tools and solutions in a variety of
areas, specializing in cross-platform Internet development with a focus on
Java development and database consulting. Natural Intelligence's products
include Roaster, the Development Environment for Java, QuickCode Pro, a
code editor for 4th Dimension, and DragStrip, the Ultimate Desktop
Organizer for the Macintosh. For more information on Natural Intelligence,
email us at info@natural.com or look us up on the Web at www.natural.com.

ABOUT APPLE COMPUTER, INC.:

Apple Computer, Inc., a recognized pioneer and innovator in the information
industry, creates powerful solutions based on easy-to-use personal
computers, servers, peripherals, software, online services, and personal
digital assistants. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple (NASDAQ:
AAPL) develops, manufactures, licenses, and markets products,
technologies, and services for the business, education, consumer,
scientific and engineering, and government markets in over 140 countries.

ABOUT SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.:

With annual revenues of $6 billion, Sun Microsystems, Inc., provides
solutions that enable customers to build and maintain open network
computing environments. Widely recognized as a proponent of open
standards, the company is involved with the design, manufacture, and sale
of products, technologies, and services for commercial and technical
computing. Sun's SPARC workstations, multiprocessing servers, SPARC
microprocessors, Solaris operating software, and ISO-certified service
organization each rank No. 1 in the UNIX industry. Founded in 1982, Sun is
headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and employs more than 14,000
people worldwide.
 
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