QUARTERDECK ANNOUNCES PERSONAL EDITION OF WEBSTAR, THE INDUSTRY-LEADING WEB
SERVER FOR MACINTOSH, TO BE DISTRIBUTED AS SHAREWARE ON THE INTERNET

Low-Cost WebSTAR Lite, with Support for the WebSTAR API (W*API), Will Help
Any Macintosh User Set up a Web Site

SAN JOSE, CALIF., MAY 13, 1996 --- AT THE APPLE&REG; WORLD WIDE DEVELOPER
CONFERENCE -- QUARTERDECK CORP. (NASDAQ: QDEK) TODAY ANNOUNCED AT WWDC
TODAY AN AGGRESSIVE WEB SERVER STRATEGY FOCUSED ON MAKING PERSONAL WEB
SERVERS FOR THE DESKTOP WIDELY AVAILABLE TO ALL MACINTOSH USERS. WEBSTAR
LITE FOR MACINTOSH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED FOR FREE ON THE INTERNET BEGINNING
WITH THE BETA VERSION THIS MONTH. WEBSTAR LITE IS INTENDED TO REPLACE
MACHTTP AS THE SHAREWARE OFFERING IN QUARTERDECK{SPECIAL CHAR 213 IN FONT
&QUOT;TIMES NEW ROMAN&QUOT;}S WEB SERVER PRODUCT LINE FOR THE MACINTOSH. A
SHAREWARE LICENSE FEE OF $49 APPLIES AFTER 30 DAYS OF USE. SUPPORT FOR THE
WEBSTAR SERVER API (W*API) WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE WEBSTAR LITE SO THAT
USERS CAN EXTEND THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SERVER BY ADDING PLUG-INS FROM
QUARTERDECK AND OTHER DEVELOPERS.

"Personal web publishing is the next wave for web applications developers
and Quarterdeck will take the lead in creating a market for Web server
add-on products," said Emerick Woods, vice-president and general manager
of the Internet Solutions Business Unit. "By aggressively seeding WebSTAR
Lite and WebSTAR Server API on the Internet, we are setting the standard
for web server applications development on the Macintosh.".

WebSTAR Lite is designed to make it extremely easy for individual users to
publish documents quickly on the Internet and/or Intranet in less than 2
minutes after installation. Either HTML documents or ordinary Mac files
and applications can be served by WebSTAR Lite. WebSTAR Plug-ins written
in C or Java will be available over the coming months from Quarterdeck as
well as other WebSTAR developers such as Adobe, Apple, Everyware and
Maxum.

WebSTAR Lite differs in several key respects from the full version of
WebSTAR. Advanced server administration options such as log management and
CGI configuration will be scaled back to minimize the memory footprint of
the server. Security will be limited to simple username/password options
and the server will support only two simultaneous users. The Lite version
will have a drag-and-drop user interace designed to make publishing files
on the Web and adding plug-ins a simple operation for novice users.

WebSTAR Lite is expected to be available by the end of July, 1996. For more
information on Macintosh products, call (800) 525-2580 or (510) 649-4949,
fax to (510) 548-0393, or send email to info@starnine.com

About Quarterdeck

Quarterdeck Corporation is a pioneer in the development of software
products in four strategic business areas: Utilities, Internet Solutions,
Internet Services, and Communications. 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 offers an
entire line of powerful, next-generation Internet tools for corporate,
small business and individual users, including the award-winning
WebCompass Professional, and the company's first product in the
Communications market, WebTalk. Quarterdeck recently acquired DATASTORM
TECHNOLOGIES, INC., developer of the award-winning communications program
PROCOMM PLUS 3.0.

Quarterdeck Corporation's headquarters are located at 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 an e-mail request to
info@quarterdeck.com .
 
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