FLEXlm for Java Introduced for Licensing and Marketing Java Applets &
Applications

FLEXlm for Java Boosts 'Electronic Commerce for Software

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 29, 1996 -- GLOBEtrotter Software, Inc., of
Campbell, Calif., today expanded its presence in the electronic commerce
market by making its FLEXlm, license manager available for use with Java
Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s cross-platform programming language. FLEXlm is
the de facto standard license manager for open systems.

GLOBEtrotter is exhibiting here at the JavaOne Conference.

In 1995, over $3 billion in software licenses were distributed over the
Internet using FLEXlm, and over $15 billion in installed licenses were
managed by FLEXlm.

FLEXlm controls or monitors a user's compliance with a software product's
license terms. Software developers integrate FLEXlm into an application so
it appropriately responds to a user's license rights described in an
authenticated license file. If the user is licensed, the application
responds by running normally. If the user is not licensed to run the
application, possible responses include: not permitting the application to
run; warning the user that such use is unlicensed, but permit the user to
run anyway, or record the usage for billing purposes.

As a result, software developers can readily distribute applications and
applets across the Internet, as well as track licenses so that they can
limit use to only licensed customers, thereby getting fair compensation
for their efforts.

FLEXlm for Java is part of the industry trend toward using electronic
commerce technology for the distribution of software over the Internet and
CD-ROM. Software publishers can greatly lower their software distribution
and marketing costs by placing an entire product line on a CD-ROM or by
distributing their applications across the Internet while actual use of
the software is controlled by FLEXlm. Electronically distributed software
gives users immediate access to many different applications, and makes it
easier for them to evaluate, purchase and share software while
automatically complying with license terms during product evaluations or
after the purchase of licenses.

"Software is one of the most appropriate industries for electronic commerce
on the Internet," said Richard Mirabella, GLOBEtrotter Software vice
president.

"FLEXlm provides a means for software vendors to control product
evaluations and deliver purchased licenses without resorting to
commercially unsound shareware business strategies." According to
Mirabella, "FLEXlm allows Java based products to more quickly achieve a
business critical mass, by minimizing unpaid use of software and making
marketing and sales more efficient - this is of great value to software
businesses going into the Java marketplace."

FLEXlm for Java is interoperable with FLEXlm on UNIX, Microsoft Windows,
NT, and Netware, so developers can use FLEXlm to have a uniform marketing
and business operations approach to licensing software.

Java applets are run within a Web browser, such as Netscape's Navigator or
Sun's HotJava, regardless of whether the browser is running on a Windows
95 PC, a UNIX workstation or a Power Macintosh.

Pricing for a FLEXlm developer license starts at $4,000. The production
version of FLEXlm for Java will be in August.

GLOBEtrotter Software is the market and technology leader in license
management solutions and Electronic Commerce for Software. Nearly 800
leading computer manufacturers and software vendors use GLOBEtrotter's
FLEXlm in more than 12,000 products worldwide. Licensees include: Sun,
DEC, HP, Fujitsu, NEC, ICL, Siemens, Computer Associates, Adobe, Dow
Jones, Cognos, CompuWare, Cadence, Mentor, and many other major software
vendors.

A privately held company, GLOBEtrotter is located in Campbell, CA. FLEXlm
is a registered trademark of GLOBEtrotter Software. Electronic Commerce
for Software is a trademark of GLOBEtrotter Software.

Contact GLOBEtrotter Software at 300 Orchard City Drive, Suite 131,
Campbell, CA 95008 USA. Call 408/370-2800. Fax 408/370-2884. E-mail
info@globes.com. http://www.globetrotter.com
 
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