Spyglass Acquires OS Technologies

Acquisition Adds Conferencing Technology to Spyglass Web Technology Kits 

Naperville, Ill. -- April 24, 1996 - Spyglass Inc. (NASPAQ: SPYG) announced
today the acquisition of OS Technologies Corp., a privately-held company
based in Townsend, Mass. that develops and licenses World-Wide Web
conferencing and forum Technology.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but OS Technologies will become
a part of Spyglass' East Coast Research & Development organization based
in Cambridge, Mass which was established earlier this year after the
acquisition of Stonehand Inc. of Cambridge, Mass.

OS Technologies' principal product is WebNotes, a powerful, easy to use
Web-based forums (BBS and Conferencing) system which helps people gather
and exchange ideas and information using the Web. WebNotes instantly
creates a well organized, easy to navigate discussion forum. Because it
can handle large amounts of information. WebNotes is well suited for
on-line customer support, connecting widely scattered people within an
organization, communicating effectively with business prospects and
partners, and general discussion groups. Among OS Technologies' customers
are EDS Unigraphics, Vanderbilt University, Ontos Corp., Open Environment
and the Center for Naval Analysis. 

'WebNotes is an important addition to our technology mix," said Douglas
Coltier. Spyglass president and CEO. "Offering corporations the ability to
conference within an Intranet or Internet network is something our
customers and prospects need in order to fully Web enable their
applications, services or devices. WebNotes is a premier Technology that
will fit well with the other components in our WTKs." 

"We're glad to be joining the market leader in Internet embedded
technology," said Steve Cloutier president of OS Technologies. "Joining
Spyglass represents a great opportunity for OS Technologies to become an
integral part of such a well-respected, quality organization that has a
business model that we think is right on and will be highly successful."

For OS Technologies product information refer to www.ostech.com or call
508.433.0200. 

Spyglass Inc

Spyglass Inc. (NASDAQ: SPYG) licenses World-Wide Web client and server
technologies. Spyglass technology is currently licensed by 72 partners,
including Computer Associates Inc, Digital Equipment Corp., IBM Corp.,
Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp. Spyglass technology has been licensed for
use in over 170 Internet based applications, services and devices.
Spyglass' headquarters are located at 1240 E. Diehl Rd, Naperville, Ill.
60563, with research and development facilities in Champaign, Ill,
Cambridge, Mass. and Los Altos, Calif. and regional sales offices in
Cambridge. Mass., Morristown N.J. and San Ramon Calif. Telephone
708.245.6500; fax: 708.245.6693; Web server, http://www.spyglass.com
 
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