VISUAL COMPONENTS EXTENDS EXCEL FUNCTIONALITY TO THE INTERNET

Formula One/NET Pro is an Excel-Compatible Spreadsheet Plug-In For Netscape
Navigator 2.0

LENEXA, KANSAS, MAY 28, 1996 - Visual Components, Inc. (VCI), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., today announced that Formula
One/NET Pro, the first spreadsheet component for the Internet, has been
enhanced to allow Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to be imported and exported
directly from the Netscape Navigator 2.0 Internet client software. Formula
One/NET Pro is a plug-in component that leverages the Netscape Navigator
plug-in Application Programming Interface (API), allowing users to view
worksheet data, format and edit text and perform calculations with
spreadsheets embedded in HTML documents.

Supporting more than 120 of the most commonly used Excel spreadsheet
functions, Formula One/NET Pro converts .XLS files to .VTS files -- the
Formula One-native file format -- requiring one-tenth an .XLS file's
memory requirements. Compressed .VTS files can be launched in seconds and
easily deployed to multiple users in Internet and intranet-based business
applications. Formula One/NET Pro's enhanced Workbook Designer enables
users to graphically format and design spreadsheets, link charts to
spreadsheets, import and export Microsoft Excel 5.0 and 7.0 .XLS
worksheets and dynamically create links to URLs.

According to Gerald Newton, president of Newton's Software, "Formula One
NET/Pro is one of the easiest applications I have ever learned. People who
know how to run Windows will find they already have the necessary skills
to produce dynamic content for Web pages. This gives ordinary spreadsheet
designers the ability to transport powerful spreadsheet programs around
the globe."

"Formula One/NET Pro delivers the speed and functionality our customers
need without the overhead of a full spreadsheet application," said Tom
DeBacco, president of Visual Components. "The ability to read and write
Excel files from the browser without launching external applications
distinguishes Formula One/NET Pro as unique technology."

"Visual Components' Formula One/NET Pro extends the business functionality
of Netscape Navigator 2.0," said Donna Simonides, director of developer
relations at Netscape Communications Corporation. "Our goal is to extend
Netscape Navigator as a platform for the development of true business
applications over the Internet. We recognize how components like Formula
One/NET Pro help Netscape reach that goal."

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

Formula One/NET Pro is currently available at a suggested North American
retail list price of $79. Formula One/NET Pro can be downloaded from the
Visual Components Web site at http://www.visualcomp.com, or may be
purchased from Visual Components and Sybase participating resellers and
distributors worldwide.

Visual Components, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., develops and
markets technologically advanced, object-based software development tools.
Established in 1993 as VisualTools by the founders and developers of
Innovative Software and the Wingz graphical spreadsheet, Visual Components
is committed to establishing itself as the leader in manufacturing and
supporting commercial-quality component software.

Headquartered in Emeryville, Calif., Sybase, Inc. is a worldwide leader in
client/server software. The company's two major product units -- the
Enterprise Business Group and the Powersoft Business Group -- are focused
on the core market segments of online transaction processing, data
warehousing, mass deployment and electronic commerce. Sybase's software
products -- databases, middleware and tools -- provide customers with
enterprise-to-desktop solutions. The company's mission is to provide its
customers with an open, adaptable information systems architecture that
enables them to develop and deliver complete information systems solutions
to facilitate rapid business change. With record revenues in 1995 of $957
million, Sybase is the sixth largest independent software company in the
world. The company's Internet addresses are http://www.sybase.com and
http://www.powersoft.com.
 
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