Footprint Software Inc. Joins Component Integration Laboratories

NEW YORK, New York - at PC Expo- June 20, 1995 - Footprint Software Inc.
announced today it has joined Component Integration Laboratories (Cl
Labs), the open industry association promoting OpenDoc component software
technology. Footprint Software Inc., who will be incorporating OpenDoc
into areas of its integrated productivity package, IBM Works, have joined
Cl Labs at the subscriber level.

"Footprint Software is excited about joining Cl Labs for many reasons.
Through its OpenDoc component architecture Cl Labs promotes industry
standards. OpenDoc gives the power of cross platform interoperability.
Standards based components are the future of software development and it
is where we want to be focusing our efforts." said Greg Wolfond, Chairman
of Footprint Software.

Cl labs is an open industry association promoting non-proprietary
standards. Because of this, membership to Cl Labs Footprint will allow
Footprint to share its own experiences with OpenDoc and learn from those
of other vendors.

IBM Works, which ships in the OS/2 Warp Bonus Pak, is an integrated package
offering a full range of productivity applications, including word
processing, spreadsheets, charts and Personal Information Management
tools. IBM Works currently supports System Object Model (SOM). By using
OpenDoc each IBM Works module could be built into an OpenDoc component.

"Component Software is the natural evolution for product suites," says
Sharon Manuel Vice President of Retail Products. "The idea that users
wanted smaller, tightly integrated productivity pieces, rather than
feature and resource intensive suites, was one of the original concepts
behind Footprint Works for OS/2. The OpenDoc architecture is the best way
for developers to build software components that can be assembled to suit
specific user requirements."

Footprint Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM Canada Ltd,
specializes in PC software development and implementation. Footprint is a
leading developer and provider of object orientated financial services
software in Canada and around the world. Footprint Software first entered
the OS/2 retail application market with Footprint Works for OS/2, the
predecessor of IBM Works, in 1993.

Footprint Software Inc
53 Yonge St, 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5E 1J3
416-860-0477,  fax 416-860-1780

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