BORLAND AND WORDPERFECT CORP. INTRODUCE PRODUCT SUITE 
Companies Announce Strategic Alliance

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. April 21, 1993 -- Borland International. Inc.
(NASDAQ:BORL) and WordPerfect Corporation today announced a new strategic
alliance between the two software companies. The alliance will allow
Borland and WordPerfect Corp. to collaborate as independent companies in
sharing technology and other resources to meet market opportunities.

The alliance between Borland and WordPerfect Corp. is an example of the
management model described in the best-selling book, The Virtual
Corporation. Author's William H. Davidow and Michael S. Malone state:
"Business success in the global marketplace of the future is going to
depend on companies that partner together to leverage their individual
strengths to deliver the best products and solutions for their
customers."

Areas of Collaboration

The relationship between Borland and WordPerfect Corp. is a direct response
to customer suggestions that the two companies team up to deliver software
solutions for office automation. Leveraging off of each company's
resources and strengths, the two companies are focusing their strategic
alliance on the common goal of making it easier for customers to automate
their offices and to get better value for their software purchases.

Initially the two companies expect to work together in the following area,:


* Research and Development to provide tighter integration between
  the companies' software products. 
* Joint support for IDAPI (Independent Database Application
  Programming Interface), an industry standard for accessing
  corporate data on multiple platforms and operating systems.
* Coordinated marketing, sales and support programs to make 
  it easier for customers to purchase products.

Borland Office for Windows

The first product resulting from Borland's and WordPerfect Corp.'s
long-term strategic alliance is Borland Office for Windows. Borland Office
for Windows is the first software suite to combine the three best-selling
categories of PC software-word processing, spreadsheet and database--and
will include WordPerfect 5.2 for Windows, Quattro Pro for Windows 1.0 and
Paradox for Windows 1.0. It also marks the first time two major software
companies have combined products into a single package.

"Borland Office for Windows is an important step in our long-term strategic
relationship," said Philippe Kahn, Borland's president, chairman and CEO.
"This alliance will enable us to create 'no compromise' solutions that
will address our customer's office automation needs."

Alan Ashton, president for WordPerfect Corporation, said: "This alliance
gives us the opportunity to enter the suite market with a strong partner,
one with complementary product offerings and excellent technology.
Together we can provide real-world solutions that benefit our customers."

Pricing and Availability

Borland Office for Windows is scheduled to be available in the second half
of June, 1993 for a suggested retail price of $595. Purchased separately,
Quattro Pro, Paradox and WordPerfect products have a combined suggested
retail price of $1,785. The suggested retail price of $595 for Borland
Office for Windows provides users a savings of 66 percent. This offer is
an unprecedented value, providing software users in one package an
award-winning word processor, spreadsheet and database for one low price.
The suggested retail price is in U.S. dollars and applies to the United
States and Canada.

Workgroup Extension Pack

In addition. customers who purchase Borland Office for Windows are eligible
to purchase WordPerfect Corporation's Workgroup Extension Pack, which
includes: electronic mail, scheduling, calendaring, forms and presentation
graphics. The Workgroup Extension Pack is scheduled to be available from
WordPerfect Corp. in the third quarter of this year.

Borland and WordPerfect Corp. are already working closely together and have
enhanced the interoperability of WordPerfect and Quattro Pro. When the
first version of the Borland Office for Windows ships, users will be able
to directly import rich text and data from Quattro Pro for Windows
spreadsheet notebooks into WordPerfect. This is the first of future
enhancements Borland and WordPerfect Corp. are planning to enhance
interoperability among these products.

WordPerfect for Windows, Borland's Quattro Pro for Windows and Borland's
Paradox for Windows are all award-winning software products used
throughout corporations and homes worldwide. Both Paradox for Windows and
Quattro Pro for Windows are PC Magazine Editors Choice award winners, and
WordPerfect for Windows is a winner of InfoWorld's Product of the Year
Award. In the support area, both companies have received numerous industry
accolades for customer satisfaction from personal computer software
users.

Privately held WordPerfect Corporation, headquartered in Orem, Utah, is a
leading developer of business software to help people process, share and
present information across a wide variety of computer operating systems.
Among the company's key products are the world's best-selling word
processor, WordPerfect, as well as WordPerfect Office, WordPerfect
Presentations, and WordPerfect InForms.

Recognized for its leadership in providing outstanding customer support,
WordPerfect Corporation is represented throughout the world by 50
international affiliates serving 106 countries with products in 27
languages.

For millions of software developers and end users worldwide, Borland
International, Inc. is the leader in application development software. A
pioneer in the use of object-oriented technology, Borland is committed to
offering the world's best database management, programming languages,
development tools, spreadsheets and applications software. Borland's
products include Paradox, Quattro Pro, dBASE, InterBase, Borland C++ and
Borland Pascal with Objects. Founded in 1983 by Philipp Kahn, Borland is
headquarted in Scotts Valley, California

Borland International Inc
1800 Green Hills Rd
PO Box 660001
Scotts Valley, CA 95067-0001

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