BORLAND OFFICE FOR WINDOWS SHIPS
Special Pricing Announced

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. -- May 11, 1993 -- Borland International Inc.
(NASDAQ: BORL) today announced it started shipping Borland Office for
Windows, the first software suite to combine the three best-selling
categories of PC software -- word processing, spreadsheet and database.

Borland Office for Windows includes WordPerfect 5.2 for Windows, Quattro
Pro for Windows 1.0 and Paradox for Windows 1.0. It marks the first time
two major software companies have joined forces to produce a suite of
applications that run under the Microsoft Windows operating environment.

90-day Introductory Offer and Special Upgrade Pricing

Borland Office for Windows has a suggested retail price of $595. For 90
days, Borland Office for Windows will have an introductory price of
$399.95. In addition, the company announced a 90-day special upgrade price
of $299.95 for users of any DOS or Windows word processor, database,
spreadsheet or presentation package. Thereafter, the upgrade will be
available for a limited time for a suggested retail price of $395.

The suggested retail prices are in U.S. dollars and apply to the U.S. and
Canada. Dealer prices may vary.

Purchased separately, the products in Borland Office for Windows have a
combined suggested retail price of $1,785. This offer is an unprecedented
value, providing software users in one package an award-winning word
processor, spreadsheet and database for one low price.

Borland Office for Windows is the result of a long-term strategic alliance
between Borland and WordPerfect Corporation. The alliance will allow
Borland and WordPerfect Corp. to collaborate as independent companies in
sharing technology and other resources to fulfill customer demand and meet
market opportunities.

Customers Respond Enthusiastically

The products in the Borland Office for Windows are popular standards in
corporations worldwide.

"Our organization is extremely pleased with Borland and WordPerfect's
long-term alliance and their first product suite, the Borland Office for
Windows," said Jim Crain, information system manager for the City of Los
Angeles. "We have entered into a maintenance program with both Borland and
WordPerfect and have standardized on all three products offered in the
suite -- WordPerfect for Windows, Quattro Pro for Windows and Paradox for
Windows. Borland Office for Windows is an ideal solution for large
organizations and we look forward to reaping the benefits of this suite."

"Borland Office for Windows is a great team of favorite applications among
corporations. Borland is using the business world's form of free agency to
put together an outstanding line up," said Dan Atkins, consultant for
Northwest Airlines. "This suite is the first package to meet requests from
corporations for a suite of the three 'must have' software applications
vital to everyday corporate information management."

The introduction of WordPerfect for Windows was one of the most successful
launches of a Windows product. In fact, today there are more than two
million users of WordPerfect for Windows.

Quattro Pro for Windows is one of the most highly acclaimed applications
and has received more than a dozen awards including InfoWorld's Product of
the Year Award and PC Magazine's Award for Technical Excellence.

After only three months on the market, major corporations nationwide are
moving to standardize on Paradox for Windows. To date, more than 125 U.S.
companies have adopted Paradox for Windows and now include the product
among their accepted corporate software products.

A Complete Solution

Borland Office for Windows delivers the best word processor, the best
database and the best spreadsheet with presentation graphics, packaged
together at an affordable price. 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.

Enhanced Interoperability

Borland and WordPerfect Corp. are already working closely together and have
enhanced the interoperability of WordPerfect and Quattro Pro. This first
version of Borland Office for Windows enables users 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 extend interoperability among these
products.

WordPerfect for Windows and Paradox for Windows are also interoperable and
are frequently used together for creating reports and mail-merged
documents. WordPerfect users can import documents with rich text directly
into reports and tables created in Paradox and font styles and colors are
preserved.

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.
Quattro Pro for Windows and WordPerfect for Windows are both winners 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.

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 Philippe Kahn, Borland is
headquartered in Scotts Valley, California.

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

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