Applix Announces Its Linux-Based Office Suite Demo to Ship With Storm Linux 2000.WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 1999-- Applix and Stormix Technologies forge new relationship to expand marketing efforts for Applixware Office for the Linux platform. Applix, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : APLX), announced today that Stormix Technologies Inc. will ship with its Storm Linux 2000 product the demo version of Applixware Office 4.4.2, a leading office suite on the Linux platform. Applixware Office for Linux is a full-featured office productivity suite. The suite includes tools for word processing, spreadsheet, business graphics, presentations, e-mail, database access and rapid application developments. Applixware Office includes filters for Microsoft Office 2000 documents as well as many other popular file formats. It recently won the Linux Magazine Cool Product Award. "Applixware is a leader in the rapidly growing Linux market," says David Talmor, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Stormix Technologies Inc. "We are proud to be shipping the demo version with Storm Linux 2000." "We look forward to a long term relationship with Stormix Technologies," says R. J. Grandpre, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Applix's Linux Division, adding, "As more corporations see the cost benefits of Linux, we see Applixware Office providing mission critical stability, performance and seamless interoperability with Microsoft Office users." The release date of Storm Linux 2000 is expected to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. shortly. The beta version can be downloaded from www.stormix.com. About Applix Applix, Inc. (NASDAQ: APLX), headquartered in Westboro, MA, is a leading provider of productivity and analytic applications for the Linux, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Microsoft platforms. Applixware Office is the only office suite designed for and integrated with the Linux and UNIX environments. Applix SHELF is an open source application development and deployment system. With Applix Anyware, applications are deployed to any standard web browser using Java. Applix iTM1 is an on-line analytical processing (database) On-Line Analytical Processing - (OLAP) A category of database software which provides an interface such that users can transform or limit raw data according to user-defined or pre-defined functions, and quickly and interactively examine the results in various dimensions solution for decision support and real-time business analysis. Smartbeak.com is the Linux customer support and collaboration web site. Applix iEnterprise is an Internet-based customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) solution. The Company's products are available on a variety of operating systems, including Windows, Windows NT, Linux (including Red Hat (NASDAQ:RHAT RHAT Red Hat (stock symbol) RHAT Rainwater Harvesting Association of Tanzania RHAT Register Hba Attributes ), SuSE, Caldera, Turbo Linux) and UNIX (including Sun Microsystems Solaris (NASDAQ:SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ), IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AIX (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IBM) and all other major Unix platforms). More information can be found at http://www.applix.com. Background on Stormix Technologies Founded in February 1999, Stormix Technologies is a Linux based software development company based in Vancouver, Canada. Its flagship product is Storm Linux, an enhancement of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. For more information, see www.stormix.com or contact Bruce Byfield, Stormix Technologies, 604/688-9137 bbyfield@stormix.com. Notes to Investors This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Specifically, comments related to the demand for, revenue from and acceptance of the Company's products and the Company's position in the markets, may be considered forward-looking and subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to: the rate of growth in market demand for the products; the acceptance of the Company's products; intense competitive conditions; rapid technological change; frequent new product introductions and evolving domestic and international standards, which may render existing products and services obsolete. Refer to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998 for a list of factors as discussed under "Risk Factors." Applix does not undertake - and specifically declines any obligation - to publicly release the result of any revision which may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events. 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