Borland Inducted Into Jolt Awards Hall of Fame by Software Development Magazine.

Business Editors/Technology Writers

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2002

Borland Also Recognized with Two Productivity Awards

for Borland(R) Delphi(TM) 6/ Kylix(TM) 2, and Borland(R) JBuilder(TM)

Development Environments

Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq NM: BORL) today announced it has been inducted into Software Development magazine's Jolt Awards Hall of Fame. Borland also received two productivity awards in the "Languages and Development Environment" category for Borland(R) JBuilder(TM), the leading Java(TM) development solution, and for its rapid application development (RAD) solutions for Windows(TM) and Linux(R), Borland(R) Delphi(TM) 6 and Kylix(TM) 2. The Jolt Awards honor products that impress the industry with their significance and bring a "jolt" of productivity to software development managers and their teams.

"Since Turbo Pascal came out in 1983, Borland has been releasing smart, efficient developer environments that have gained quite a following," said Alexandra Weber Morales, editor in chief of Software Development magazine. "Delphi, for example, has an almost fanatical user community. And JBuilder has won Jolt Awards year after year for software development. In addition to giving Productivity Awards to Delphi, Kylix and JBuilder, the judges felt that Borland should be inducted into the Software Development Hall of Fame for its consistent performance."

Jolt judges selected 23 Jolt and Productivity award winners and one Hall of Fame inductee from among hundreds of applicants. The Jolt Hall of Fame award premiered five years ago, designed as a vehicle to provide special recognition for products that "release after release, have shown serious content improvement."

"Borland is honored to join the impressive list of companies already inducted into Software Development magazine's Jolt Awards Hall of Fame," said Frank Slootman, vice president of software solutions at Borland. "This award recognizes Borland's commitment to evolve the software development experience to the highest level by consistently providing best-in-class technology solutions for customers to increase their productivity and deliver high performance projects faster and on budget."

Software Development magazine editors, product reviewers, columnists, writers, and select editors from other CMP Media technical magazines reviewed some 700 applications and chose 49 Jolt Award finalists in six categories. Winners were announced and honored at an awards ceremony at the Software Development West Conference and Exhibition in San Jose, Calif.

About Borland

Borland Software Corporation is a leading provider of technology used to develop, deploy and integrate software applications. Delivering best-in-class technology solutions dedicated to interoperability, Borland allows enterprises of all sizes to move into Web based computing while leveraging legacy systems. From the Fortune 1000 to the Borland Nation comprised of millions of developers around the world, Borland provides customers the freedom to develop applications, deploy them anywhere, and integrate and manage them across the enterprise. Borland solutions enable organizations to increase productivity and deliver higher performance projects faster and on budget, while lowering total cost of ownership.

Founded in 1983, Borland is headquartered in Scotts Valley, California with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Borland at http://www.borland.com, the community site at http://community.borland.com, or call Borland at [phone].

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