GUPTA Opens Team Developer 2005 Beta Program; Boosting Productivity with Cross-Platform Development and Deployment.

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- Gupta Technologies LLC, a Platinum Equity company, and leading provider of embedded relational databases and visual development tools, today announced the beta release of its award-winning RAD tool, Team Developer(TM) for Linux.

Team Developer 2005 introduces support for the Linux operating system. For the first time, it will be possible to use a Rapid Application Development approach for Linux and Windows Desktop business applications. Team Developer doubles productivity by enabling developers to create one line of code to support both OS's simultaneously. This powerful feature will help to expand Linux Desktop adoption as more solutions can be deployed faster than ever. For example:

--Team Developer's cross platform architecture enables developers to leverage both Linux and Windows simultaneously lowering total life-cycle costs.

--Team Developer's collaborative environment, Team Object Manager, maximizes developer and resource productivity by allowing teams to work on separate areas at the same time.

--Report Builder 2005, a component of the suite, is enhanced to support international number formatting, the inclusion of report file comments that can be retrieved from an application, and introduces many new functions

--Team Developer's open architecture gives the developer the freedom to choose any database and access method.

The Team Developer 2005 for Linux Beta Program starts August 16th and will continue until September 17th. If you would like to join the Team Developer 2005 beta, please register on the GUPTA(TM) website, www.guptaworldwide.com/Products/TD2005BetaRegistration.aspx.

GUPTA products power applications that affect millions of people everyday where reliability and security are absolutely critical such as filling a prescription, sending a package, or using on-line banking services. GUPTA has 20 years experience providing proven, secure and reliable software that speeds application development and insulates applications from underlying platform changes allowing seamless movement into the future.

Gupta Technologies, LLC

Gupta Technologies (www.guptaworldwide.com) specializes in embedded relational databases and visual development tools for e-business. The company's core products include SQLBase and Team Developer. SQLBase is a relational database that features the highest level of security in the market, with more than one million copies in use worldwide. GUPTA has sales offices and distributors in 46 countries, and counts numerous Global 2000 companies as its customers. GUPTA is based in Redwood Shores, Calif., and is owned by Platinum Equity.

Platinum Equity

Platinum Equity (www.platinumequity.com) is a global M&A&OSM firm specialized in the merger, acquisition and operation of mission-critical services and solutions companies. Since its founding in 1995, Platinum Equity has acquired more than 40 businesses and built a portfolio of companies with more than 35,000 employees, more than 600,000 customer sites and annual revenues of $6.5 billion (EUR 5.2 billion). In 2003 Platinum Equity was named the 34th largest private company in the United States.