Starbase Corp. Announces Availability of CodeWright 6.5; The Programmer's Editing System Delivers Enhanced Functionality and Internet-Speed Development Through XML and HTML Support.

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SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2000

Starbase Corp. (Nasdaq:SBAS), the leading provider of collaboration products for the creation and management of integrated code and content e-business applications, Friday announced the general availability of CodeWright 6.5, The Programmer's Editor(TM).

CodeWright 6.5, an advanced code editing system developed for the Windows environment, includes enhanced functionality targeted specifically to increase traditional application development efficiency as well as new support features for XML and HTML e-business development.

"As the demand and sheer scope of development projects continue to rise, tools that help speed the process become more critical to meet deadlines," stated Mike Dickason, software developer for Autodesk Inc.

"CodeWright 6.5 delivers powerful navigation features and a level of customization that I find invaluable in meeting our development requirements and standards. The HTML and Web support added to this release will serve to extend CodeWright's usability, but it is the powerful language support and CodeSense that makes CodeWright 6.5 the most powerful tool I've used for creating and enhancing code."

Today's developers require proficiency in the tools and techniques of numerous languages and development environments. CodeWright 6.5's customizability enables the standardization of development environments and eliminates the need to continually learn the behaviors of different development GUIs and IDEs.

CodeWright 6.5 features new support for ASP, XML, HTML, C(pound sign), Perl and Python, as well as enhanced CodeSense(TM) for Java and C/C++. CodeSense minimizes manual programming input by recognizing and completing extensions as well as providing easy definition lookup. These features speed the editing process and improve code quality.

"Key factors in meeting on-time delivery of Web applications lie in increasing developer productivity and improving the quality of code," stated Lydia Patterson, vice president of Products Group for Starbase Corp.

"CodeWright 6.5 addresses both these aspects by applying CodeSense functionality to HTML and Web applications, speeding the editing process and enhancing code quality. Our goal in developing CodeWright 6.5 was to produce a world-class editing system for both traditional and Web developers. We've succeeded."

CodeWright 6.5 satisfies the diverse needs of Java(TM), XML and legacy COBOL programmers, enabling editing in either a Web page view or in the standard HTML edit screen. Additional improvements to CodeWright 6.5 and CodeSense allow more customizations, new hot keys and an expanded CodeSense library that contributes to an overall faster development environment and greater programmer productivity.

About CodeWright 6.5

Introduced in 1991, CodeWright was the first programmer's editor designed for the Microsoft Windows environment. Subsequent releases have helped programmers worldwide maximize productivity. CodeWright 6.5 provides a complete development toolkit.

CodeWright has the ability to adapt to the changes created by the evolution of new technologies and languages, including ASP, XML, HTML, C(pound sign), Perl and Python, as well as enhanced CodeSense(TM) for Java and C/C++. CodeWright 6.5 is priced at $299 and available today. For more information and special promotions visit www.premia.com.

About Starbase

Starbase is the leading provider of collaboration products for the creation and management of integrated code and content e-business applications. Collaboration is the simultaneous coordination, management and communication of geographically dispersed contributors of both code and content for e-business applications.

With more than 1,450 StarTeam customers worldwide, the company's technology supports the continuous cycle of creating, linking and managing digital assets, which comprise complex e-business applications. Starbase products enable users with differing technical and functional backgrounds to collaborate on the production of Web sites and e-business initiatives from multiple locations.

Companies and organizations, including leading corporations such as Lucent Technologies, Intel, BMC Software, Motorola, PepsiCo, Seagate Technology, Hollywood Entertainment, eTour.com, Oxygen Media and Ann Taylor have selected StarTeam to manage their e-business development projects. Starbase has headquarters at 4 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 800, Santa Ana, Calif. 92707.

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Forward-Looking Statements 

When used in the preceding discussion, the words "believes, expects, or intend to" and similar conditional expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any of the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, (i) conditions in the general economy or the software industry, (ii) the timely development and market acceptance of products and technologies, (iii) competitive factors, (iv) demand for team productivity software products, (v) sell-through of products in the sales channel, and (vi) other risks described in Starbase Corporation's SEC reports and filings.

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