Year: 1998

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AMERICA ONLINE, INC. AND SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
FORM STRATEGIC ALLIANCE

Will Accelerate Growth Of E-Commerce
And Develop Next-Generation Internet Devices

Three-Year Development and Marketing Agreements

Sun to Become A Lead Systems and Services Provider to AOL

DULLES, VA and PALO ALTO, CA, November 24, 1998 — America Online, Inc.
(NYSE: AOL), the world’s leading provider of branded interactive services,
and Sun Microsystems, Inc.

AMERICA ONLINE, INC. TO ACQUIRE
NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
IN STOCK TRANSACTION VALUED AT $4.2 BILLION

Acquisition To Significantly Advance AOL’s Multiple Brand Strategy,
Broaden Audience, and Take E-Commerce to New Level

AOL To Operate Most Popular and Diverse
Family of Brands in Cyberspace

AOL and Sun Microsystems, Inc. to Develop Next Generation of
E-Commerce Solutions and Internet Devices

DULLES, VA, November 24, 1998 — America Online, Inc.

Sig Software is proud to announce the release of Macintosh Application
Development Essentials version 1.2.

MADE is a tiny package of C/C++ code which provides all the lowest-level
needs for a Macintosh application. It is designed for people who are
learning, or know how to program Macs, but don’t have the time, energy or
desire to write basic menu, event, memory and error handling routines.

Version 1.2.0 adds support for suspend and resume events and the Open
Application AppleEvent, and extends user documentation.

News Flash!
Version 1.0.1 of AutoScript.fm available

Finally, there’s an easier way to duplicate FileMaker Pro scripts.

Version 1.0 of AutoScript.fm – the new developer tool that makes
duplicating FileMaker scripts from one database file to another easier –
will be available from a fully revamped AutoScript.fm web site beginning
November 21, 1998.

After rigorous beta testing, and stringent quality demands by the author,
AutoScript.fm promises to help countless FileMaker users and developers
with their day to day development.

A surprise in version 1.0.1 is full compatibil

NETSCAPE AND AMERICA ONLINE IN MERGER DISCUSSIONS

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (November 23, 1998) — Netscape Communications
Corporation (NASDAQ: NSCP) today confirmed that it is in negotiations with
America Online, Inc. (NYSE: AOL) regarding a proposed merger; however, no
agreement has been reached. The discussions involve a stock-for-stock,
pooling-of-interests transaction in which stockholders of Netscape would
receive 0.45 shares of AOL common stock for each share of Netscape common
stock.