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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Press Contacts:

Cynthia Fray
Metrowerks Inc.
(512) 873-4758
cynthia@metrowerks.com

Sara Payne/Deb Fry
Microware Systems Corporation
(515) 223-8000
sarap@microware.com/debf@microware.com

METROWERKS TO LICENSE JAVA OPTIMIZATION TECHNOLOGY TO MICROWARE

AUSTIN, Texas-April 2, 1997-Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME: MWK),
one of the world’s leading providers of software development tools, today
announced that it will license its optimized byte code interpreter and
Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation technology to Microware Systems Corp.

Contact: Colleen Miller,
Development Director
(510) 549-2684 x210

MORE VENDORS AND SPEAKERS THAN EVER
TO ATTEND BMUG’S MACFEST ’97

For Immediate Release – BERKELEY, CA, April 2, 1997 – April 26 marks the
date of the 7th annual BMUG MacFest. This year MacFest will be held at its
usual site in the Pauley Ballroom on the UC Berkeley Campus. The show will
take place from 10am to 6pm. This year will prove to be the best yet with
such big name vendors as Adobe,Connectix, Aladdin, Dantz, Iomega, Corel,
Wacom, Techworks, Motorola and MANY more.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

STARBASE ANNOUNCES NON-EXCLUSIVE BUNDLING
AGREEMENT WITH ORACLE

Inclusion of StarBase’s Version Control Product Expands Market
Opportunity

Irvine, California, March 27, 1997 – StarBase Corporation (Nasdaq: SBAS)
today announced the completion of a non-exclusive bundling agreement with
Oracle to ship StarBase’s version control product, Versions 2.0, with
Oracle’s Developer/2000 product at no additional charge to the customer.
Oracle [Nasdaq: ORCL] is a major vendor of developer tools with the company
exceeding $5.2 billion in annual revenue.

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CLARIS SETS ANNUAL SOLUTIONS CONFERENCE FOR MAY 12-15 IN SAN JOSE

Three day conference to focus on integrating Claris software for the
Internet for “simply better solutions”

Santa Clara, Calif., March 31, 1997 – Claris Corporation has announced
that online registration is now open for its second annual Claris
Solutions Conference May 12-15, 1997, at the San Jose Fairmont, in San
Jose, Calif at http://www.claris.com/solutions conference .

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Press Contacts:
Ryan James
Waggener Edstrom
(503) 245-0905
ryanj@wagged.com

Joscelyn Zell
Waggener Edstrom
(503) 245-0905
jzell@wagged.com

Cynthia Fray
Metrowerks Inc.
(512) 873-4758
cynthia@metrowerks.com

MICROSOFT AND METROWERKS ANNOUNCE FREE REDISTRIBUTION OF VIRTUAL MACHINE
FOR JAVA AND JIT COMPILER FOR THE MACINTOSH

Fast, Robust, Small-Footprint Way to Run Java on the Macintosh Now
Available to Any Developer

SAN FRANCISCO-April 2, 1997-Today at Software Development West and JavaOne,
Microsoft Corp. and Metrowerks Inc.