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Anthony Carrabino
President/CEO
Vista Software
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Apollo first Xbase engine to support Microsoft .NET

Vista Software prepares Apollo engine to support Microsoft .NET becoming the first Xbase engine for the .NET platform

LA JOLLA, Calif. – January 31, 2002 – Vista Software today announced plans to support Microsoft .NET with its Apollo Xbase data engine.

“Microsoft .NET is clearly gaining momentum with developers worldwide and we want to be first to deliver an Xbase data engine for this powerful new platform,” stated Anthony Carrabino, President and CEO of Vista Software.

According to Carrabino, demand and inquiries for .NET support has been steadily increasing over the past year and the company believes that .NET will become the dominant development platform in coming years.

“.NET's new CLR technology makes development interchangeable for VB.NET and C#.NET users,” stated Med Shakeri, Vice President and CTO of Vista Software. "We are very excited about our plans to support .NET."

The company is working with .NET power-users to help get the design and architecture correct. No official release date has been set, but a mid-year release was hinted at with release previews earlier than that. Firm pricing has not been set, but Carrabino stated that pricing will be in-keeping with their other Apollo products in the $300 to $450 range. The company has created a newsgroup to provide .NET customers with technical support: news://news.vistasoftware.com/vista.public.apollo

About Apollo

Apollo data engines allow software developers to manage Xbase data files such as FoxPro, CA-Clipper and HiPer-SIx flavors from Active Server Pages, Delphi, C++ and Visual Basic. Apollo is a self-contained data engine that does not require other data engines such as the BDE, JET or ODBC.

About Vista Software

Founded in 1999, Vista Software (www.vistasoftware.com) is a privately owned California Corporation specializing in providing advanced database products to professionals using development tools from Microsoft, Borland, IBM, Computer Associates and other major vendors. Products include Apollo ASP, Apollo COM, Apollo OLE DB, Apollo Server, Apollo SQL, Apollo VCL, Apollo Data Control, Apollo .NET, Artemis and the SIx Driver. Apollo database products are in use by over 100,000 developers, end-users and corporations worldwide.

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