NOVELL SHIPS APPWARE 1.2

Now Available Through Retail And Mail Order Sales Channels

PROVO, Utah--April 18, 1995--Novell, Inc. today announced that AppWare 1.2
is now shipping. Novell also announced expanded distribution for AppWare
1.2, making the product available through retail and mail order sales
channels in addition to Novell's traditional reseller channel. AppWare is
Novell's high-level programming tool for rapid application development
using pre-written, reusable software components called AppWare Loadable
Modules (ALMs).

AppWare 1.2 includes new functionality and enhancements, and adds new
third-party ALMs. And for a limited time, AppWare 1.2 is being offered at
a reduced price, making the product more affordable.

"There are a large number of corporate developers, network administrators,
and IS managers who need to create cross-platform network applications and
utilities to make their jobs easier," said Ed Firmage, director of
marketing for Novell's NetWare Development Tools Group. "AppWare allows
these customers to quickly and easily develop these applications and
utilities. And by providing AppWare in the retail and mail order sales
channels at a reduced price, Novell is making it easier to purchase the
product."

According to Rick Haigis, vice president of marketing at The Programmer's
Shop, demand for AppWare 1.2 should be high. "Our mail order customers
include MIS managers, network administrators, system integrators and
consultants in addition to the 'traditional' programmer. These customers
are looking for a high-level programming tool to easily develop custom
applications and utilities to make their computing environments easier to
use and manage."

New Features

AppWare 1.2's application editor now includes a "single step" debugging
capability. The new feature allows customers to single step from any break
point while executing an application. This speeds the debugging process
and makes it easier to debug an application.

AppWare 1.2 also includes enhancements and adds new functions to many of
the ALMs that ship with the product. New functionality has been added to
the Application, Button, Date, Database, File, File Operations, General,
List, Page Layout, Table, Text, Time and Window ALMs.

New ALMs

AppWare 1.2 includes new ALMs from Reach Software and Wall Data. Reach
Software's WorkMAN for AppWare provides three ALM objects (Workflow,
Stage, and Link) and a number of functions that enhance the capability of
customers using AppWare to build workflow-enabled applications. All the
objects and functions can be incorporated seamlessly into AppWare
applications. The AppWare environment also gives developers the
flexibility to easily add their own logic to the process model.

Wall Data's RUMBA ALM makes it possible for AppWare applications to bring
host data from IBM mainframe, AS/400, or Digital VAX computing
environments to desktop PCs. The RUMBA ALM helps facilitate downsizing by
allowing customers to develop applications that can use host data on
desktop PCs.

Pricing and Availability

To speed installation for both Macintosh and MS Windows platforms, AppWare
1.2 is delivered on a single CD-ROM. The product is available now at a
specially reduced price of $199 through August 1995. After August, the
price will be $495 (Suggested U.S. List). In addition to being available
through Novell's Authorized, Gold and Platinum Resellers, AppWare 1.2 is
now available though retail and mail order sales channels such as The
Programmer's Shop, Programmers Warehouse, and Mac Warehouse.

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