For Immediate Release Contact: Channa Omkar, Marketing Manager (301) 220-1919

EMPRESS SOFTWARE INC. ANNOUNCES PERSONAL EMPRESS™ February 2, 1996 -- Empress Software, Inc., announced today the availability of PERSONAL EMPRESS™. PERSONAL EMPRESS™ is a single-user, standalone version of EMPRESS' multimedia RDBMS version 6.8. PERSONAL EMPRESS™ includes EMPRESS' multimedia RDBMS, 4GL application generator, GUI Builder development tool, Dynamic SQL, EMPRESS HYPERMEDIA (a World Wide Web HTML toolkit), Empress-in-One (a point and click interface to the various RDBMS modules), and a full documentation suite all on one CD-ROM. PERSONAL EMPRESS™ is available for the following operating systems; SUN/Solaris, SGI/IRIX, HP/HP-UX, IBM/AIX, SCO Open Server, and Solaris X86. PERSONAL EMPRESS is priced at the special introductory price of $399.00 US, and $439.00 US for international customers. Ordering instructions and a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Personal Empress is available on the Empress World Wide Web site at http://www.empress.com/. Empress Software manufactures and distributes the Empress RDBMS, as well as 4GL development tools, GUI development tools, ODBC client/server, and other related products through a distributor network in many countries around the world. The Empress multimedia RDBMS is available for all leading UNIX platforms and UNIX variants. More information about Empress Software, Inc., and its complete line of multimedia RDBMS products can be found at http://www.empress.com/. Empress Software Inc. Empress Software Inc. 3100 Steeles Ave East 6401 Golden Triangle Drive Markham, Ontario, Canada Greenbelt, MD 20770, USA Phone: (905) 513-8888 Phone: (301) 220-1919 Fax: (905) 513-1668 Fax: (301) 220-1997 http://www.empress.com/ http://www.empress.com/ sales@empress.com sales@empress.com