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Subject: Pencil Me In Ships
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News

Release Date: February 22, 1993

Contact: Sarrus Software, Inc. Andy Turk 777-C Woodside Road, Suite 101
Redwood City, CA 94061 Phone: 415.306.2495 Email: andy@sarrus.com

Pencil Me In Ships from Sarrus Software, Inc.

Redwood City, Calif., February 22, 1993 - Sarrus Software, Inc., today
announced the release of Pencil Me In version 1.0, its group scheduling
application for NeXTSTEP. Pencil Me In is a full-featured personal calendar
that uses the metaphor of a conventional, paper-based time management system
as the starting point for a powerful group scheduling system.

Going far beyond the capabilities of a paper diary, Pencil Me In allows and
encourages group scheduling by providing composite calendars, six different
levels of security, simultaneous update capability for shared calendars, and
the ability to exchange calendar information through NeXT's electronic mail
system.

Composite calendars make it easy to find the best time for a group meeting.
The times when members of the group are busy are visually highlighted in
standard calendar formats. Three special Timeline formats show even more
information for each person in the group.

"We wanted to crack the group scheduling problem for workgroups, and we knew
we had to first provide a great individual calendar so people would use it,"
said Andy Turk, President of Sarrus Software.

"We think our two big contributions to scheduling technology are the
simultaneous update mechanism and our user interface. People modify their
schedule all the time, and Pencil Me In's automatic updating mechanism keeps
everyone in sync. They also need a superior user-interface so that managing
their schedule on the computer is easy and fun."

Swiss Bank Corporation licenses Pencil Me In

Swiss Bank Corporation has licensed Pencil Me In for use as a key component of
its NeXT office automation platform. "Individual and group scheduling is a
vital part of interpersonal computing," said Robert M. Wilen, Director of
Technical Architecture. "Pencil Me In is the first-class scheduler that the
NeXT market has been crying out for."

Software For People Who Work In Groups

The mission of Sarrus Software is to develop and market group-oriented office
productivity software. Pencil Me In and future products from Sarrus Software
will work closely with electronic mail. Sarrus Software, Inc. is headquartered
at Suite 101, 777-C Woodside Road, Redwood City, CA 94061.

Pencil Me In is a trademark of Sarrus Software, Inc. NeXTSTEP is a trademark
of NeXT Computer, Inc.