Item    7877344                 93/06/03        11:26 
From:  CONRAD_GEIGER@NEXT.COM@INET#    Internet Gateway 
Subject: RightBrain Software Acquires WriteNow File Technology

News:

For more information, contact:

Glenn Reid, RightBrain Software 132 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA  94301 415-
326-2974 (2977 fax) info@rightbrain.com

Randy Adams, Appsoft, Inc. PO Box 51950 Palo Alto, CA  94303-9886 415-617-
0595, 415-321-9303 (fax), 800-428-2777 (sales) info@appsoft.com

RightBrain Software Acquires WriteNow File Technology - Recent WriteNow
Customers Get Free Copy of ExactlyWrite

San Francisco, May 25 - Today at NEXTWORLD Expo, RightBrain Software and
Appsoft, Inc. announced an agreement whereby Appsoft will provide technology
to fully support WriteNow files in RightBrain's new word processor,
ExactlyWrite. In exchange, RightBrain has agreed to provide free copies of
ExactlyWrite to all Appsoft customers who purchased WriteNow after December 1,
1992.

"We're pleased to work with a quality publisher like RightBrain to offer our
customers a quick migration path to the Intel platform while preserving their
investment in WriteNow documents." said Randy Adams, president of Appsoft,
Inc.  "After seeing ExactlyWrite, we knew our users would be happy with the
product and since our own word processor, Write, has been delayed, we felt it
important to provide our customers with an Intel solution immediately."

"We are extremely happy to work with Appsoft to provide solutions for WriteNow
customers," said Glenn Reid, president of RightBrain Software. "WriteNow is
clearly the most widely-used word processor in the NEXTSTEP environment, and
users have a large investment in existing WriteNow documents."

RightBrain Software is an application software company located in Palo Alto,
California. RightBrain, a privately held company, was founded in 1990 to
develop publishing software for NEXTSTEP the operating system, and is
currently one of the leading software developers for NEXTSTEP and the premier
provider of publishing solutions with five shipping products including
PasteUp.

Appsoft publishes a suite of four productivity applications designed to
leverage the power of NEXTSTEP on NeXT hardware and Intel machines.

These products provide businesses with solutions to common computing needs
including: WriteNow - Word Processing and Document Layout; Draw - Business
Graphics and Illustration; Image - Image Manipulation and Photo Editing;
Solution - Spread Sheet Processing and Charting. Appsoft, privately held, was
founded in 1991 to provide productivity solutions for NEXTSTEP.

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