NEWS - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information please contact: Xanthus USA David Peter Phone: +1-619-730-0370 Fax: +1-619-730-0373 Email: info@xanthus.com Xanthus International Jesper Lundh Phone: +46-8-635 30 62 Fax: +46-8-98 70 67 Email: info@xanthus.se XANTHUS ANNOUNCES $149 COMPETITIVE "UPGRADE TO OPENWRITE" PROMOTION Special Offer to users of WriteNow, WordPerfect, WriteUp and Pages San Diego, CA, December 17, 1994 -- Xanthus International today announced that there are only two weeks left to take advantage of the company's special "Upgrade to OpenWrite" promotion for its powerful new word processor for NEXTSTEP(tm). Users of any word processor for NEXTSTEP, including WriteNow(tm), WordPerfect(tm), WriteUp(tm), Pages(tm), FrameMaker(tm) or PasteUp(tm), may purchase a single-user license of OpenWrite(tm) for only $149. The offer is good through the end of the year. "Not only are we providing a powerful migration solution to users of WriteNow and WordPerfect, which are no longer available for NEXTSTEP, but we strongly feel that every current user of a word processing product on NEXTSTEP will benefit from upgrading to OpenWrite." said David Peter, Vice President of Sales for Xanthus USA. "OpenWrite provides the functionality, familiarity, and features of Microsoft Word, at an affordable price. It's what the NEXTSTEP market has needed all along." Peter added. The product's advanced import and export capabilities allow it to open a company's existing WriteNow and WordPerfect documents, as well as those from virtually any popular word processors for the Mac or PC. "The integration is seamless" noted Jesper Lundh, President of Xanthus, "users can simply double-click to open their existing files in OpenWrite, then save them as OpenWrite documents or in a format that can be shared with other users on their network, not matter what type of computer and word processor they have on their desktop." OpenWrite is currently compiled tri-fat and will run on Motorola, Intel and HP PA-RISC based computers. A release for Sparc processors will be available in Q1, 95. Xanthus is fully committed to supporting every hardware platform that NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP run on. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY A fully licensable version of OpenWrite is available via FTP from: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/next/demos/editors/OpenWrite_README_1.0 ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/next/demos/editors/OpenWrite_1.0.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/next/demos/editors/OpenWrite_Converters_1.0.tar. gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/next/demos/editors/OpenWrite_Extras_1.0.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/next/demos/editors/OpenWrite_Developer_1.0.tar.gz OpenWrite_README_1.0 Info about this release of OpenWrite OpenWrite_1.0.tar.gz The OpenWrite application OpenWrite_Converters_1.0.tar.gz File conversion filters for OpenWrite OpenWrite_Extras_1.0.tar.gz OpenMerge and OOE demo applications OpenWrite_Developer_1.0.tar.gz Demos and source for OW API and OOE DETAILS OF THE OFFER - One single-user license per customer - Orders must be received no later than December 31, 1994 - Tax will be added to orders shipped within California - Shipping charges are $10 per order in the U.S. ($30 international) - OpenWrite is shipped on CD ROM or available via ftp To qualify for the competitive upgrade price, the following must be submitted with your order: - A copy of the cover of the user manual of your current word processor or - The serial number of your NEXT computer To request an order form, please contact Xanthus USA directly: Xanthus USA 800 Grand Ave., Suite A20 Carlsbad, CA 92008 Ph. (619) 730-0370 Fax (619) 730-0373 Email: sales@xanthus.com (NEXTMAIL Accepted) OTHER SPECIAL OFFERS Xanthus also announced that it will begin shipping its Open Office Suite, which includes: OpenWrite; Questor(tm), the company's high-end spreadsheet application; and Graphity(tm), a 3D presentation charting and graphing application. The Suite, which has a retail price of $895 will be available at a special introductory price of $695 through December 31. ABOUT THE COMPANY Xanthus International AB, with offices in Stockholm, Sweden, and San Diego, California, is a privately owned software development company that specializes in productivity software for the NEXTSTEP platform. Xanthus is 49% owned by the Swedish networking company Upnet (Upnod Networks AB). Upnet is one of Sweden's most successful and expanding networking companies with offices located in Sweden and Norway. The Upnet Group includes 12 companies, has a total of 151 employees and expects sales in excess of $48 million this fiscal year. -End-