Mainsoft Corporation and Rogue Wave Software enter exclusive strategic alliance agreement

Leader in Cross-platform Solutions Becomes Sole Provider of Rogue Wave's Stingray Controls for the Unix Platform 

Sunnyvale, CA/Boulder, CO - August 9, 1999 - Mainsoft Corporation, the leader in Windows-to-Unix cross-platform solutions for the enterprise, and Rogue Wave Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: RWAV), the leading provider of software solutions for building high performance, distributed enterprise and Internet applications, jointly announced an exclusive three-year worldwide contract. This strategic partnership allows cross-platform, application developers worldwide to create scalable enterprise applications on Windows/NT and Unix. Mainsoft will resell and support its rehosted version of Rogue Wave's Stingray development tools for Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) on Unix platforms. 

"We decided to partner with Mainsoft because its MainWin Windows-to-Unix technology is a proven solution for successfully rehosting Windows applications," said Gillian Webster, vice president of Marketing at Rogue Wave Software. "This alliance allows Mainsoft to become the "one-stop-shop" for cross-platform application developers to purchase both the NT and Unix versions of our Stingray controls directly from one source." 

Under the terms of the agreement, Mainsoft will directly license both Unix and Windows/NT versions allowing the companies to break new ground for cross-platform solution deployment. The Stingray tools make it easier for application developers to create scalable enterprise applications on Windows/NT and to rehost the solutions onto Unix. The Mainsoft/Rogue Wave solution offers an extensive line of add-on libraries that extend and enhance the MFC, providing additional, pre-built functionality for creating sophisticated GUI controls, grids, diagrams and charts. The Stingray MFC development tools include Objective Grid, Objective Grid PRO, Objective Grid Lite, Objective Chart, Objective Toolkit, Objective Toolkit PRO, Objective Edit and Objective Views. 

"The relationship with Rogue Wave is part of Mainsoft's strategic initiative to build partnerships with technology leaders to enhance our current product offering," said Nancy Chou, senior director of Marketing at Mainsoft."By forging these alliances, we can deliver superior cross-platform development tools that help improve time-to-market and reduce development and maintenance costs." 

This relationship underscores the commitment between the two companies that began in 1998 with Stingray Software, now a division of Rogue Wave Software, to offer popular Stingray extensions on both Windows/NT and Unix.

"We are pleased that Rogue Wave has selected Mainsoft as a partner, and this alliance is a further endorsement of the ongoing business relationship between the two companies," added Nancy Chou."Rogue Wave provides the most comprehensive tools available for developers to create powerful Windows applications, and with this added capability our customers can benefit from the most advanced development components to run with MainWin." 

In addition to all Stingray MFC extensions, Mainsoft has also been granted the rights to resell the new line of Stingray Active Template Library (ATL) extensions. ATL programming is gradually replacing MFC and as a result of this agreement, Mainsoft customers will have access to the latest and most up-to-date technology.

Mainsoft recently shipped its flagship product, MainWin version 3.3.MainWin allows developers to recompile Windows/NT source code and run it on Unix as a native Unix program with full Windows functionality. The combination of MainWin and Rogue Wave's Stingray extensions is a significant benefit for developers in improving productivity and porting Windows applications to the Unix platform.

About Rogue Wave Software

Rogue Wave Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: RWAV - news) is the leading provider of software solutions for building high performance, distributed enterprise and Internet applications. The Company's C++, COM, CORBA, and Java products, along with its Professional Services Group, provide "components without limits" to more than 100,000 developers worldwide who build applications that scale to the enterprise, honor legacy investments, are highly customizable and simply work. Rogue Wave is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, and can be found on the Internet at www.roguewave.com.

About Mainsoft

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Mainsoft Corporation extends Microsoft technologies to Unix, allowing Windows applications to run natively on Unix systems. Mainsoft targets its products to corporate enterprise software developers, Independent Software Vendors (ISV's), government agencies, and OEMs. For additional information on Mainsoft, call 408-774-3400 or visit their Web site at www.mainsoft.com.

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