Mainsoft provides cross-platform support to Microsoft Visual Studio

Mainsoft participates in the Microsoft Visual Studio Integration Program (VSIP) to develop cross-platform products tightly integrated with Visual Studio

ORLANDO, Fla. (Microsoft PDC, Booth 328) - July 11, 2000 - Mainsoft Corporation today announced its participation in the Microsoft Visual Studio Integration Program.  This program enables Mainsoft to access Microsoft engineers and the source code required to seamlessly integrate its MainWin product into Visual Studio. Mainsoft's flagship technology, MainWin, is a Windows platform for Unix and Linux, which allows developers to recompile and link Windows-based Visual Studio source code on Unix and Linux.  MainWin provides developers the ability to take advantage of Microsoft technologies, including Windows DNA, on Unix.  This announcement underscores the commitment of both Microsoft and Mainsoft to provide an application migration and interoperability solution for Windows to Unix and other operating systems.

"We are excited to work closely with Mainsoft through the Visual Studio Integration Program," said Robert Green, Visual Studio lead product manager at Microsoft Corp. "MainWin provides a great Visual Studio cross-platform solution and helps customers support their code on Unix and Linux." 

"Mainsoft's Windows platform for Unix is the best solution for companies who need to offer their Windows-based applications on other platforms.  MainWin is the preferred choice for software developers and corporate IT groups," said Yaacov Cohen, president of Mainsoft. "We look forward to our future collaborations with Microsoft to continue to provide the cross-platform solution for Visual Studio and cross-platform support for other Microsoft products."

About MainWin

MainWin is Mainsoft's Windows platform for Unix systems including Linux. MainWin includes the implementation of Win32 APIs and Windows-based services on Unix. Through strategic agreements with Microsoft, Mainsoft has access to Windows NT- and Windows 2000-based source code. Mainsoft has incorporated several million lines of original Windows-based source code into MainWin.  This ensures that applications developed with C, C++ and Dynamic HTML for Windows will run on Unix as it does on Windows. To date, the company has deployed more than one million end-user licenses of MainWin.  For example, some of the leading business applications re-hosted to Unix and Linux with MainWin include: Microsoft Internet Explorer; Microsoft Outlook Express; Computer Associates'  OpenRoad; Alcatel's X-Vision Enterprise and Magic's Enterprise Edition V.8.

About Mainsoft Corporation

Mainsoft provides a Windows platform for Unix, including Linux. Its flagship product MainWin allows developers to create applications and deploy the software code to several different operating environments simultaneously.

Mainsoft's corporate headquarters is located in San Jose, California, with sales offices in Boston, Washington D.C., London and Israel. Mainsoft's customers include Fortune 1000 companies including ISVs, corporate enterprise software developers, government agencies and OEMs. In 1999, a strategic alliance was formed with Crystal Systems Solutions, who took a controlling interest in Mainsoft, to leverage financial and synergistic business opportunities in the corporate IT marketplace.

For additional information on Mainsoft Corporation, call 408.544.1400 or visit their Web site at www.mainsoft.com.

About Crystal Systems Solutions

Crystal Systems Solutions Ltd. (NASDAQ:CRYS) has been providing proprietary software technologies and services for Fortune 1000 companies since 1987. Crystal's solutions include e-Business enabling for legacy systems, cross-platform migration and IT mergers and consolidations. Crystal supports its customers, both directly and via its partners, offering end-to-end solutions through consultancy, assistance and service in conjunction with its wide variety of proprietary software tools.

Crystal Systems Solutions is a member of the Formula Group (NASDAQ:FORTY ). The Formula Group is an international information technology company principally engaged, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, in providing software consulting services developing proprietary software products, and providing computer-based solutions.

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