ECMA welcomes Mainsoft expertise to cross-platform .NET initiative

Mainsoft joins ECMA initiative to standardize Microsoft .NET platform and CLI

San Jose, Calif. September 12, 2002 - Mainsoft Corporation, the software porting company, today announced it has joined the influential European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) a vendor-neutral international standards organization committed to driving industrywide adoption of information and communications technologies. As a new member of the association, Mainsoft will influence thinking on ECMA's strategic initiatives such as standardizing Microsoft .NET technology for implementation on non-Windows platforms.

"ECMA is pleased to welcome Mainsoft Corporation as a member of the ECMA association. Mainsoft's recognized experience in cross-platform development will be a valuable contribution to the future of software development standards," said Jan van den Beld, ECMA Secretary General.

As an important member of ECMA, Mainsoft will leverage more than a decade of experience in accelerating the process of taking Microsoft technology onto multiple platforms. As the industry leader in cross-platform development solutions, Mainsoft will contribute to new industry standards that will provide greater portability of technologies, including Microsoft's .NET platform and Common Language Infrastructure, between computing environments.

"We are very excited to share our cross-platform expertise and contribute to the new industry standards being set by this important organization," said Yaacov Cohen, president and CEO of Mainsoft Corporation.

About Mainsoft Corporation
Mainsoft Corporation, the software porting company, enables businesses to develop applications once on Windows and rapidly deploy them to multiple Unix environments. Since 1993, the world's largest independent software vendors and Fortune 1000 IT departments have used Mainsoft to port more than $1 billion in software. Mainsoft is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. and has offices in Chicago, London and Israel.

About ECMA
Founded in 1961, current ECMA projects include development standards and cross-platform strategies for the Microsoft .NET platform, Common Language Infrastructure and C#. Mainsoft joins such industry leaders as Microsoft, IBM, Sun Hewlett-Packard and Intel in the quest to set new multi-platform standards. For information on ECMA, go to http://www.ecma.ch.

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