REDMOND, Wash. -- June 29, 1992 -- Microsoft Corporation announced today
the completion of the merger with Fox Software, Inc. of Perrysburg, Ohio.
The merger is considered a pooling of interests and is not expected to
have a material, financial effect on Microsoft's June quarter results.
Under the terms of the final agreement, Dave Fulton, president of Fox
Software, is joining Microsoft as database architect of the database and
development tools division. In addition, the Fox development team and a
significant number of product support, sales and services employees are
joining Microsoft Corporation.

"We are excited to now have the most powerful X-BASE products on the market
and the best X-BASE development talent as part of the Microsoft family,"
said Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and CEO. "We plan to integrate the
individual strengths of Microsoft and Fox's development teams and
technologies to provide superior database management system (DBMS)
solutions for our customers."

"I am thrilled to have the vast resources of Microsoft at my fingertips,''
said Fulton. "We will now be able to develop and market the Fox products
on a global scale and we'll be able to provide superior product support
and services. Furthermore, I am very happy to be able to devote all of my
time to joint development efforts for our database projects -- I feel like
a kid with the biggest train set in the world."

Microsoft will now offer the powerful database management systems, such as
FoxBASE+ for MS-DOS, UNIX and Apple Macintosh operating systems and FoxPro
for the MS-DOS platform, and will develop new versions of FoxPro for the
Windows, MS-DOS, Macintosh, and UNIX platforms. In addition, Microsoft
currently has a desktop database product, code named Cirrus, which is in
beta testing.

In his capacity as database architect, Dave Fulton will be responsible for
the design and architectural aspects of current technology with future
development efforts. Fox employees will transition to Microsoft facilities
beginning in July.

Commitment to Fox Customers

"Microsoft is committed to supporting and evolving both the Fox product
line and the X-BASE language," said Charles Stevens, general manager of
the Microsoft database and programmability group. "We realize that the
X-BASE language is important and we are dedicated to supporting the more
than four million X-BASE customers."

Microsoft recently announced its plans to support an initiative, which is
being driven by the ANSI-accredited, X3/SPARC committee and three
co-authors, to create an X-BASE language standard aimed at helping to
ensure compatibility and interoperability among X-BASE products.

"Microsoft values the importance of the X-BASE language and believes
standards are imperative to help ensure that the X-BASE platform has a
strong future," said Stevens.

"Over the past three months we have worked with Fox Software at gathering
customer feedback from user groups across the country to ensure that we
understand the needs of XBASE customers," said Tod Nielsen, group product
manager of Fox products. "We are committed to servicing Fox customers by
providing a complete family of high-performance database products,
offering quality customer support, generous upgrade policies, and a wide
variety of developer services.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in
software for personal computers. The company offers a wide range of
products and services for business and personal use, each designed with
the mission of making it easier and more enjoyable for people to take
advantage of the full power of personal computing every day.

Microsoft Corp, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052
206-882-8080

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