Apple Announces Winners of Fourth Annual Software Design Awards

CUPERTINO, California-May 19, 1999-Apple Computer, Inc. today
announced the winners and runners-up of the fourth annual Apple
Design Awards for Mac OS developers. The Apple Design Awards
recognize outstanding applications developed for the Macintosh
platform over the last year and highlight the creativity and
innovation of Apple's developer community. The awards were presented
during Apple's recent Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) in San
Jose, which this year attracted over 2,500 developers, setting an
all-time record for paid attendance.

"Developers have rediscovered that Macintosh is where they can create
a great business," said Clent Richardson, Apple's vice president of
Worldwide Developer Relations. "Over 3,100 new or updated Mac
software titles have been announced in the last year, and these
awards honor the best of them."
Apple Design Award winners and runners-up in each category include:

Best New Product:
Winner-REALbasic 1.0, REAL Software
Runner-Up-Disk Warrior 1.0, Alsoft

Most Innovative:
Winner-Disk Warrior 1.0, Alsoft
Runner-Up-REALbasic 1.0, REAL Software

Best Macintosh User Experience:
Winner-Food Chain 1.0, Cajun Games
Runner-Up-"REALbasic 1.0", REAL Software

Best Apple Technology Adoption:
Winner-Cutie Mascot Jr. 1.5, Kohshin Graphic Systems
Runner-Up-Virtual Game Station, Connectix

Winners received the stunning new Power Macintosh G3 with matching
21-inch Apple Studio Display. Winners were also awarded a trophy and
the right to use the Apple Design Award winner logo on packaging and
manuals.

Apple Computer, Inc. ignited the personal computer revolution in the
1970s with the Apple II, and reinvented the personal computer in the
1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is now recommitted to its original
mission-to bring the best personal computing products and support to
students, educators, designers, scientists, engineers,
businesspersons and consumers in over 140 countries around the world.