FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Lee Lorenzen, President
Altura Software, Inc.
408.655.8005
http://www.altura.com

Altura Software, Inc. Announces Mac2NeXT Compatibility

PACIFIC GROVE, California - December 25, 1996 - Altura Software, Inc.
announced today its intention to create a Mac2NeXT Porting Technology to
provide Macintosh Developers a quick and easy way to port their Mac
Applications to Apple's "NewOS" operating system.

Altura will leverage it's Mac2Win Porting Technology which is being used
by major Mac Developers such as Fractal Design, Claris, ACI, Macromedia,
and Metrowerks. Mac2Win is a library that allows MacOS code to be ported
to Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and Windows NT without it having to be
rewritten.

"We're as excited as the rest of the Mac community about Apple's recent
announcements regarding NeXT," commented Lee Lorenzen, President of
Altura. "Of course, this is all very new, and we can't be sure of all the
details. But, we knew immediately that we wanted to voice our support for
the new direction by making this announcement."

Altura currently works very closely with Apple and Metrowerks (the major
tools provider for Mac Developers). These relationships give Altura a
head-start in re-targeting its Mac2Win Technology for NeXT as soon as
documentation and tools become available. Additional details regarding
price and availability will be provided at Altura's booth in Developer
Central at the MacWorld(r) Exposition in San Francisco, January 1997.

"Mac2Win made it possible to quickly port our application to Windows
without having to rewrite it," remarked Dieter Weidenbruck, Chairman, the
IsoDraw Company. "With Mac2Win, it's a real Windows app. It has the
correct look and feel. With Mac2NeXT, I'm sure Altura will achieve this
same level of smooth integration and native platform look and feel. I know
that Altura has the experience necessary to deliver a dynamite Mac2NeXT
solution."

ABOUT ALTURA SOFTWARE

Altura Software, Inc. is a leading developer of porting technology
solutions for the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The company's
Mac2Win(tm) technology gives software developers unparalleled solutions
for quickly moving their Macintosh applications to Windows. Altura
Software also offers QuickHelp(tm), the WinHelp compatible, context
sensitive help system for Macintosh; and QuickView(tm), the Microsoft
Multimedia Viewer-compatible multimedia and online reference development
tool. Altura Software, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is based in Pacific
Grove, California.

For more information on Altura Software and its products, please contact
Lee Lorenzen at 408-655-8005.

Statements in this press release regarding future products are forward
looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including
successful and timely development of future products and customer
acceptance of those products.