VIBE NOW AVAILABLE ON MAC OS

Visix Software Extends Platform Support for Powerful Java Development Tool

Reston, VA, September 8, 1997 -- Visix Software Inc., a leading provider of
enterprise application development and deployment solutions, today
announced the general availability of Vibe Enterprise for Windows 95,
Windows NT x86, Windows NT Alpha, Solaris, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX,
Macintosh and OS/2. Visix also announced the general availability of Vibe
DE for Macintosh, OS/2, Windows NT Alpha, HP-UX and IRIX. Vibe DE is
already available for development on Windows 95, Windows NT x86, Linux, AIX
and Solaris.

"Java developers are currently limited in their choice of development
platforms," said Bob Flury, Visix Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales,
Marketing and Services. "Visix recognizes that people who develop on
Macintosh, OS/2 and UNIX need Java development solutions too. With the
addition of these new platforms, we address the needs of this community
that other vendors often ignore."

Vibe Enterprise enables Java developers to build powerful database
applications. Vibe Enterprise leverages Vibe DE, an Integrated Development
Environment (IDE) with a collection of powerful classes used to build and
deploy Java-based business solutions ranging from standalone departmental
applications to sophisticated distributed applications. Since March, over
100,000 copies of Vibe have been distributed worldwide.

The Vibe IDE includes an intuitive user interface, a compiler, debugger,
editing tools, interface construction tools and extensive runtime classes.
It enables developers to do rapid prototyping, immediate testing and
development of business-critical Java applications for deployment across
multiple desktop and server platforms. Vibe Enterprise adds additional
tools and classes for Forms and Fields, database connectivity and a
Graphical Query Builder.

Vibe is designed to maximize code reuse by leveraging Visix's mature
foundation classes, which also form the basis of Visix's flagship C/C++
product, the Galaxy Application Environment. To gain additional
productivity through reuse, Vibe enables organizations to incorporate their
investments in standard distributed object technologies through application
integration with ActiveX controls.

Platforms, Pricing, Availability

Vibe DE is available at the introductory price of $49.95. Vibe Enterprise
is available at $1995.00. Both products are available for development and
deployment on Windows 95, Windows NT x86, Windows NT Alpha, Solaris, AIX,
Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, HP-UX, and IRIX platforms. All platforms will be
shipping within 30 days.

Visix Software

Visix Software, headquartered in Reston, VA, offers the industry's most
powerful development environments to enable rapid delivery of
business-critical application performance in C, C++ and Java. Visix
development technology includes not only Vibe, but also the Galaxy
Application Environment, an award-winning client/server application
development and distribution environment. Visix's customers include Fortune
1000 corporations, independent software vendors, system integrators,
government agencies, universities and
research facilities. For more information on Visix and its products, visit
Visix's web page at
http://www.visix.com.

Katherine Johnson Kelley Lynn Kassa
Visix Software, Inc. Technology Solutions, Inc.
703.758.2833 617.451.8981
katherine@visix.com kkassa@tsipr.com