Applix, Inc. (NASDAQ:APLX) showcased today at Suns' Java Computing Solutions Event, a demonstration of the Applix Anyware Office, a new member of the Anyware family of solutions. The Applix Anyware Office is a robust suite of office applications and tools specifically targeted to allow users to fully utilize Java technology with Sun's JavaStation.

"Anyware Office running on the JavaStation is a powerful combination," said Scott McNealy, chairman, president and CEO, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "With the JavaStation and Anyware Office, we're delivering on the promise of a low-cost, fully-functional personal productivity alternative for the enterprise desktop."

Unlike other Java office solutions, the Anyware Office delivers the best of the thin client, three tiered architecture, better and faster, offering program downloads at a fraction of the size of competing solutions. This solution can deliver benefits today, to more users' desktops, and there is no waiting for wide scale deployment of broadband technology, or need to deploy large amounts of memory in each desktop.

Applix's Anyware Office will include the most complete set of office tools for the NC user. All Anyware Office components support continuous linking and embedding, customizable user interfaces, integrated macro language for task automation, printing to any postscript or PCL printer, document delivery via Email or Fax, conversion filters for over 40 word processing, spreadsheet and graphic files types and are Email-enabled, and web aware. Also included is a clip art gallery. Included in the Anyware Office suite are:

Powerful WYSIWYG Word Processor

-- compound document architecture

-- extensive library of templates and book building

-- international dictionary, spell check and thesaurus

Robust 3-D GUI Spreadsheet

-- over 600 built-in functions

-- 3-D charts and graphs

-- integral real-time and historical data access

Advanced Email Client

-- SMTP, POP3, X.400 MTA support

-- folders, sorting, and auto disposition

-- MIME compliant with auto conversion of attachments

Graphical Data QueryTool

-- Access to Oracle, Sybase, CA-Ingres, Informix and ODBC databases

-- Ad hoc or canned queries can be embedded in any documents

-- No SQL Programming is required

"Anyware Office is a solution that not only leverages cutting-edge Java technology, but also delivers the most complete Java desktop environment," said Jit Saxena, president and CEO of Applix. "Anyware Office is significantly differentiated from other products recently announced, by delivering a complete Java desktop environment at a fraction of the size, offering significant cost savings without sacrificing functionality."

Announced in June 1996, Applix Anyware provides users with the ability to connect, from any location worldwide, to server-based applications and information resources, from any Java-enabled desktop or web browser. The Applix Anyware family of products is the first commercial application solution that leverages Java to develop and deploy interactive business applications to networked desktops.

Pricing and Availability

Applix Anyware Office will be shipping by Q4, 1996. The Anyware Office solution will be aggressively priced.

About Applix, Inc.

Applix, Inc., based in Westboro, MA, provides solutions for the Real Time Enterprise -- those organizations that seek and gain competitive advantage by converting raw data into effective action in the shortest possible time. Applix develops, markets and supports Applixware, Applix Enterprise software and Applix Anyware. Applix Enterprise is an integrated set of support automation applications for handling the dynamic data needs of customer interaction environments. Applixware for the Real Time Desk is an open suite of integrated personal desktop tools that enable individual users with time-critical and historical data needs to access, analyze, display and communicate information from a universal desktop across heterogeneous client/server environments, including the Web. Applix Anyware is the first commercial applications solution that leverages Java to develop and deploy interactive business applications to networked desktops.