Tuesday July 25, 8:50 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Inprise/Borland Corporation

Inprise/Borland Introduces InterBase(R) 6.0 Now Free and Open Source on
Linux(R), Windows(TM) and Solaris(R)
Proven, Commercial Standard Query Language Database Available at No Cost;
Includes Binary and Source Code
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Inprise/Borland (Nasdaq:
INPR - news) today announced the availability of the source code for
InterBase® 6.0, its cross-platform, standard query language (SQL) relational
database management system (RDMS). Binary formats for the Linux®,
Windows(TM) and Solaris® operating systems are also available for download,
free of charge. With Version 6.0, Inprise/Borland introduces performance
improvements, a higher level of SQL92 compliance, and a replication engine.

Developers worldwide have built InterBase into a multitude of applications,
taking advantage of InterBase's small footprint and low maintenance
requirements. Copies of the source code and binary versions for Linux,
Windows, and Solaris are available at the Inprise/Borland Web site
www.inprise.com/interbase/.

``This is a great day for Inprise/Borland,'' said Dale Fuller, interim
president and CEO of Inprise/Borland. ``Combining the energy of the open
source market and the power of InterBase will create an explosion of open
source applications. Even among commercial application developers, a
reliable, low-hassle, free database is big news.''

InterBase 6.0 has been released under a variant on the Mozilla Public
License (MPL) V1.1. Developers using InterBase under this license can modify
the code or develop applications without being required to open source them.
The open source license applies to all platforms.

InterBase 6.0 is the most recent version of the powerful, high-performance
cross-platform database known for its low-maintenance requirements and
enterprise-class features and performance. In addition to being the first
open source release of InterBase, Version 6.0 introduces a number of new
features including new data types (long integer, date, time, datetime),
extended SQL92 compliance, an open interface for defining new national
character sets, plus performance and security enhancements.

Availability and Support

InterBase 6.0 can be downloaded immediately from the Inprise/Borland Web
site at http://www.inprise.com/interbase/.

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