Justsystem Corporation Announces Strategic Partnership with Oracle Corporation to Support the Network Computer; Justsystem chosen to provide its proven language processing technology expertise to make the Network Computer multilingual

Business Wire, May 20, 1996

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 1996--JUSTSYSTEM Corporation, the leading developer of business productivity applications and language processing software in Japan, announced today a strategic relationship with Oracle Corporation to develop specifications and software components that will enable Oracle's Network Computer (NC) to be used in non-European language speaking countries, including Japan and China.

Justsystem joins other leading industry hardware and software vendors announcing their intentions to develop supporting products and solutions for Oracle's Network Computer.

"Justsystem is pleased to be a strategic partner with Oracle to bring the Network Computer to users world-wide," said Kazunori Ukigawa, president and CEO of Justsystem Corp. "We believe the Network Computer will be a driving force in the expansion of a networked society and will dramatically change the way humans interface with computers."

Because of its Japanese language processing expertise, Justsystem's role in this partnership will include participation in the development of the necessary specifications and components required for internationalization of the NC world-wide. Starting with its operating systems and other central systems software, Justsystem was chosen to enhance the software components required for use in areas of the world requiring two-byte code characters, specifically targeting the Asian market. Justsystem will provide the necessary frameworks for the input method of non-alphabet languages. In support of its own strategy, Justsystem will also develop the input method multilingual word processor, and other business and personal computing software as Java applications for the NC.

Company Background

Justsystem Corporation is the leading software developer in Japan with products covering the entire range of business and personal computing software including word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, and workgroup software. Its technological strength lies in its language processing technology, with both the input method software, and word processing software which holds the leading market share in Japan. Since the development of its first word processing software in 1985, Justsystem has led the development of Japanese linguistic processing technology. This process requires the handling of more than several thousand characters and dynamic combinations of phonetic alphabets (kana) with Chinese characters (kanji). Support for the Japanese language in major operating systems has been performed by Justsystem in the past, enhancing its expertise in handling languages with two-bye code characters.

Current generations of Justsystem products are designed and developed using its object-oriented open component architecture. These personal and business productivity software components are dynamically customizable by both developers and users. Justsystem intends to bring these components to the NC as component software based on network distribution. Justsystem is joining the NC community to further evolve the Internet and its associated standards and to promote the NC globally.

JUSTSYTEM, Inc. in Menlo Park, CA, is a U.S. subsidiary of Justsystem Corporation. The company's business focus in the U.S. centers around providing Web-oriented business solutions and multimedia products. -0-

Editors note: Additional information on Justsystem and its products can be found on the company's World Wide Web site at http://www.justsystem.com (U.S.A.) or http://www.justsystem.co.jp (Japan).

CONTACT: Justystem Inc.

Yoshihiko Morimoto, 415/233-9890 (USA)

yoshi@justsystem.com

or

Takahashi Inagaki, 011 886 52 7157 (Japan)

tina@justsystem.co.jp