"Our customers' requests have made NetCOBOL for Linux a mandate," said Ron Langer, Director of Languages for Fujitsu Software Corporation. "Linux has long been praised for its stability - a feature that is also associated with NetCOBOL. It was clear that we needed to bring NetCOBOL to Linux so we are extremely pleased to be announcing the product's full release."

COBOL applications play a vital role in running businesses and Fujitsu's NetCOBOL product line brings vitality to the language. The Linux release includes many features including support for the COBOL 85 standard, object oriented COBOL extensions, embedded SQL, data file maintenance tools, and NetCOBOL's API for creating CGI Internet applications. It also provides an Eclipse-based IDE that includes an interactive debugger.

"Fujitsu joined the Eclipse Consortium earlier this year because it recognizes the benefits of being involved in the open source movement and of providing our customers with IDE's built on the Eclipse foundation," stated Basim Kadhim, Chief Architect for Languages at Fujitsu Software Corporation. "We see Eclipse delivering leading edge features and allowing other vendors, as well as users, to add complementary functionality."

For more details about NetCOBOL for Linux, visit the NetCOBOL Web site at http://www.netcobol.com. For more details about the Eclipse IDE, please visit the Eclipse Consortium Web site at http://www.eclipse.org.

About Fujitsu Software Corporation
Fujitsu Software Corporation, based in San Jose, California, is part of the Fujitsu Limited family. Fujitsu Software Corporation leverages Fujitsu's international scope and expertise in developing and providing information technology solutions. Fujitsu Software Corporation's products include Interstage™, e-business infrastructure software that includes the Interstage Application Server and Interstage i-Flow, and NetCOBOL™. The Interstage Application Server enables enterprises to build and run mission critical applications.

The Interstage i-Flow Business Process Management Engine empowers enterprises to manage business processes and business process change. NetCOBOL is a COBOL development environment and suite of tools to build fast, mission-critical business systems on open platforms, including Microsoft's .NET Framework. For more information, visit http://www.fsw.fujitsu.com.

About Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu (TSE:6702) is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies, high-reliability/performance computing and telecommunications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts make Fujitsu uniquely positioned to unleash the infinite possibilities of the broadband Internet to help its customers succeed. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu reported consolidated revenues of 5 trillion yen (about US$38 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002. For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com/

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