Office 5.3 for Linux Available on the New Release of Linux-Mandrake 7.2 (13.11.2000)

November 13, 2000 - Teamware Group, a subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, today announced that a 90-day evaluation version of Teamware Office 5.3 for Linux, a ready-to-run groupware product with a customizable user interface and state-of-the-art communications features, is available on the new release of Linux-Mandrake 7.2 from MandrakeSoft, one of the most powerful and easy-to-use operating systems with a choice of several powerful, pre-configured graphic interfaces (notably the leaders KDE and GNOME), as well as more than 2,300 applications including Netscape Communicator, the StarOffice suite, and the Apache Web server.

"Becoming a partner of MandrakeSoft opens us great opportunities to increase the recognition of our product in the Linux community, said Colin Sydes, Product Manager for Teamware Office for Linux. "Being bundled with one of the world's most popular Linux distributions can really add to our efforts in gaining a global market share in the Linux-based groupware solutions".

"We are excited to offer products that meet our customer's needs for initial deployment and ongoing operations of successful Linux solutions. MandrakeSoft is committed to mainstream commercial adoption of Linux and adding sophisticated, easy-to-use administration helps us achieve this goal for our customers", said Frédéric Bastok, Product Manager, MandrakeSoft.

Available on the Linux-Mandrake 7.2 CD is a free 90-day evaluation version of Teamware Office for Linux. The famous Teamware Office groupware suite has been in the market since 1989 and now it is ported to Linux platform. After the evaluation period the product is available as a single server package with 100 built-in user accounts for USD 1000. It can be purchased online through the Teamware web site at www.teamware.com/linux.

Teamware Office 5.3 for Linux is an ideal intranet solution for small and medium size organizations, which need cost effective and vendor independent support for common industry standards. It is easy to install and get up and running quickly. The customizable user interface and layout based on HTML templates empower the user to change the look and feel to match any corporate identity. The product includes nine languages to choose from.

Teamware Office 5.3 for Linux includes facilities for electronic mail (Teamware Mail), time and resource scheduling (Teamware Calendar), discussion groups (Teamware Forum) as well as document storage and retrieval (Teamware Library). The facilities are designed to meet the needs of users, whether they are individuals in local or remote offices, or members of a team within an enterprise or an external business partner.

Further information:

Ingrid Korpela, Communications Manager, Teamware Group
tel: +358 9 5128 2539
e-mail: ingrid.korpela@teamware.com

About Teamware

Teamware Group develops, markets and supplies software products and services designed to facilitate human networking and create prosperity through web communities. Teamware is a subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, a $50 billion provider of Internet-based information technology solutions for the global marketplace, and operates through Teamware Solution Centers and sales offices in Europe and USA as well as the Fujitsu network worldwide.

About MandrakeSoft

MandrakeSoft publishes the Linux-Mandrake operating system, based on open-source development (which provides free access to source code published in accordance with a General Public License, or GPL). Several hundred developers throughout the world contribute to the constant improvement of the product directly over the Internet. This international developer community has given Linux-Mandrake a product that is available in over 40 languages.

« Born on the Internet », MandrakeSoft established headquarters in Pasadena (U.S.) and Paris (Europe). Please visit the web site, www.linux-mandrake.com for more information.