News from Sustaining Members

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APL2000¶

LEX2000 Inc. and its subsidiary APL2000 Announces Company To Be Acquired By Cognos¶

LEX2000 Inc. (OTC BB: LXTO), a leading provider of financial management software, and the parent company of APL2000 Inc, today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by COGNOS Incorporated (Nasdaq: COGNF). A definitive merger agreement has been signed and approved by the LEX2000 Inc. Board of Directors. The Agreement calls for payment of approximately US$10 million to be paid in a combination of cash and Cognos shares and is subject to LEX2000 satisfying certain terms and conditions prior to closing. The offer has been accepted by principal shareholders of LEX2000 who hold in excess of 75% of LEX2000 Inc. shares. The offer will be submitted to shareholders for approval.

LEX2000 Inc. designs, develops and markets financial tools and applications. It is best known for its budgeting, consolidation and management reporting software. Its APL2000 Inc subsidiary provides APL based tools upon which those applications are built..

In addition, SS&C today announced that its letter of intent relating to the acquisition of the APL2000 tools business of Princeton, NJ-based APL2000 Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of LEX2000 Inc., of Atlanta, Georgia, has been terminated. Ottawa, Ontario-based Cognos(R) recently announced its acquisition of LEX2000. "Cognos is a premier company with the depth and expertise to advance the APL2000 language," stated Mr. Stone. President of SS&C. "We look forward to working with Cognos, and with the APL2000 team to continue to add strategic value to our PTS 2000(TM) client base."

LEX2000 is headquartered in Atlanta with offices in Princeton NJ, Westport CT, Bethesda MD. Additional information on the company can be found online at http://www.LEX2000.com or by calling (888) 534-7771. Additional information on APL2000 may be found at http://www.APL2000.com or by sending email to Sales@apl2000.com.

Dyadic Systems Ltd¶

Following the successful launch of Dyalog APL Version 8.2, Dyadic is pleased to announce the Dyalog APL Internet Software Publishing Initiative (APL/ISPI). This is a new Dyadic service for publishing applications written in Dyalog APL on the Internet.

APL/ISPI is based upon ActiveX technology, provided by Dyalog APL 8.2, that allows Dyalog APL applications to be packaged as ActiveX controls and downloaded and run in a web browser. APL/ISPI applications require a copy of DYALOG.DLL installed on the end-user's computer.

APL/ISPI applications will be hosted by a secure E-Commerce web server provided and run by Dyadic from their offices in Basingstoke, UK. End-users will purchase and download applications directly from this site or via links to it from other sites. End-users who do not already have DYALOG.DLL installed will receive it automatically as part of the download process. As a fully authorised Internet Software Publisher, Dyadic is able to deliver applications that are digitally signed and safe for scripting.

This service, which is effectively free for authors, offers Dyalog APL application developers a route to market and a distribution service for their software products. It will permit individuals and small companies to sell APL applications to a global customer base without the need for expensive advertising, production and distribution.

By openly publishing high-quality applications written in Dyalog APL, Dyadic intends to encourage the use of Dyalog APL for commercial applications and to attract new users to APL.

Dyadic believes that this initiative offers a tremendous commercial opportunity to APL developers. Please contact Dyadic for further details.