THURIDION AND ASCII CORPORATION AGREE ON DISTRIBUTION OF THURIDION
WORKGROUP PRODUCT IN JAPAN

Scotts Valley, CA -- June 23, 1995 -- Thuridion announced today it has
entered into an exclusive licensing and distribution agreement with ASCII
Corporation, a leading Japanese software and publishing firm.

The agreement gives ASCII exclusive marketing and distribution rights to
Thuridion's XALT Office workgroup software throughout Japan for two years.
The two companies will also collaborate on development of a Japanese
version of the XALT product.

"ASCII is one of the largest and most respected software companies in
Japan," said Bob Cagle, president and CEO, Thuridion. "Their broad
distribution network will enable us to effectively penetrate the Japanese
market with our workgroup product."

"We believe that the XALT Office product is especially well suited for the
Japanese business market and we expect it to sell extremely well," said
Dr. Koichi Takazawa, executive director/general manager, ASCII
Corporation.

XALT Office is an integrated suite of time/task management and
communication tools for workgroups. The five applications within XALT
Office include XALT Desk, XALT People Manager, XALT Calendar, XALT Mail
and XALT Notes. The product is now available for the UNIX operating
system. Windows and Macintosh versions are currently under development.

XALT Office

XALT Desk is the application interface and focal point of the product. It
provides an interactive metaphor of a typical office including a desk
which can launch all the XALT applications, third-party applications and
assist in making the XALT applications interact with each other.

XALT People Manager is a graphical card file and resource manager. It acts
as a company directory, group organizer, phone, fax and address book. In
addition, it stores information including individual calendar locations
which can be accessed from the Internet.

XALT Calendar is a time and schedule manager. It not only keeps track of
individual schedules, but allows several modes of access to other users'
schedules for quick and easy scheduling of group meetings.

XALT Mail is an Internet compliant e-mail application which supports MIME
attachments.

XALT Notes is an electronic "sticky" notes application which can be used to
send electronic notes to other users' screens within a workgroup.

About ASCII Corporation

ASCII Corporation, based in Tokyo, Japan is a diversified technology
company in the production, marketing and distribution of products ranging
from software and semiconductors to computer magazines. The company
adheres to a "New Ink" philosophy in which the convergence of computer and
new communications technologies will transform information communication,
making it more accessible and easier to use.

About Thuridion

Thuridion is a leading supplier of Microsoft Windows and Lotus Notes
applications and software development services. The company focuses on the
development of highly interoperable and practical software solutions that
address the everyday problems facing the business computing community.

Thuridion is located at 269 Mt. Hermon Road, Scotts Valley, CA 95066; phone
(408) 439-9800.
 
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