Approach for Windows Captures Accolades from PC Magazine and COMPUTE

* Named finalist for Technical Excellence in Applications 
  by PC Magazine 
* Wins COMPUTE Choice Award for "Best Database Program of 1992"

Redwood City Calif, December 30, 1992--Approach for Windows was recognized
twice this month as a superior database product. First, Approach was named
a finalist in the PC Magazine Award for Technical Excellence in the
applications software category. The three finalists--Approach Software's
Approach for Windows, Borland's Quattro Pro (the winner), and Microsoft's
Excel--were announced at COMDEX/Fall '92 in Las Vegas.

"It is gratifying that PC Magazine recognizes the technical difficulty of
creating a database that is as easy to use and yet as powerful as Approach
for Windows" said Kevin Harvey, President of Approach Software
Corporation.

"A panel of PC Labs staff and PC Magazine editors and contributors spent
countless hours debating the merits of dozens of worthy contenders before
settling on the winners and finalists," said Michael J. Miller, editor of
PC Magazine. "In many areas, such as applications software, graphics
software, printers, and portable computers, there were many deserving
products, and narrowing the field was a rather arduous process."

Additionally, Approach captured the COMPUTE Choice Award for Best Database
Program of 1992 from the editors of COMPUTE.

According to COMPUTE "Approach for Windows won this year's award for Best
Database Program because its power, features and ease of use are unmatched
achievements. "

Approach for Windows Background 

Approach for Windows is an end user database--designed to make managing and
reporting on information easy for even novices. Because of its
breakthrough ease of use, Approach for Windows appeared on bestseller
lists shortly after it shipped in March 1992. Easy, relational and very
fast, Approach for Windows is also 100% compatible with dBASE, Paradox,
FoxPro, Oracle SQL, SQL Server and DB2. Approach has won a number of
prestigious awards, including "Best Software" at COMDEX/Spring 1992 by

BYTE Magazine. Additionally, Approach was named "Best Value" for Windows
Databases by PC Computing in August of 1992 and received a perfect 5.0
score in "Ease of Use" and "Performance" from PC Week Labs in November
1992.

Approach Software Corporation 

Approach Software Corporation was founded in 1990 with the objective of
making database power accessible to a broad range of business
professionals. Approach Software Corporation is headquartered in Redwood
City, California with European headquarters in Munich, Germany.

Approach Software, 311 Penobscot Dr, Redwood City, CA 94063
415-306-7890;   Fax: 415-368-5182

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