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MKS DELIVERS PERL FOR IBM AS/400E SERIES

CHICAGO,  Ill, Dec 21, 1999 /CNW-PRN via COMTEX/ -- Mortice Kern 
Systems Inc. (MKS) (TSE:MKX) announced today a new version of its MKS 
Perl solution -- one of the World Wide Web's most popular languages -- 
for IBM (NYSE: IBM) AS/400e series business computers. MKS Perl allows 
AS/400 users to quickly create new eBusiness applications or easily 
tailor existing applications. 

The refresh of MKS Perl is part of the ongoing Web readiness investment 
by IBM and its business partners to offer the best eBusiness solutions 
for the AS/400e platform. IBM continues to update its application 
environments. This Perl update follows enhancements to AS/400e's Java 
and Domino support made earlier this year. 

Like Java and Domino, Perl is a popular language for creating Web 
applications that can be ported across multiple platforms in the 
enterprise. As companies increasingly look to their information systems 
to contribute to their competitiveness as an eBusiness, AS/400 has the 
built-in capabilities to let them use Web-based applications throughout 
their Intranets, Extranets and Internet connections to improve supply 
chain management, and provide better service to their customers. The 
combination of MKS's Perl with the other AS/400 Web capabilities, 
unmatched security and availability, and other popular application 
choices like Java and Domino makes AS/400e a very usable and reliable 
eBusiness platform. 

"Customers in distribution, manufacturing, financial services and other 
industries are embracing the Web for eCommerce and are looking to the 
AS/400e as the vehicle for back-office data and connection to the 
Internet. By supplying IBM with Perl for the AS/400e platform, in 
addition to MKS SDM, our market leading change management solution for 
this platform, MKS is playing a critical role in building out IBM's 
eBusiness strategy, giving AS/400e developers one of the most powerful 
scripting languages in software and essential tools for Web site 
construction," says Bill Skowera, MKS vice president of technology. 

"Our customers view Perl as a valuable addition to their Web 
application programming capabilities on AS/400. AS/400 has evolved a 
great deal since the initial availability of Perl from MKS in 1997. We 
are pleased to once again call upon MKS to provide us with this 
critical technology at the latest level of Perl and using the latest 
built-in technologies of AS/400," says Dick Kiscaden, AS/400 eBusiness 
Solutions Manager. "We view Perl as one of the enablers for eBusiness, 
allowing our customers to easily enhance their application portfolio 
for conducting business over the Web." 

About IBM AS/400e Series IBM's AS/400e Series is a multiple application 
server that can simultaneously run all the applications a business may 
need. AS/400e has the world's largest application portfolio with 
thousands of applications, a built-in Java Virtual Machine, a native 
Domino server, an NT application environment, and a POSIX compliant 
UNIX(TM) environment. AS/400e can give businesses a competitive 
advantage by lowering information technology support costs, using a 
small IT staff, and minimizing system downtime. 

About Perl Perl (Practical Extraction and Reporting Language) is a 
powerful scripting language which includes a number of popular UNIX 
facilities, written in a syntax which enables users to easily define 
and perform a set of complex actions through prescribed computer 
functions. Perl is used to create Web Common Gateway Interface (CGI) 
applications running on a variety of operating systems in both 
client/server and Web development environments. In November 1996, MKS 
first added Perl to version 5.2 of its popular MKS Toolkit(R), and the 
scripting language continues to be included in the MKS Interoperability 
solution because of overwhelming popular response from developers. 

About MKS and IBM MKS and IBM have a long history of partnership 
reaching back more than ten years. MKS brought critical open systems 
capabilities to IBM's OS/390, AS/400e, and VM platforms, and most 
recently has made its content management tool, Web Integrity(TM) and 
software management tool MKS Source Integrity(TM), available for the 
IBM OS/390 platform. In August, 1998, MKS built additional bench 
strength in the AS/400e market by acquiring Silvon Software's 
market-leading line of SDM change management products for the AS/400e 
platform. 

About MKS Mortice Kern Systems Inc. (MKS) (TSE:MKX), is the leader in 
eBusiness Management Solutions, enabling our customers to become 
eBusinesses by moving mission critical operations to the Web. Using the 
MKS Integrity Framework(TM), a unique process framework delivered 
through software products, consulting and training, senior executives 
can profitably manage multiple organizations, processes, systems 
integration and application development to migrate their businesses to 
the Web. 

Art Tostaine, Jr.
CCA, Inc.
Jackson, NJ 08527

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