SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. - July 20, 2001 - Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq NM: BORL), a leading provider of e-business platform solutions, today announced the free evaluation version of Borland® Kylix™ Server Developer, a native rapid application development (RAD) environment for the Linux® operating system (OS). Kylix Server Developer offers full support for the development of desktop, database, and Apache™ Web Server applications as well as enterprise class Linux solutions for Apache™, IBM® DB2®, and Oracle®.

With the free evaluation edition of Kylix, developers can now experience the fastest way to develop professional Linux applications. Developers can go to http://www.borland.com/kylix today to download the evaluation version of Kylix Server Developer.

"There is no better way to introduce Kylix than to let it speak for itself. As I am sure millions of developers will quickly find, Kylix has a very rich and rewarding story to tell," said Gent Hito, CEO of /n software, Inc.

"This evaluation version of Kylix will make it easier for businesses to evaluate the benefits of Kylix for Linux application development and explore the deployment possibilities for mission-critical Web, database and desktop solutions on Linux," said Simon Thornhill, vice president and general manager of Borland's RAD business unit.

About Borland® Kylix™
Borland Kylix is a high-performance rapid application development (RAD) environment for the Linux platform. Kylix is a component-based environment for two-way visual development of graphical user interface (GUI), Internet, database and server applications. Kylix is powered by a new high-speed native Delphi™ compiler for Linux and implements a native Linux and cross-platform version of the Borland Visual Component Library (VCL) architecture called CLX. CLX is designed to radically speed native Linux application development and simplify the porting of Delphi applications between Windows® and Linux operating systems.

Borland Kylix is available in the Server Developer Edition for $1999, the Desktop Developer Edition for $199 for a limited time, and the Open Edition. Kylix Open Edition for open source software (GPL) developers will be available for free download. For more information about Kylix, please visit the Borland Web site, www.borland.com/kylix.