Apple and Lotus Announce Bundling of Notes Express with Selected Macintosh
Systems; New Cooperation Focused on Enterprise Customers

ORLANDO, Florida--January 23, 1995--To better address the needs of
customers in enterprise-computing environments, Apple Computer Inc., and
Lotus Development Corporation today announced that they have signed an
agreement to bundle Lotus Notes Express with appropriately configured
Apple Power Macintosh and PowerBook computers.

The two companies also disclosed, as part of a broadening relationship,
plans for joint development, marketing and support for their complementary
collaboration services; plans by Lotus to deliver the
next-generation--Release 4.0--of Lotus Notes for the Power Macintosh
platform; and Apple's commitment to ensure better interoperability between
Lotus Notes and the Apple PowerTalk software.

"The Macintosh is a premiere platform for communication and collaboration,
and we intend to build on this strength by offering greater flexibility as
well as new industry-leading capabilities," said Michael Spindler, Apple's
president and CEO. "For our many enterprise customers who use Lotus Notes,
we plan to work more closely with Lotus to ensure that these customers
have first-class solutions."

"This agreement is an important component of our strategy to expand Notes'
market position," said Jim Manzi, Lotus' president and CEO. "Macintosh
customers have been--and continue to be--important to the success of Lotus
Notes, which has become a worldwide standard for collaborative computing
among personal computer users. Our closer working relationship with Apple
will help us provide better support for our Macintosh customers, and make
it even easier to deploy Lotus Notes across the enterprise."

Lotus Notes Express combines client/server-based electronic mail with four
groupware applications, including discussion databases, news and reference
databases, and a shared telephone book. The product is designed to be
immediately useful to business workers who want to access, track, share
and organize information in a variety of customized ways, even if they are
only occasionally connected to a network. Macintosh customers who buy
systems with Lotus Notes Express will be able to use the software
immediately to work with other Notes users.

The bundling of Lotus Notes Express augments Apple's existing PowerTalk
system software by adding a robust, mission-critical workgroup computing
platform for the enterprise. PowerTalk is Apple's universal electronic
mail client built into the Mac OS. To ensure Apple's enterprise customers
the benefits of both Notes and PowerTalk, Apple intends to provide a
PowerTalk personal gateway for Notes client/server mail in late 1995. With
the gateway, Macintosh customers will be able to use the PowerTalk
software to send and receive Notes Mail using the PowerTalk user interface
or PowerTalk mail-enabled applications. They also will be able to access
Notes directories using standard PowerTalk catalog user interfaces.

Availability

The Lotus Notes Express bundle is slated to be available on selected Power
Macintosh computers in the second calendar quarter of 1995 in the U.S.
Later, the two companies expect to broaden distribution of the Lotus Notes
Express bundle to other countries. Apple has sold more than one million
Power Macintosh computers since it was introduced in March, 1994.

Lotus Development Corp. (NASDAQ:LOTS), founded in 1982, offers high quality
software products and support services that reflect the company's unique
understanding of the new ways in which individuals and businesses must
work together to achieve success. Lotus' innovative approach is evident in
a new class of applications that allows information to be accessed and
communicated in ways before possible, both within and beyond organizations
boundaries. The company now markets its products in more that 80 countries
worldwide and provides numerous support services, both from its consulting
division and its award-winning 24-hour support center.

Apple Computer, Inc., a recognized pioneer and innovator in the information
industry, creates powerful solutions based on easy-to-use personal
computers, servers, peripherals, software, online services, and personal
digital assistants. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple (NASDAQ:
AAPL) develops, manufactures, licenses and markets products, technologies
and services for the business, education, consumer, scientific and
engineering and government markets in over 140 countries.

Apple Computer Inc
20525 Mariana Ave
Cupertino, CA 95014
408-996-1010

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