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LONG BEACH, CA -- Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq NM:BORL), a leading provider of e-business platform solutions, today announced at the 12th Annual Borland Developer Conference (BorCon(TM)), the availability of Borland(R) Kylix(TM) Open Edition. Kylix Open Edition enables the Linux(R) community to quickly and easily create sophisticated, highly visual end-user graphical user interface (GUI) open source applications with the ease of drag-and-drop development. Included in the Kylix Open Edition is FreeCLX(TM), the open source, GPL-licensed version of the component library for cross-platform. Kylix Open Edition delivers a comprehensive palette of over 100 reusable, customizable and extensible FreeCLX components for open source Linux applications. Developers can download Kylix Open Edition from the Borland Web site at www.borland.com/downloads/. "The open source community is extremely important because they are shaping the future of application development," said Bill Claybrook, research director, Linux and Open Source Software, Aberdeen Group. "Borland is bringing its FreeCLX component library and framework for developing applications to the community. This will allow Open Source developers to create virtually hundreds of CLX(TM) cross-platform components and bring them to market quickly." "Kylix Open Edition reinforces our commitment to the open source community, and provides freedom of choice for rapid application development," said Simon Thornhill, vice president and general manager of the RAD business unit for Borland. For more information visit www.borland.com/kylix