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Longwood, FL. (November 9, 1999) - Robert Heller, President of MERLIN Software Technologies Inc., is convinced that Linux-based software makes better business sense for software developers and users alike. Mr. Heller just sent Mr. Gates his personal copy of PerfectBackUP+ 6.1, for his review. PerfectBackUP+ 6.1 is MERLIN Softech’s first commercial product, due to be officially released later this week.

MERLIN Softech has chosen to develop software for the Linux operating system versus other platforms because of the operating system's superior stability and reliability.

Undeniably Linux is more flexible, more reliable and more productive over-all", says Robert Heller. "We've been in the software development business for many years and carefully considered all options before choosing what operating system to develop and publish software for. I don't know how any other operating system can compete with Linux be it now or in the future.

Downtime and potential loss of information are not welcome in the age of e-commerce and fierce competition. Conversely, more reliable servers and faster, easier to use applications provide businesses with a huge productivity gain and advantage versus their competition.

Mr. Heller recites one particular client experience where three out of four of their servers ran smoothly and did not shut down for several months while the fourth server went down several times during the same period. The crashing server was the one running NT and the other three ran on Linux!

Our client is in the web hosting business. Obviously in their case, when a server crashes, it causes stress levels to go up and client web sites to go down, adds Mr. Heller.

Such consumer and market insights are key reasons why we chose to develop software applications for the Linux marketplace. PerfectBackUP+ , a MERLIN Softech network and recovery backup tool, is the world’s fastest, easiest to use and most reliable backup product application," adds Mr. Heller. "We expect many more businesses will convert to Linux as new, commercial applications, like PerfectBackUP+ , become available.

MERLIN SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES INC. referred to as MERLIN Softech is a software publishing company that provides Linux, UNIX and Windows users with unique Linux and UNIX-based software that dramatically enhance a system's reliability and speed, and improve the user's performance. MERLIN Softech has software development facilities and offices in Longwood, Florida and Burnaby, British Columbia.

For more information, contact:
MERLIN Software Technologies International, Inc.
Robert Heller, President
Toll-Free: 1-888-414-3311
Tel: (604) 320-7227
Email: rah@merlinsoftech.com
Web site: www.merlinsoftech.com

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