MERLIN Software Announces Agreement With Frank Kasper & Associates

Founded September 1990, FKA is a worldwide distributor of software and is considered the industry leader in the distribution of Linux software and related products. FKA has been specializing in providing the latest in Linux operating system software and documentation to its customers since 1993. It currently places Linux products on the shelves of more than 2,000 stores in the USA, and in more than 60 countries throughout the world. Frank Kasper & Associates is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Many of the top CD-ROM vendors rely on FKA to distribute their products, including Voyager, Caldera, Cyber Chef, DeLorme Mapping, RedHat Software, Knowledge Media, Walnut Creek, and others.

Frank Kasper, Chief Operating Officer, remarked, "We want to say 'welcome' and 'thank you' to MERLIN Software Technologies for allowing us to add their fine products to our line of software packages. I'm sure the MERLIN PerfectBackUP+ ^TM 6.2 version will be well received by our customers worldwide."

PerfectBackUP+^TM for Linux is an extremely easy to use, fully automated, backup software application for backing up Linux, UNIX, Windows and Macintosh computers for as low as $69. It is the most economical, powerful network backup and crash recovery tool available. It provides backup scheduling and remote backup, recovery, encryption, robotics module, enhanced security and many other features with both a graphical and character interface for all major versions of Linux, including Caldera OpenLinux 2.3, eDesktop 2.4, eServer 2.3, Turbolinux 4.0 and 6.0, versions 6.0 and 6.1 from RedHat, SuSE 6.0/1/2/3/, Debian 2.0, Mandrake 6.1, and the latest Linux 1.0 release from Corel.

PerfectBackUP+^TM continues to lead the way with innovation, performance and reliability. Its users include small, as well as Fortune 500, companies. MERLIN Software Technologies Inc. (MERLIN Softech), is a software publishing company that provides Linux, UNIX, Windows and Mac users with unique Linux and UNIX based software that dramatically improves a system's reliability and speed. MERLIN Softech has offices in Altamonte Springs, Florida and Burnaby, British Columbia.

About MERLIN Software Technologies International, Inc.

MERLIN Software Technologies Inc. (MERLIN Softech), is a software publishing company that provides Linux, UNIX, Windows and Mac users with unique Linux and UNIX based software that dramatically improves a system's reliability and speed. MERLIN Softech has offices in Altamonte Springs, Florida and Burnaby, British Columbia.

For more information, contact:

MERLIN Software Technologies, Inc.
405 Douglas Avenue, Suite 1305
Altamonte Springs, Florida 32714

Toll Free: (877) 988-7227
Phone: (604) 320-7217, Fax: (604) 320-7277
Web site: www.merlinsoftech.com

Statements in this news release which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, including any statements regarding belief, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Forward looking statements in this news release include the expectation that FKA will distribute PerfectBackUP+ (TM) to its customers pursuant to the terms of the announced agreement. Unforeseen factors could cause results to differ materially from expectations, and include risks that FKA marketing efforts may not result in sales, that a competitor's product may prove superior to PerfectBackUP+ ^TM.

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