MERLIN Software Announces PerfectBackUP+ Pre-Load on Select IBM ThinkPads

IBM recently announced that they will be offering the ThinkPad® A20m and T20 models pre-configured with Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 high-performance client software optimized for the Internet. Caldera's OpenLinux eDesktop is the first pre-load of Linux on an IBM ThinkPad. The pre-load will help software developers and IT professionals dramatically reduce the time needed to setup and tune the systems. MERLIN's PerfectBackUP+^TM , already bundled with the Caldera eDesktop 2.4 operating system, will be pre-installed onto the IBM ThinkPad.

"We are very pleased to be a part of this alliance with IBM and Caldera," said Robert Heller, President of MERLIN Software. "IBM and Caldera provide state-of-the-art hardware and operating systems and MERLIN provides the highest quality applications for Linux. We see this as a big win for the mobile Linux user, MERLIN, IBM and Caldera."

"MERLIN Software continues to gain acceptance as a premium provider of Linux software for all Linux operating systems. PerfectBackUP+^TM 6.2 has recently received positive reviews from publications as diverse as Federal Computer Week (www.fcw.com) and Linux Gamers Domain (www.gdlinux.com).

Linuxhas achieved significance in the server marketplace, outselling Microsoft Windows NT, and currently represents approximately 30% of all Internet servers. This and other recent announcements by IBM provide a tremendous boost, pitting Linux head to head with the dominant Microsoft Windows operating system and the Apple Mac. Providing a viable alternative, this initiative should be a tremendous benefit to the consumer

PerfectBackUP+^TM 6.2 is the most economical, powerful, network backup and crash recovery tool available. It provides backup scheduling and remote backup, recovery, data encryption, a robotics module, enhanced security and many other features with both a graphical and character interface. PerfectBackUP+ is available for all major Linux distributions including Caldera OpenLinux 2.3, eDesktop 2.4, eServer 2.3 and 2.4, 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 Linux 1.0 release from Corel.

MERLIN Software continues to gain acceptance as a premium provider of Linux software for all Linux operating systems. PerfectBackUP+^TM 6.2 has recently received accolades from publications as diverse as Federal Computer Week (www.fcw.com) and Linux Gamers Domain (www.gdlinux.com).

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, Phoenix, Arizona 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, Phoenix, Arizona 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

Included in this press release are ``forward-looking statements,'' including "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Those forward-looking statements include statements about the anticipated sales, acceptance and success of MERLIN's PerfectBackUP+ and other Linux software programs and the continued acceptance and use of the Linux as an operating systems for computers. Those forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and accordingly, the Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements found in this document. Factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause or contribute to such differences include those specific factors, risks and uncertainties discussed below and those which are specifically discussed in the Company's Form 10-KSB for the period ended December 31, 1999. The cautionary statements made in this document should be read as being applicable to all related forward-looking statements wherever they appear in this document.

The factors, risks and uncertainties include: the failure of the products described above to operate as designed due to incompatibility with some platforms, operating systems or other inherent defects; continued customer acceptance of the Linux operating system; continued customer acceptance of MERLIN's products described above; MERLIN's reliance on developers in the open source community; new and changing technologies and customer acceptance of those technologies; MERLIN's ability to compete effectively with other companies; failure of MERLIN's products or the Linux operating system to achieve the broad recognition necessary to succeed; claims of infringement of third-party intellectual property rights; and disruption in MERLIN's distribution sales channels.

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