MERLIN Software Announces Communicado Fax Software

BURNABY, British Columbia, Nov. 9, 2000 – MERLIN Software Technologies (OTCBB: MLSW), a leading provider of Linux based software applications and utilities, today announced the culmination of over a year of software development with the completion of the Communicado multi-platform fax software.

MERLIN develops high quality applications software for the Linux operating system. Known for such award-winning software as PerfectBACKUP+6.2, a fast, easy and powerful system backup application. MERLIN's applications operate on all major Linux distributions including Caldera (CALD) OpenLinux, eServer, TurboLinux, RedHat (RHAT), SuSE, Debian, Mandrake, and the Corel (CORL) Linux.

Communicado Fax follows in this tradition, and expands on it by offering this software excellence for Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris and Macintosh users as well. Communicado is the first fax suite to combine application based print-to-fax from multi-platform clients (ranging from StarOffice and Wordperfect under Linux/Unix to Microsoft Office under Windows/Macintosh) with a powerful multi-line server platform based on the stability and scalability of the Linux platform. Communicado represents a powerful combination of strengths seldom found together in enterprise products – cost effective, feature-filled, and broad platform support.

Communicado Fax represents a fifth generation development effort. The development team behind Communicado has a long history of market leading Fax products for many platforms.

"Linux is expanding in both its penetration and importance in business use," said Robert Heller, President and Founder of MERLIN. "With Communicado, our vision was to create a powerful, cost-effective communication platform for business. By leveraging the affordability and reliability of Linux servers, and allowing any platform (including Microsoft Windows) to fax from any application, we have an unmatched value proposition for businesses of any size."

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 productivity and reliability. MERLIN Softech has offices in Burnaby, British Columbia and Seattle, Washington.

For more information, contact:

Terry Jeffrey
MERLIN Software Technologies International, Inc.
Suite 200 & 201 - 4199 Lougheed Hwy.
Burnaby, B.C. V5G 3Y6.

Toll Free: (877) 988-7227
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. Unforeseen factors could cause results to differ materially from expectations, and include risks that marketing efforts may not result in sales, among other potential risks.

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