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To: Investor Clouseau who wrote (569)	12/9/1999 8:35:00 AM
From: Jim Bishop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2005

Track Data Announced Today Its Plans for a Java Version of myTrack to Run On Linux, Unix, Mac and Solaris Platforms NEW YORK, Dec 9, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Track Data Corporation (Nasdaq NMS: TRAC) announced today that it plans to offer a java-based version of its successful myTrack online trading and market data system compatible with Linux, Unix, Mac and Solaris operating systems. The new version is expected to be available in approximately 30 days. Barry Hertz, Chairman and CEO, said, "We are very excited about these plans to accommodate the many potential members who were turned away because we currently run myTrack solely on an NT platform. It looks like Linux is here to stay. We need to be able to run myTrack on it. In fact, with this initiative, we will be able to run myTrack everywhere." Track Data offers the first week of trading commission-free and recently announced that the last week of trading in December will also be free to celebrate the millennium. To open a trading account, go to mytrack.com and click on the "Open a Trading Account" button. myTrack is a fully integrated Internet-based online trading and market data system. myTrack has offered its software-based online trading system since its official launch in June and is currently executing more than 4,000 trades per day. Trading is offered at prices starting at $12.95 per trade. myTrack is delivered over the Internet powered by application-based software and a constant server connection similar to systems used by professionals, as compared to most of its competitors that provide their service over HTML website-based static pages. myTrack delivers free streaming delayed quotes and unlimited free real-time extended quotes, as well as breaking company news, a trade by trade log, charting for technical analysis and a proprietary library of intraday market statistics. For $19.98 per month plus exchange fees, users can subscribe to streaming real-time quotes. A menu of features, including Nasdaq Level II, is available separately or in value packages. Track Data provides real-time financial market data, news, fundamental research, charting and analytical services to institutional and individual investors through dedicated telecommunication lines and the Internet. The Company also offers online trading through its myTrack Internet-based personal investment service. myTrack is an Internet-based software application that is not restricted by the limitations of an HTML website-based static system offered by virtually all of its well-known competitors. myTrack delivers a continuous dynamic stream of live market data and investors' online trading activity. The system is always connected and is an order of magnitude faster than competing website-based systems. Download myTrack software or open a trading account at mytrack.com or call 1-800-myTrack. For information about myTrack's SDK, go to mytrack.com. Additional information may be obtained by contacting Laurel Louison, Investor Relations, at 718-522-7373 or by e-mail: laurel_louison@tdc.com. Copyright (C) 1999 Business Wire. All rights reserved.