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To: Randy Ellingson who wrote (2870)	3/9/1999 4:14:00 AM
From: Thomas Haegin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3115

Randy, Thread: Lockheed went for Sterling Software... Lockheed used to be a RATL customer, if I remember correctly... Hans-Erik, do you know this Sterling Software? The press release reads like being a direct competitive product to RATL Rose??? Thanks, Thomas ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lockheed Martin Selects Sterling Software's Team-Based Object Modeling Development Environment PR Newswire - March 08, 1999 13:00 SSW LMT %CPR %ARO V%PRN P%PRN COOL:Jex Beats All Competitors During In-depth Evaluation PLANO, Texas, March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Sterling Software, Inc.'s (NYSE: SSW) Application Development Division today announced that its highly acclaimed product, COOL:Jex, has been selected as the preferred object modeling tool for Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT). Lockheed Martin and Sterling Software have signed a pricing agreement which extends to all Lockheed Martin Engineering Process Improvement (EPI) member companies for a three-year period. The selection of COOL:Jex is the result of an extensive evaluation of the leading object-oriented (OO) modeling tools and vendors. The evaluation encompassed a proposal stage and an on-site, hands-on evaluation conducted by the Lockheed Martin EPI Program. The EPI Program is an organization funded by more than three dozen Lockheed Martin companies, which focuses on Engineering Best Practices, processes based on Best Practices and Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) tools to automate processes. "Lockheed Martin recognized that a standard OO modeling tool would improve productivity and reduce program cost. Sterling Software's COOL:Jex was selected on the basis of technology, product maturity and pricing," stated Fred Palmer, director of engineering productivity for Lockheed Martin. Sterling Software's COOL:Jex includes robust support of the Object Management Group's (OMG) Unified Modeling Language (UML) notation, support for Lockheed Martin's EPI software life cycle process standard and integration other software tools preferred by Lockheed Martin. COOL:Jex will be primarily used to develop systems in C++, Java, Corba IDL and ADA. "We are very pleased with this recognition of our capabilities by Lockheed Martin," said Mark Theel, president of Sterling Software's Application Development Group. "This selection also reinforces Lockheed Martin's belief in Sterling Software's intent to continue to maintain a leadership track record when head-to-head benchmarks are performed in an object oriented tool solution." About COOL Products Sterling Software's COOL portfolio provides the industry's most complete enterprise solution for the development of business, technical and embedded software applications. The COOL products support the full range of enterprise application development needs -- from business modeling, to large-scale client/server, to database design and administration, to real-time structured development, to object analysis and design and component-based development -- for every major enterprise platform. About Sterling Software Sterling Software is a leading provider of software and services for the application development, information management, systems management and federal systems markets. The company is ranked among Business Week's 1998 "Info Tech 100" as one of the world's best performing information technology companies. Headquartered in Dallas, Sterling Software has a worldwide installed base of more than 20,000 customer sites and 3,600 employees in 90 offices worldwide. For more information on Sterling Software, visit the company's Web site at www.sterling.com. COOL:Jex is a trademark of Sterling Software, Inc. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. SOURCE Sterling Software, Inc. CONTACT: Anne Furey, Anne_Furey@lpp.com or Jennifer Claycombe, Jennifer_Claycombe@lpp.com, both of Lois Paul & Partners, 512-347-9101, for Sterling Software, Inc. Web site: sterling.com